Location Recce and Risk Assessment

Risk Assessment - Woods

Location: Woods

-          Murder scene -          Little bit of dialogue between Sam, Harry and Glen -          Both characters getting to location

Hazard	Person/s at risk	Likelihood of hazard (1-5) 1= least likely	Severity of outcomes 1= lowest risk	Risk level Likelihood + severity ÷2	Measure to reduce risk	Final risk level acceptable?
Weather – equipment gets wet	Actors	3	3	3	Make sure that we are outside the shortest amount of time possible	Yes
Fall into ditch	Actors	2	4	3	Make sure that we try to film as far away from this as possible. Make people aware of it.	Yes
Jumping down verge	Actors	4	4	4	Try to help each other get down the verge or find another pathway down.	Yes
Trip and drop equipment	Equipment	1	5	3	Try to be extra careful with it or get something to protect it when we carry it.	Yes

Location Recce - Woods

Description of the chosen location
This is a wooded area which has a lot of trees around with a small lake running at the bottom of it. Its at the side of a road so it is easy to access and there is parking there.
Issue	What to look for	Notes
Access	Bus stops and train stations	There are no bus stops or train stations.
	Parking facilities	There is a small car park but will only take about 4 cars.
	Lifts/stairs	There are no lifts or stairs, just a verge which you have to jump down or you can walk about 20 meters down the road and there is a concrete ramp.
	Doorways (Width – consider equipment as well as people)	There aren’t any doorways as it is an outdoor location.
Space	Enough room (for cast/contributors, crew and necessary equipment)	This is a very open space so there is plenty of room for everyone.
	Immovable objects (Are there any that will get in the frame?)	There are lots of trees but there are more open spaces if the trees are in the way.
	Set dressing requirements (esp. for dramatic production)	There aren’t for this location. However my characters don’t have any other costumes than the ones they are wearing.
Lighting	Windows (Are there blinds/curtains to minimise changes in daylight during the shoot?)	It is an outdoor location.
	Lighting appliances (Fluorescent/tungsten? Can they be switched on and off?)	There is only sun light because it is outdoors.
	Plug points (If lighting kit is to be used)	There aren’t any plug points at this location.
Issue	What to look for	Notes
Sound	Traffic noise	It is right by the road but it is not a busy road at all so this shouldn’t be a problem.
	Air conditioning (If yes, can it be switched off?)	Outdoor location.
	Computers (These have a low level of hum that, if in use, will affect nearby audio recording)	There are no computers at this location.
	Other people on location (Might people who live/work on location be disrupting the shoot?)	There won’t be anybody else at this location during the time of our filming.

Location Recce - Kitchen

Description of the chosen location
This is a location recce checklist for the kitchen. It is a large space with lots of lighting however it has lots of things in the way such as tables and work tops so these would need to be put somewhere else so that it would make a bit more room to be filming in.
Issue	What to look for	Notes
Access	Bus stops and train stations	There is a bus station which is about a 10 minute walk so it is easily accessible for people who don’t drive.
	Parking facilities	There is some parking down along the street however there isn’t a lot of it so any more than 2 or 3 cars could struggle.
	Lifts/stairs	The room is on a ground floor with one small step to get into the kitchen so it would be a problem for anyone.
	Doorways (Width – consider equipment as well as people)	The doorways are very wide so there would be any problem with anyone or any equipment getting through them.
Space	Enough room (for cast/contributors, crew and necessary equipment)	This would be a struggle because although it is a large space it is filled with lots of stuff so they would have to be moved or it would be unusable.
	Immovable objects (Are there any that will get in the frame?)	There are no any immovable objects.
	Set dressing requirements (esp. for dramatic production)	There is plenty of space to change as there is an upstairs with many rooms.
Lighting	Windows (Are there blinds/curtains to minimise changes in daylight during the shoot?)	There are lots of lights which is good for when you want it to be lighter. However if you want it darker the curtains are quite thin so this may be a problem.
	Lighting appliances (Fluorescent/tungsten? Can they be switched on and off?)	They can easily be turned off at the switch.
	Plug points (If lighting kit is to be used)	There a 3 plug points with 2 sockets in each so there is lots of places that will be able to take the light plugs.
Issue	What to look for	Notes
Sound	Traffic noise	There is no traffic noise here.
	Air conditioning (If yes, can it be switched off?)	There is no air conditioning.
	Computers (These have a low level of hum that, if in use, will affect nearby audio recording)	There are no computers.
	Other people on location (Might people who live on location be disrupting?)	No there won’t be any disruptions. Because there are no other people there.