Dealing with hazards.

Hazards which don't need to be dealt with but if so how would we deal with them?

• Water near the equipment and set - As there is no water near the equipment and set it means there would be no need to deal with that particular hazard, however if there was to be water in the set then we will make sure the set is clear before shooting.
• Wires going across the floor - If there was wires within the set then we would make sure there was no wires in the set, making sure the equipment and everyone in the location was clear from the wires for health and safety reasons ( tripping over wires, equipment getting tangled within the wires etc.

Hazards in the set that need to be addressed and dealt with.

• Will others be walking through the set? - There would be other students and/or teachers in our location as we will be filming in the schools library which can tend to be busy, to deal with this potentially hazard we will make sure our specific filming area will be clear and quite whilst setting up and filming the commercial.
• Are there any tipping hazards? - There was many tripping hazards within the location, such as bags on the floor, books and chairs. However we made sure we dealt with all the hazards before we brought the equipment and product to the set as it could lead to potentially damaging the product or create a unsafe environment to film.
• Is there anything sharp? - The only thing that would be sharp and potentially hazardous to others would be the sharp corners of the actual product or the ends of the tables but we made sure we kept clear from anything potentially sharp & hazardous.
• Could someone trip over a chair or table? - This was a major hazard that we needed to address as where we was filming consisted of many chairs and tables. Which could be a potential hazards to either others or the equipment, this meant that we need to clear tables and chairs from our filming area in order to film safely.
• Could the product be damaged? - There were risks of the product being damaged, such as transportation however we had planned before hand a way to safely transport the product to our location. We also made sure that the product was stably rested on a stable table before filming.
• Was there any lifting of any heavy objects? - Transporting the product was a big issue for us as our location was quite far away from where the product originally was, if we was to carry the product we would be handling heavy objects, so there for we used a trolley to transport the product safely to our chosen location.
• Was there any inappropriate clothing worn during the filming? We made sure myself and Shafique were wearing appropriate clothing to film the commercial safely, we made sure we were not wearing anything loose or with anything jewelry or any clothing with excess dangling material etc for safety hazards ( things getting caught/riped etc)

We understand clearly that care has to be taken when filming, using equipment and transporting the product to its location, we then made sure we dealt with the hazards, making sure all the hazard's were noticed and fixed before any filming took place. We also made sure we had permission of filming in the library and using the product before shooting.