Risk Assessment

A risk assessment is a form to help prevent and identify hazards whilst filming. Some examples of hazards include:

• Animals/insects
• Confined Spaces
• Derelict buildings/dangerous structures
• Fire/Flammable materials
• Machinery
• Smoking
• Stunts
• Explosions
• Water
• Heights

If a risk has been identified you need to calculate how high the risk is. You firstly start with the severity. This is how bad the risk is if it was to happen. i.e. a fall from a tall building could give you a broken leg. You then need to decide on how likely the risk is. A risk of animals if filming in a swimming pool would be very low where as animals in a pet shop could be higher. One you have decided this, you need to give it a conclusion on the overall risk factor. This is normally done in terms of numbers.

A risk is weighed up by how likely it is and how severe it would be so a very unlikely low risk would be a 1/5 where as a very like severe risk would be a 5. After this, you need to decide on what action to take if it would occur. So for a very severe risk you would take immediate action whereas a low risk, you would only decide on the action should it happen. You finally then have to decide who has responsibility for the risk and who is the person exposed.

Completing a risk is very important and if a member of the production team, including actors, gets injured on the set then it could cost the company thousands and also damage the reputation of the director/producer.

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