Risk Assessment

The above picture demonstrates any potential hazards that could occur, to avoid these the cast and crew must:
- Ensure they bring food and drink to consume during allocated breaks during the shoots, there are vending machines at the school so it may not be necessary to bring food or drink but in that case, money for food and drink will be required.
- After consumption of food or drink, all litter must be placed in the bin to keep the place tidy and and inappropriate props such as a water bottle will not feature in the video.
- The band will not be playing live however playing the song through the speaker may become loud for the band to here it and appear to play in time, if this is the case, cast/ crew should notify the director if it is too loud, and the volume can be adjusted accordingly.
- Some crew may have to lift heavy instruments or lighting equipment, ensure correct posture if maintained whilst picking up heavy items e.g. bending the knees. If an item is too heavy always have at least an extra person to help carry the item and do not try to manage on your own.
- The crew will have to deal with the manual handling of cameras - ensure the wrist strap is round the wrist at all times to ensure the camera will not drop to the floor causing harmful damage; this way we can ensure that all cameras are available for filming throughout the shoot.
- The hall/ stage floor may be slippery and so appropriate footwear should be worn, however this hazard is easily avoidable if all litter, and extra content is kept to a minimum. No running is absolute throughout the shoot.
- Although the band are not playing live, there may be many wires laying about on the stage and so these should be wrapped up or placed and taped down appropriately to avoid tripping. Crew members should be cautious of this throughout as they will be standing around expensive equipment.
- Only select people will be working at height, for example, the light operator (Lloyd Wallis) will have to climb a ladder to get to the upper deck of the stage to work the lights, he should hold on to the ladder with both hands and wear appropriate shoes so he does not slip. Any other crew that wish to go up on the deck should also employ the just mentioned methods.

Overall there are not many extremely dangerous hazards and I believe they can all be easily avoided if proper caution and care is taken on the day.