Health and Safety Risk Assessment

When filming there were some health and safety risks that we encountered and had to find ways to solve to ensure we were being safe whilst out filming.

Firstly, the area we were filming in is fairly secluded, in the underground walkway, to give the effect we were after for filming. We couldn't film at night like we had originally considered for the duller lighting, as it was down Southend in an area that you should be careful around at night with not many people around, so we filmed early in the day instead which actually worked out better for out idea in the end as we could used shadows in the lighting to create the mysterious effect we wanted.

When we filmed the chase part of our opening scene we had to be careful for a couple reasons. Firstly, we had to be cautious if any people walked/ cycled down the walkway whilst we were filming it to make sure we didn't run into anyone and get injured. Also, when filming whilst following the character we had to be careful we weren't going too fast in case we fell over hurting ourselves or dropping the phone/ steady cam breaking them.

We filmed a shot over the side of the walkway from above for a high angle were we needed to be very careful as we were be holding the camera over the drop and having to lean over the railings, so we just had to make sure we didn't lean over too much to avoid the risk of losing balance and falling or dropping the camera on the actor underneath.