Risk Assessment

There were various risks to which we had to take into consideration before we went out filming several scenes of our music video.

Friday 3rd November - Park Scenes

There were several risks to which we would entail when filming in our first location, the park. Factors such as public privacy, weather, and equipment could potentially become a massive risk when filming.

Public privacy would have to be the biggest risk when filming as due to being a public place, some individuals may not have wanted to be filmed meaning complaints could be made and we could encounter potential violent situations. Filming the public would have meant blurring faces and people in the background of shots, potentially ruining the effects on the scenes we wanted and storyboarded.

Weather also played a key factor in achieving the precise shots that we wanted. We hoped for sunny weather in order to the reflect the mood and atmosphere of the certain scenes we were filming to juxtapose the negative, more gloomy scenes later on in the music video. The sunny scenes would almost act as the equilibrium of the story, following Todorov's restoration theory.

Rainy weather would not only have given us a negative and disheartening effect on the scenes we wanted to film in the park venue but also could have ruined the camera equipment. Due to borrowing from the school, we wanted to keep the Canon camera, tripod and any other equipment in good condition, with rainy weather also having potential for the tripod to sink or slip giving us lob-sided and unfocused shots.

Predicting the weather deemed to be rather tricky and although checking the news and weather schedules, some days that we had planned to film the park scenes the weather took a turn for the worst leaving us unable to film.


Thursday 9th November - Bar Scenes

Our second Location to which we chose to film, a bar, could also have potential risks and heath and safety issues.

Gaining permission from the owner was the first step in securing filming ability. If the owner had said no, then we would have had to have had another group meeting to discuss another bar location or to re-think that scene altogether.

Fortunately the bar owner agreed to let us film, as long as we could prove our age by bringing ID. When in the bar we had to be extremely careful when setting up not to hit the bar furniture or film members of the public as again, we would have to blur out faces during the editing stage.

The bar scene allowed us to juxtapose the park scenes as it was considerably darker and gloomier connoting the emotions of the male/female protagonist in the scene we were able to film the disequilibrium of the music video's storyline. This also meant that we wouldn't have to use as many effects or colour manipulation during the editing stage to create the emotional effects.

Risks such as bar violence could have potentially arose inside the bar, this is why we chose to film in a quiet corner of the bar, away from members of the public. Being aware of members of the public was key during this location, the whole group were very careful and stuck to the filming space that the bar owner allowed us.

Throughout filming in both locations the whole group made sure to be aware of our surroundings sticking to the sections of locations that we were allowed whilst following any rules given. This meant that we could minimise any risks at hand, filming safely and securely without any accidents.