House (Sheila’s interview)

Risks:

• Camera and microphone wires
• Furniture
• Television screens
• Possibly a small living room

Control methods:

• Make sure all wires are out the way / off the ground. We will all make sure the cast know to be aware of wires.
• As we will be filming in a house, there is bound to be furniture in the way. We will work around this or move any if we need to to prevent knocking into them with equipment.
• If we are filming in front rooms or dining rooms with televisions, we will be aware of the screens and the equipment.
• If we are filming in a small room, we will be careful with equipment in the small space. Move as many things as possible away from the filming area to give the area more room.

Village Hall (consultation, surgery, waiting room, bin scene)

Risks:

• Breaking things belonging to the Village Hall / moving round their furniture
• Camera and microphone wires
• Working with a dog
• Splashing fake blood into the doctors face

Control methods:

• We have already spoken about the fact we want to move around the furniture in the room in the Village Hall. The people who work there have said that’s fine as long as we put the furniture back ready for the next group of people. We will be careful when moving their furniture to make sure we don’t break anything.
• There will be a big enough space for the cameras, crew and cast in the room. We will be careful to make sure there are no wires on the floor and the cast know where the wires are, to prevent anyone tripping on them.
• We will be bringing a dog into the Village Hall. They know this and have said it’s fine as long as we clean up any mess the dog makes. To prevent any mess, we will regularly take the dog out for short walks and fresh air. We will also have water in the room to keep the dog hydrated. We shouldn’t be filming for too long in here.
• The fake blood we are using is non-toxic and we will ensure that Aidan is wearing eye protection to cover his eyes while we splash the blood towards him. We will also ensure any furniture is covered, such as the ‘operating table’ so we don’t stain anything that doesn’t belong to us.

Park (interview cover shots)

Risks:

• Filming around the public
• Weather / using the equipment outside
• Camera and microphone wires

Control methods:

• As we will be outside on public land we may be working around the public if it’s a nice day and there are many people at the park. We will make sure we film away from the public to avoid getting anyone in the shots / being in a crowd with the camera equipment.
• As we will be filming outside we will need to keep an eye on the weather. It has been relatively sunny recently and the weather forecast looks promising. However, if it does rain or is very windy we will stop filming and try again later that day / another day to avoid getting the equipment wet / damaged. We will also be careful not to drop any equipment on concrete or to get it dirty.
• We will be going handheld for this scene and Katie will be using a DSLR with a rode mic connected on top. This means there will be no long wires laying on the ground for anyone to trip on or get damaged.