Risk assessment- Miss Georgiou

Risk Assessment- Miss Georgiou

 A risk assessment is an important way of exploring all of the basic dangers and challenges we will face during filming, that we had otherwise over looked, whilst devoting our attention predominantly to the finalizing of our narrative and the commencing of filming our thriller. Due to the present climate, we are faced with extremely cold weather and plenty of rain, this means we need to take into consideration, the safety of our actors, especially our main protagonist as she frantically runs through an ill lit forest during our scene. The forest floor is very likely to be wet, muddy and slippery so we have taken this into account before filming, ensuring that our actor is not hurt during the chase scene and that, although the scene is meant to be extremely dark, the actor can see where she is going, through the use of torches, hidden away from the camera shot. We also reminded ourselves through the risk assessment, that we have to take into consideration the general public, as we will be filming very close to the neighborhood houses, and they may find some of what we are filming distressing. The main iconography of our thriller film is the antagonists mask, and this in its self provides a possible danger for the actor, as the mask limits their vision. This impaired vision caused by the mask, and the darkness of our night time setting will make it extremely hard for the antagonist to see. We have discussed this and agreed that his character will not be featured moving at any point, simply dotted in different frames. This ensures the safety of the actor, and provides a dramatic presence encapsulated by the antagonist, each time he is featured. Planing a risk assessment has made me aware of the precautions we will need to take during filming, and subsequently built my confidence, as I am aware of what we can do to prevent the possible dangers, and have our filming run as smoothly as possible.