Location Scout & Risk Assessment

This blog contains the location scout and risk assessment for our documentary project. This blog was researched and written by Kenneth and Tisha.

Regents Classroom
Location Link:	Regents Secondary School
Events in scene:	School bombing, CCTV footage from the event, Interview
Pros of location:	No outside interruption, protection from weather conditions, has the props that are needed in this documentary (tables, chairs, whiteboard).
Cons of location:	Might be hard to get private access, lightings may be bad as the lights are mostly from the lightbulb only, Students or teachers might walk in while we’re shooting
Alternatives:	There are many classrooms that have adjustable lighting that will match our scene. The school has a lot of classrooms as well so we can switch classes if it's occupied.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	Bags on the floor and chairs +  tables in the way
Evaluate risks:	while shooting actors / during recording we may stumble across the bags and bump into chairs and tables
Control measures:	We’ll shoot after school, so hopefully less students will be around by then. We will also have someone to secure the area before we start shooting so it limits the chances of people to come into the room. We will also clear the space of the tables so it removes the hazards of stumbling over and bumping into things.
Responsibility:	We will have someone take turns or when they are not going to be doing anything during the shoot to stay outside making sure no one will come in, or anyone from outside to be making any loud noises that can be heard until inside the room.
Time frame:	We will have the one who's responsible for their turn to be outside of the classroom before a shoot is happening.
Other notes:	Ask for permission before hand to teacher who was using the classroom so there won't be any disturbance while using the classroom

Regents Field
Location Link:	Regents Secondary School
Events in scene:	Shows students having fun and feeling safe at school, shows student running away for safety from cctv footage, stage footage of school
Pros of location:	Large space of area that can hold a lot of people at once,
Cons of location:	Students and teachers might walk into our shot unknowingly. Also, the field is used for various sports, even after school.
Alternatives:	If the field is used for sport, we can record parts of footage in the hallways at school. We could also ask permission from people who are doing sport whether we can record them for the documentary.
Risk Assessment
Potential hazards:	Bumps on the field, potential rain (slippery)
Evaluate risks:	Bumps can make people trip and hurt themselves, especially for people who will be the one recording with the camera might trip over and we will have to re-do the shot again. Rain can also ruin our shot as using our equipment in the rain will break it, after the rain as well can make the field slippery which will not be safe at all.
Control measures:	As the location has bumps on the field, there are parts of the field that are stable where we could record there. When the location is exactly where the bumps are we will ask our actors as well as ourselves to be careful and not do the action too fast that gives the chances of falling. The rain itself has no control measure on that as if it did rain we will just need to record another section of the documentary and change the day to record on the field on another day.
Responsibility:	The one who will be responsible is one of our team members that will be doing the shooting schedule as they will make sure whether the location will be available and even safe to do it. They are responsible to check with the weather app to have a heads up, where if it is supposed to rain we will change the day and postpone our shooting schedule.
Time frame:	Before the shoot we as a team will find the perfect location and make sure how severe the risks are whether it is still possible or we can't do it at all.
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