Risk Assessment - Miss Georgiou

The importance of a risk assessment is to plan around any risks that could take place. It makes sure that any hazards that are on set or could harm the crew members involved are prevented and taken care of to reduce any injuries. Risk assessments also mean that the area is made safe to work in and ensure that no one is going to get hurt. Risk assessments also ensure that the crew members are made aware of the risks and understand the impact is a risk does take place. They are also made aware how that risk can be prevented and that there is always a back up plan if anything does go wrong. By having already planned the risks and prevention it means that it wont disrupt our filming or filming time. It also reduces the chance of a crew member or actor becoming seriously injured and forced to pull out. By understanding the hazards on set, it means that no time is wasted and everyone is careful around the set.

When managing the equipment, as a group we followed our risk assessment well and did everything we were meant to, We were all aware of the hazards and understood what to do if something did happen. We learnt that if something did happen, we knew how to control it and how to prevent any serious injury.We also knew to be careful around set and we had alternatives if we didn't think that the equipment was safe enough or if something could of bee a potential hazard. As a group we also followed instructions and were aware of any dangers that could of taken place.This also helped us to learn any further risks that could take place in the future. We followed the risk assessment well and this help prevent any injuries that could of been caused. When filming, we encountered one risk which was the rain which could damage the camera. This would affect everyone taking part in the sequence and the impact is high. To prevent this, we filmed mostly on sunny days and days that we knew it wasn't going to rain. This helped prevent any damage to the camera and also didn't prevent us from filming. However another alternative is to hold an umbrella over the camera and this would stop the camera from getting wet. This would be useful as it doesn't stop the actors from filming and also protects the camera. As a group we learned that this was a hazard as we found out from our risk assessment and we knew what to do straight away. The risk assessment has helped our group learn about all different risks that we could encounter when filming or preparing to film. We also learnt that making a risk assessment has helped our group waste less time as we have prevented all the risks from taking place which means that we don't have to deal with any serious risks that could of caused any damage or prevented us from filming. We learnt that making a risk assessment was a good idea because it made us all aware and helped with our production as filming was dangerous at some points, especially with the knife. Another risk that we have encountered is that when the actor who plays the antagonist holds the knife and this is because as he goes to stab the other actor, the knife becomes very close to the girls body. As a group we tried to prevent this from happening by making sure that the actor getting stabbed was standing away from the knife and had her arms out wider so that the knife didn't stab her arm. We reduced this hazard and made sure that no one was harmed. One other risk is that when the crew members put on the rope for the actor, they made it too tight and this called some injury to the actor. To prevent this from happening again, the crew members loosened the rope and made sure that the actor wasn't pulling on which would make it tighter. The tight rope could cause rope burn but by having it less tightened it means that this risk is prevented.

To conclude, risk assessments are important because they stop the actors and crew members from becoming harmed from any hazards. They also help to make the crew aware of any potential hazards that could cause injury to someone. The risk assessment also helps the crew to be more careful on set and to stop them from hurting themselves. It also highlights risks that people didn't know that were risks and this creates a safer and better environment for the crew and actors to work in.