Music Video - Risk Assessment

Hazard	Risk	Solution
Cars driving near filming	It is possible that, because we will be filming next to or even on roads, there could be cars driving near the place of filming. This could potentially lead to the actors that are starring in the music video being injured by a car or lead to equipment being damaged.	We will all be as careful as possible when filming near roads so as to ensure that no one is injured and no equipment is damaged. We will also try to film only when the roads are not too busy so as to avoid filming near drivers as much as possible.
Filming near water	Due to the fact that we will on occasion be filming near water (next to a canal), it is possible that equipment could fall into the water if not handled with the appropriate amount of care during use.	We will ensure to handle all equipment with care when filming close go any water sources.
Filming on a bridge over a railway track	Equipment would be damaged or permanently lost if dropped onto the railway track.	All equipment will be handled with care and kept as far away as possible from the edge of the bridge so as to ensure that none is accidentally dropped or falls over the edge onto the railway track below.
Issues with weather	Due to us wanting to film the majority of our video outdoors, the weather at the time of filming will be an issue as to weather or not we can film and what shots or scenes we will be able to film. This is because our video will be mainly upbeat in style, so filming in the rain or at night would not fit in with the theme of our video.	While we cannot help the weather, we will film as often as possible when the weather allows it. Also, if the weather is not good enough for us to film at any point, we can instead film part of an indoor scene so as to ensure that we are still getting some filming done despite the limitations of the weather.
Damaging equipment	Throughout the entirety of our filming, we will be handling various pieces of equipment that are necessary for the filming of our music video. Because of this, it is a possibility that any piece of equipment could be damaged at some point in the filming stage.	Anyone who uses any equipment throughout the duration of filming will be careful to not drop or damage it in any way.
Corruption of files and data	During the editing of our horror film project in Adobe Premier Pro in the previous year at AS level media studies, we encountered some issues with certain shots being corrupted when inserted into the software for editing, meaning that these shots could not be used. This meant that we had to spend more time than planned to re-film these shots.	We will ensure that we use a camera that has a fully working SD card with a lot of spare space so that no footage is corrupted and we do not run out of storage space. Also, backups will be made of files and videos once they have been downloaded from the camera's SD card onto the mac that we will use for editing.

 

Equipment

Sony HD camera

Camera Tripod

Mac Desktop (used to store and edit footage)

DJ mixing deck to remix song and use as a prop in the video

First aid kit

Mobile phone (used to contact someone in case of emergency)