Wednesday 22 March 2017

Health and Safety Precautions

For this assignment, I will be required to produce a promotional video for King Edward VI College. Whilst capturing my footage for this task, I will need to adhere to health and safety procedures to ensure the safety of not just myself, but others whom may be affected. These precautions are also put in place to ensure equipment is not damaged or stolen.
One procedure that I will make sure to abide to, is making sure all equipment is not left unattended. This ensures that the equipment does not get lost or stolen. This will be especially important as for some equipment (e.g. camera, camera dolly, tripod, etc) may need to be borrowed from the college with the expectation that it will be returned in the same condition it was loaned out in.
Another procedure to follow is making sure that the camera equipment does not obstruct the path of civilians. This is also important because impeding equipment can be tripped over, causing harm to surrounding people and/or the camera equipment. This can also be achieved by posting signs alerting unknowing pedestrians that the area is being used to record footage. This method also has the benefit of warning people of conditions that may be dangerous (e.g. posting these signs will warn people of epilepsy of camera flashes that may cause them problems).
Another precaution to take is ensuring that straps are worn when required. For example, the camera I will be using will have a neck strap to prevent accidental damage in case the camera happens to slip out of the cameraman's hands.

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