Risk Assessment

Location	Description of risk	high/medium/low risk?	How do you prevent it?
School	There could be a risk of someone tripping or falling down the stairs within the school whilst filming or moving location. This could result in the individual being mildly injured with only bruises or it could potentially be more severe such as broken bones.	As there are a lot of sets of stairs in the school, I would say that it is a fairly medium risk.	In order to prevent this risk, l we must make sure that we are looking where we are going at all times, walking slowly and not trying to carrying too many things down or up the stairs that would obstruct our view.
School	Slipping on the floor could be another risk. Due to the fact that we would be filming in the winter, it means that the floor outside and inside will more than likely be wet and/or slippery which creates a risk of slipping over. This could result in the same injuries as falling down the stairs but will tend to be less severe.	High risk as we are filming in winter.	In order to prevent this risk, we must make sure that we are walking slowly and not rushing around as this will increase the chance of slipping. Another way to avoid this would be to put up signs if the floor is slippery in order to warn people of the risk of slipping.
School	Trapping your hand/finger in a door is another risk when filming as there are lots of classrooms in a school where this could potentially happen.	Medium risk	To prevent this risk, we need to make sure that we are paying attention to where our hands are in terms of door frames when people are closing doors or even coming in and out of them.
Car park/streets	There are some parts of the film which we will be filming in car parks and streets meaning that there will be a lot of cars present. The risk of this would be that someone could be hit by a car.	Low risk as when you are trying to film there may be a lot of cars moving around you, which you may not notice.	To prevent this, we must make sure that we are paying attention to the world around us and not just focusing on what we are filming and trying to get this complete. This is also important as we need to make sure that when filming we are including and excluding all aspects that we want to be in the shot.
School/streets	Due to the fact we are using bikes in our film, there is a possibility that someone could fall off of a bike. This risk is increased as we are filming in winter when the pavement will be very slippery.	Medium risk due to the season of filming.	In order to prevent this we need to make sure that when riding the bikes, we are very slow and careful as riding quickly will increase the chance of skidding. All locations
All locations	There is a risk of dropping a camera or in fact damaging the camera when filming which could occur in all locations	This is a medium risk because there could be various factors that could cause us to drop the camera, however most of the time we will be filming using a tripod that will reduce the risk of the individual dropping it. Also the weather could damage the camera because if water gets into the lens it could cause significant issues.	To prevent the camera from being damaged it is important that the tripod is secure and sturdy before starting to film, the lens cap is on the camera when we are not filming and that when we are holding the camera manually we are walking slowly and we have the strap around our necks.