Media Studies 2009-2011

Northallerton College Media Studies

Risk Assessment Form

Step 1            Identify the hazards

Roads and strangers.

Step 2            Decide who might be harmed and how

Mainly camera operator as they will be least aware of their surroundings. i.e. Roads and Strangers.

Step 3            Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions

We just have to make sure to be aware of our own and each others surroundings.

Step 4            Record your findings on this form and implement them

Step 5            Review your assessment and update if necessary

link to the annotated version of Tracker, just copy and paste.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDnuI1g5E-Y

Jenny Chandler was our main character, she represents the same character as Jamie Lee Curtis does in halloween, we purposley did this as they both play innocent girls who end up on their own as all there friends have been killed or taken. The whole movie is on how they were followed and our movie gives the same afect as being watched, our point of view shots bring this to our film. Her costumes are every day wear, Jenny was also given casual clothing for the film, both their make up is simple to make them look innocent in the film.

The film company is called JJF because of the owners Jack Young Flora Simpson and Joanna Byrom. They make horror films in particular and aim to make the main profits in the cinemas.

They work with Young films co. a small british distributing company. there role is to distribute the film to the cinema, then to get it to dvd eventualy. they also deal with the marketing of the film.

the film was made on a very low budget and aimed to help up and coming writters directors musicians and actors, the film was shot mainly in an old building that we got permission to film in for a small cost, some sences were shot in a studio but as this would take a large chunk out of our budget we tried to avoid this were possible. Because of the small budget and the aims of the grants given the actors used were unknown this meant they were also cheap, this was the same with the mucisions writters and directors.

we expectede to make most our money from the cinemas even though british made films usually do better when they go to dvd however this film is a horror and they tend to be seen and the cinema than bought on dvd. Because the cinema demand would be high we didnt need to worry to much about piracy as people preffer to see horrors in the cinema.
Here is a link to this added to the film on youtube, just copy and paste it.

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K88LnAjDe2U

       This is a picture of me cheking the camera is all in order before going out on set, i made sure all the equipment worked including headphones ect.

The other picture is of me using adobe premiere pro to edit my film, this shot is of my using the effects to put a title in.

As the location for our Film could of been potentially dangerous, a risk assesment was extremely important. The ‘Utility’ is a derelict building and no longer occupied by anyone, we had to think about what areas we would be entering during the making of the film and the risk each of these places held. We identified each Hazard. how they could harm us and the actions we would need to take. We had to discuss the condition of the site and general precautions.

The main Hazards involved were:

• It was an unfamilar building to all of us
• Working in a building that had not been in use for several years
• There was a danger to us of falling or slipping over, so we had to be fully aware of these areas and ensure we stayed away from them.
• One of us could of fallen into one of the water holes
• In the case of Evacuation of the location in event of fire or another emergency. The Emergency services not knowing if personnel are not accounted for.