Film Trailer = Risk Assessment

Before filming, Millie and I decided we needed to conduct a risk assessment as we could see parts of our trailer could be slightly risky, in both filming and generally creating. The first issue we came to whilst creating our trailer was the process of recruitment. Our trailer has a rather intimate storyline and we wanted the potential actors/actresses to feel comfortable in the roles. So in order to overcome this we created a recruitment poster detailing the specifics of the role in order to give potential actors/actresses a well rounded idea of what the role entailed. Our next risk was apparent during filming. We wanted to film a shot out of the back of a car, through the boot window, this would require the cameraman, in the case Millie as I would be driving, facing backwards and not wearing a seatbelt. We figured that we could film the shot very slowly and carefully, with me driving no faster than 10mph, and speed up the shot on iMovie if necessary. This way Millie would be safer in the car. Another shot we had trouble with whilst filming was a 360 degree rule shot. We wanted to get this shot a steady as possible so decided to put the cameraman on a spinning desk chair. This obviously came with the risk of the cameraman falling off the chair, so to overcome this we changed the shot to a lower angle shot so the cameraman could be sat on the chair instead of stood, eliminating the risk of falling. A final hazard with filming was the shower scene. This scene included the two main characters in the shower, filmed from shoulder height upwards. As we wanted to create a misty /foggy appearance in the room we had to leave the shower running, causing condensation to build on the tiled floor and the floor of the shower itself. To overcome this issue, we made sure we moved carefully and slowly, especially when holding the camera and Millie and I, who weren't in the shower, made sure we had suitable footwear on in order not to slip.