Risk Assessment and Location Shots

We have discussed as a group locations that we think will be suitable for our video. Ideally they will be somewhere we can all get to easily and that will look authentic. The main location of our video is the theatre our clown is performing in, we have chosen the Ludlow Assembly Rooms as it is a professional theatre that suits the style of our video.It has a large stage and dressing rooms and our group has links with the people who run the theatre, which is important as we will need permission to film and possibly some technical help. We had a meeting with the stage manager at the assembly rooms and he gave us permission to film, as well as emailing us information about when we should schedule our shoot.


Our other locations are around Ludlow town centre, outside a cafe, a jewellery shop and by the river. We have decided on the places in town we wish to use and we will ask permission from shopkeepers on the day, as we are only shooting outside their shops and we can easily find replacements if necessary.
When looking for locations we took note of any health and safety problems and then wrote our a risk assessment table.

	Potential Danger	Potential Outcomes	Actions to Avoid Outcomes	Comments
Assembly Rooms	Tripping on cables, equipment backstage	Minor Injury	Clearing the spaces we will be working in
	Falling on backstage stairs	Serious Injury	No running backstage
	Hurt using Diablo or Spinning Plates	Serious Injury	Act sensibly when using Diablo etc. Give actor plenty of space.	Make sure Luke is comfortable using the equipment, don’t attempt anything too difficult.
	Dropping the Camera	No Injury, Serious Damage to Equipment	Check camera is secure on tripod, use camera strap
	Falling from Balcony	Very Serious Injury	Act sensibly, don’t lean far over the edge
General	Hit by a car	Very Serious Injury	Act sensibly when crossing roads etc., when filming make sure you are well on the pavement	Very Unlikely
	Pedestrians tripping over tripod	Medium Injury	Have someone watching passers by, don’t place the tripod in very busy or small pavements
	Tripping in High Heels	Minor Injury	Don’t run or walk in unsuitable conditions
	Falling in the River	Serious Injury	Don’t run or walk close to the edge