Risk assessment & Schedule
Danni and I decided to do two risk assessments of the two major locations we were filming in. This was on the bus and at our sixth form; Parkstone Grammar School. Our first risk assessment for a Wilts and Dorset 'Morebus' included only a few major risks that we could encounter
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Bus crashing
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Tripod falling over
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Person falls over
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Disrupting/Injuring a member of the public
We brained stormed how big of a risk all these issues were and came up with some solutions for them. To illustrate, we had somebody holding the tripod whilst filming; this would usually be Danni whilst I controlled the camera. Even though we were able to steady the tripod from falling the vibrations from the bus, especially a double deck still meant that our camera work was shakey- however we were able to overcome this in post production with the stabilization effect. With the issue of the bus crashing we really have no control over it, and it is unlikely that our bus would crash anyway- however if it did crash, safety of ourselves and cast members is the most important thing. To prevent people falling over, we only did standing up shots when the bus was moving at walking speed or below or completely stopped, also this helped to control the bumps in shooting and the camera is more focused when the bus is slower. Finally, the disruption/injury to the general public we decided to prevent this by filming on buses that are less popular. As we live 15 minutes away from Bournemouth, a tourist sea town, we went on buses that were used more for rural areas rather than the city centre
Parkstone Grammar School Risk assessment
For our risk assessment at sixth form, we had four main points after brain storming that could be a significant issue;
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Tripod falling over
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People falling over
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Disrupting lessons
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Hurting other pupils/teachers
To deal with the tripod falling over we had the same idea as on the bus- getting somebody to hold the tripod when on unsteady surfaces, but usually on steady ground the tripod is able to support itself as it has expanding legs. Following, to avoid people tripping over we will make sure not to leave the tripod, wires or camera bag lying around and when their are slippery surfaces to find a wet warning sign. As with disrupting lessons we will be filming some scenes at lunch time as in our film they're lunch scenes and we want our film to be realistic. Apart from that we will make sure not to be filming too loudly, not to film near occupied classrooms unless necessary. To avoid hurting other pupils/teachers we will inform the grounds team/office that we will be filming in the day just so teachers are aware, and will put signs up near the area we are filming.
Schedule
Danni and I created our filming schedule just before Christmas holiday so we could start our filming. We also did a rough schedule to plan out when our editing needed to start, finish and it is all in line with our deadlines.
