Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Health and Safety

Despite the majority of filming taking place on the college site, there are various subjects that mean extra safety precautions must be made:

- When filming in a classroom we must ensure that there are not any items that can be tripped over, for example ensure that things such as wires and students bags are moved out the way of where we are filming.

-When using different pieces of equipment we must ensure that they are secure, this mainly refers to tripods. When using a tripod ensure that it is set up efficiently so that it does not fall over as it could hurt someone. Also make sure that when placing a camera on the tripod that it is secure and will not fall off, as this could result in damaging the camera.

-Whilst in the photography studio, as it is a rather confined space, we must ensure that wires are kept out of the way and are taped down to the floor. By doing this it minimalises the threat of tripping over the wire and injuring the subject. Also when dealing with studio lights they must be switched off at the wall and left to cool down before being handled by anyone as the bulbs become very hot and could burn someone.

- We also have to be aware of the dangers of different locations where we film. For example when filming outside of college on the road for example there are cars about. Also by filming outside we need to ensure that we are extra careful with equipment as if dropped it will most likely break. Also we have to ensure whilst filming we keep an eye on equipment as in busy places such as a town centre there may be thieves.



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