Risk Assesment

• Hello and welcome to the risk assessment for my film Reversal.• As my film is a thriller/horror film there are scenes in which the situation could present a possible danger to the people

involved although obviously this will be avoided at all costs.• Stairs• Firstly I want to talk about stairs. I think that working on the stairs could present a slight danger, I tried various camera

positions on the stairs but the camera wouldn’t capture the image that I have envisioned and the tri-pod wouldn’t balance securely so I decided that when I come to filming the scenes on the stairs I will position the camera both at the top of the stairs to begin with and then a match on action to the bottom of the stairs which I think will be safer obviously and have a better overall effect.

• Roads• Several of my scenes are shot outside on a street so to me the most obvious risk will be cars, as well as keeping an eye on

cars from a continuity point of view, whilst concentration is primarily on the task at hand there will be less consideration of the possible dangers around us so extra care and attention will have to be taken on the day like looking out for cars coming round the corner and stuff like that.

• Gun• The fact that a gun will be one of the main props for a good part of my film obviously posed a risk, this lead to me having to

choose between using a real gun (such as an air rifle or BB gun) or a toy gun. I have decided to opt for a toy gun but non the less I’ve managed to find what I consider to be a very realistic looking toy gun which is a BB gun that have been blocked at the end although it still has the weight of a real gun which I think makes it seem more realistic but obviously without the danger that comes with using a real gun.

• Contact between actors• As can be seen from my storyboard there are a number of scenes in which physical, seemingly violent contact between the

two actors in needed. I know that the scene in which the girl is chloroformed would be quite dangerous to film so I plan to do it as quickly as possible. More than anything I imagine it isn’t a nice experience (obviously I won’t be using actual chloroform). There are also scenes in which there is a struggle between the two characters and as the male character is bigger (as intended) there are obviously possibilities that the girl could get hurt although extra precautions will be taken to prevent this, especially as last year whilst filming my coursework one of the actors was hurt during filming of a scene that involved a struggle.

• Restraints• During the film both actors will be tied up at some point, this could be dangerous for both people so I plan to make sure not

to apply the restraints too tightly although I don’t think this will affect the affect the rope or has in the scenes. For the tape used on mouths I have tried a number of this but I found that sticking two pieces of gaffa tape back to back so neither side is adhesive, and then attaching a piece of elastic string to make a sort of mask which I s obviously will be a lot more comfortable and safe I imagine but more than anything will still be very effective.

• General Safety• Apart from the aspects of my film that could obviously pose a risk there are general risks to filming that admittedly were

overlooked last year and I want to avoid it as much as possible this year it was things such as tripping over the tripod and not focusing which in turn lead to trips and falls which seemed to happen frequently last year whilst filming. On a lighter not although it did seem important at the time, we chose to film on a very cold day which did have the desired effect on film but lead to a pretty hefty cold for one of the people involved. Luckily for the people starring in my film this year a good majority of my film is set inside.

• Thank you for listening and I hope you enjoy the film.