Risk Assessment For Obsidian

Risk Identified Shooting Location

Responsibility Overcoming or Preventing risk

Weather Outdoors N/A The weather needs to be checked a couple of days in advance so that we know when we can ask everyone to be at the shoot location. We will also need to go outside and check how much wind there is. As if the wind is two strong the sound would be interfered with, this can be avoided at checking how windy it is meant to be. We will also check the weather forecast throughout the shoot to make sure we have no surprise weather that could ruin the equipment.

Illness/injury All Georgia/Beth/Actors If an actor was to become ill we would make sure that we have a backup actor. Unless we need that specific actor for a scene to finish it we would need to reschedule the filming. In case me or Beth become ill at separate times, the other person would have to do all the filming on there own. If we were both ill at the same time we would need to reschedule the full shoot. If there was an injury we would have on us a first aid kit to deal with the injury.

Unavailable actors or directors.

All Beth/Georgia/Actors The actors must be reliable to show up to the shoot, and not let us down with short notice. Those doing this will set us back with filming time as we would have to recast. To solve this problem we must make sure that we ask actors that we know are reliable to show up. Another problem could be that there are actors which could end up having clashes with the filming times. To overcome this we will keep regular contact with the actors and remind them in advance when the shoot is, and what time they need to be there. As there are two directors me and Beth we could have clashing times to film, and may need the camera for different locations. This would mean that only one of us would be able to film the scene at once. To avoid an over clash we will keep verbal contact and we will tell each other when we need the camera.

Formatting malfunction or

memory card full.

All Beth/Georgia To make sure that the memory card is not full up we will check before the shoot that the card is empty. We will also check by filming for a shot amount of time that the footage does save to the card. We will need to have a separate card to make sure that is the first one malfunction we can switch it and carry on with the shoot.

Low Battery All Beth/Georgia During the shoot there may be a case when the batters become low, if this was to happen we would need to ask permission to plug the charger in a socket available. To avoid this from happening in the first place we will make sure that the camera is charged the night before the shoot, and directly after the shoot as well. We will carry the charger at all times in case of an emergency.

Broken equipment All Beth/Georgia As the equipment such as the tripod will be from the college, we must check when we first

receive the camera that it is fully functional. Once we have the equipment we must make sure nothing ends up broke, as we would then need to replace the equipment. If equipment was broke we would need to cancel the shoot and reschedule to a day which we can get the new equipment.

Broken props/costumes

All Beth/Georgia/Actors During the filming if a prop breaks we must have a replacement this will make sure the shoot is not ruined. If there is no other prop available we would need to reschedule the shoot at a time when we have a new prop or have fixed the broken one. In case of a costume breaking we will bring to the shoot a sewing kit, for minor repairs to costumes. For a broken costume that is not fixable we would need to make sure that we had a replacement or we would have to reschedule the shoot to a day that we had a new costume.

Unable to get costumes/props on

time

All Georgia/Beth To avoid the possibility of not getting the props or costumes on time, we will make sure that we check what costumes we need a week before the shoot. This will make sure we have enough time to acquire the props and costumes. We will also give the actors there costumes to make sure they can wear them for the shoot. If the actor is likely to forget the prop or costume we will keep responsibility of them. Everything need for the shoot must be doubled checked that we have, otherwise we would need to reschedule the shoot.

Trip Hazards Outside Beth/Georgia Outside where we are filming there could be trip hazards such as broken glass or bins in the way of filming. We will need to make sure the area is safe for us to work in and its safe for the actors.

Lighting All Beth/Georgia When we arrive at our location we must make sure the lighting is right, as it is a horror film too

much light will not fit the conventions of the film. However we could shoot the scene with bright light and we may be able to edit the lighting.

Unavailable location

All Beth/Georgia The location may be public so we would not have to check that the location is available it always will be. But just in case we will go down the day before and check that nothing has been blocked off.

Location Safety All Georgia/Beth We will visit the filming placed before hand to make sure that they are safe locations to film at. Once we know they are safe we will shoot there, but again on the filming day will assess the location just to make sure there will be no threat to us or the actors.

Public interference Outdoors Beth/Georgia The public will be around when we are filming at certain locations, to make sure we are all safe we will need to assess the filming location, This will entail looking for people who way want to steal the equipment. This may seem a judgmental thing to do, but as the equipment is not ours we have to take extra caution to make sure nothing happens to is. If someone was to try and steal the equipment this may injure us in the process which we cannot allow to happen. Some of the public may not want to be shown or caught on camera so we would need to stop filming and respect the public. We would then need to reschedule the shoot possibly to a less busy day.

Traffic Outdoors

(To film location

e.g. Hartlepool)

Beth/Georgia When we are filming near a road we will need to make sure that we are safe from not getting injured. We will also have to make sure the actors do not get to close to the road. The actor could get carried away with acting and not notice they are too close to the road, so we will have to watch them to make sure they are safe. The traffic could

also be a problem when trying to get to a location. To deal with this problem we will make sure that us and the actors set off early to avoid traffic.

Software Post production

editing suite

Georgia/Beth The software may be liable to crash when we are editing our final cut, so one of us will save the work at 10 minute intervals to make sure no editing or work is lost. It may crash because of how much filming is being edited all at once.

Film not following conventions

N/A Beth/Georgia We will think about the conventions of horror throughout

the filming process. As we already have an understanding about the conventions this will

not be a completely difficult task. Making sure we have made the film creative but not too creative that the audience cannot follow, will be an easy task as we have planned it before hand, we must make sure the balance is right.

Film not to the top standards

N/A Beth/Georgia

Budget Issues N/A Georgia/Beth/Actor As this is low budget film money may become hard to find. This would mean that props and costumes may not be exactly what we wanted them to look like. We would have to uses props and costumes more than once, or props and costumes that are available. Travelling to filming locations may cause a problem, as there are many actors involved in the same scenes. This could be solved by paying for the actors travelling expense to the location, or offering lifts to the locations.