Risk Assessment

As my role as Floor Manager, it is in my job description to carry out a risk assessment to ensure that full safety is in order during the live show on set. During the risk assessment, I have to identify any hazards which are possible in the studio and then identify the risks possible within the hazard then find a way to prevent this risk or lower the risk state to a safety standard.

PRODUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT FORM
PRODUCTION TITLE: Alcohol Awareness News Pakage
PRODUCTION NO:                               1	Production Office Phone: 0800 068 8585
STUDIO DATES: 10/01/2012	FILMING/OB DATES: 10/01/2012
STUDIO ADDRESS: Fielden Campus Barlow Moor Road West Didsbury Manchester M20 2P	LOCATION ADDRESS: Fielden Campus Barlow Moor Road West Didsbury Manchester M20 2PQ
Unit Manager:  Imogen Howkins	Office Phone:  N/A	Mobile: N/A
Live broadcast of 8 music bands performing. In the intervals of the bands rigging up and then de-rigging, we will hold interviews the the next oncoming band. The whole production will last around 1 hour and 30 minutes.

Hazard Checklist

		Tick				Tick					Tick
1	Access/egress blocked/restricted	✔	18	Hazardous substances: chemicals/dust/ fumes/poisons/asbestos/battery acid etc./ waste disposal			35	Scenic/set materials - not fire retardant/ toxicity tested
2	Alcoholic drinks/hospitality		19	Heat/cold, extreme weather climate			36	Scenery manual handling difficulties
3	Animals/insects (wild, performing etc.)		20	Heavy loads on studio floor/rostra			37	Scenic materials: glass/polystyrene
4	Any special prop, tool etc., under the direct control of the presenter, artist etc.		21	L.P.G./bottled gases			38	Smoking on set/studio			✔
5	Audience safety/public/crowds/violence/ civil unrest		22	Lasers/other bright lights/strobes			39	Special ‘flying’/technical rigs
6	Compressed gas/cryogenics/low temperature		23	Lifting equipment, e.g. forklift LOLER			40	Special needs/children/elderly/disabled
7	Confined space/ tanks/mines/caves/ tunnels		24	Live electrical equipment		✔	41	Special visual effects: rain/snow/fire/ smoke/steam/dry ice/heat
8	Derelict buildings/dangerous structures/ isolation of services/waste control		25	Machinery proximity			42	Scenery/props storage on premises
9	Diving operations		26	Night operations			43	Stunts/dangerous activities/hazardous props
10	Explosives, pyrotechnics, fireworks		27	Noise/high sound levels		✔	44	Technocrane/camera cables/camera movement/special cable runs/scanners			✔
11	Falling objects	✔	28	Portable tools above 110v			45	Vehicles/motorcycles/speed
12	Fatigue/long hours/physical exertion/stress	✔	29	Practical flame/fires/flambeaux			46	Water/proximity to water/tanks
13	Fire Prevention/Evacuation Procedures	✔	30	Radiation - sources/equipment etc.			47	Weapons/knives/firearms
14	First Aid/Medical Requirements	✔	31	Recording/shooting outside of LWT studios/OBs/PSC			48	Work at height: zip-up/ladders/talascope etc.
15	Flammable materials: painting/spraying needed		32	Risk of infection			49	Working on grid/ ‘truss’ etc.
16	Flying/aircraft/balloons/parachutes		33	Scaffolds/rostra/decking/platforms/ practical staircase/walkways on set			50	Working/storage under seating
17	Freelance crews, scenic ops		34	Scenery/flats over 12 ft x 10 ft/non-standard shape/centre of gravity.  Flown from grid			51	Other
·     Identify which hazards are involved in the production and tick the appropriate box above. ·     State overleaf whether risks associated with each identified hazard is either high, medium or low. ·     Specify control measures to be adopted to reduce risk state to an acceptable level, and state the resulting risk factor. ·     Inform those persons exposed to any risk of the control measures to be adopted. ·     The form must be signed by the originator and the producer, and copied to:					Unit manager					Crew / Cast
					Head of Production
					HODs					H&S Advisor

Hazard Number + Identity of Persons Exposed	MAIN RISKS IDENTIFIED  (Describe risks and state if considered to be high (H), medium (M) or  low (L) before any controls are introduced.	EXISTING & ADDITIONAL CONTROLS TO MANAGE RISKS Include names of experts or contractors to be used. Indicate the risk state after control initiatives are introduced.(H/M/L) Specify who is to ensure the measures are implemented and that they are effective.		Final risk level is acceptable
1 + 13 – S + P	Risk could be fire exits could be blocked with equipment and this could be a High risk if there is a fire.	In the institute we have a health and safety officer present at all times which will be able to control these risks from happening using CCTV. With the health and safety officer present I would consider the risk to be a Low risk		✔
12 – S + P	I would consider this risk to be a Medium because this could potentially harm people involved and it could cause interruption in the broadcast.	To control this risk I would recommend regular breaks, this may not prevent this but will help to control it and the risk state after I would give a low risk		✔
44 - S	This risk is a High because trailing cables can lead to people tripping over the cable and also damaging the camera equipment.	To help prevent the risks involved, I would use cable tidy’s and cables mats to keep all cables on the floor and out of the way to cause these potential hazards, the risk state after would be Low		✔
27 – S + P	I could give the risk state a medium. The main risks involved are earring damage and sound travelling to other rooms.	To prevent this, earplugs could be given out to the staff to stop earring damage and soundproof could be used around the room to stop the sound travelling, the risk state after would be a Low or none at all		✔
24 – S + P	This is a High risk because exposure to live electric could cause death if electrocuted and also could damage other electric equipment or wiring around the studio.	To prevent this I would ask the healthy and safety officer to check the equipment beforehand if nothing will blow any electrical fuses and make sure all the equipment is safe and is not exposed to anybody, the risk state after would still be a Medium so signs and notices will be put up to make everybody involved aware.		✔
State whether persons ‘at risk’ are: Staff(S), Freelance(F), Contractor(C), Performer/Presenter(P), Public(U)
If necessary, continue on extra sheets			NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SHEETS  ATTACHED
COMPLETED BY: (print) Luke Talbot                                                                     POSITION: Floor Manager SIGNATURE:                                               DATE: I am satisfied that the above constitutes a proper and adequate risk assessment in respect of this production. If any changes are made, the risk assessment will be reviewed.
PRODUCER:(print name) Imogen Howkins                                                                                                                                    SIGNATURE:                                                                              DATE:

Floor Plan Field Campus

Here is the floor plan of the studio we will be filming at. The live show will take place on this set and on the same following show our VT will be presented on the show from the vision mixer in the gallery room.  I created the floor plan myself using software called Celtx.

Equipment List

Here is the equipment that will be needed during our production. I have described what each piece of equipment in the way it will help us or what it is used for.

Tricaster Pro – The Vision Mixer we will be using to broadcast our footage on the live acts. The tricaster pro comes with five internal monitors to link to the cameras and 

allows talkback communication.

Portable Monitor – Connect to the vision mixer so that the live broadcast can be viewed at the same time.

Sony V1 Camera (3 Cameras)

Panasonic P2 Camera

6 Sony V1 Batteries (3 for spare incase any are drained)

2 Panasonic P2 Batteries (1 for spare incase the other has drained)

4 Tripods - To make all available camera’s stationary

4 Composite Cables – Used to connect the camera to the vision mixer.

3 Dollies – Attachment to the tripod to make the camera moveable but at the same time steady.

5 Talkback Units – The crew will need 5 talkback units for the director, three camera operators and the floor manager.

5 Microphone Headsets – Connect to the talkback to communicate

5 five-pin XLR Cables – Used to connect the talkback to the Vision Mixer so that all Units are linked up to each other for everybody to communicate.

4 BNC Cables – Used to show the input from the cameras to the monitors of the vision mixer. It is connected from the output of the composites into the monitors.

Sound Mixer – Connected to the boom microphones using three-pin XLR cables, then the level of sound can be adjusted so it isn’t too loud or too quiet.

2 Boom Microphones - Boom microphones will be on a stand, one on the left and one on the right to capture sound on both sides, these will be plugged into the sound mixer.

2 Boom Poles – Attachment for the boom microphones to stand.

4 three-pin XLR Cables – To connect the boom microphones to the Sound Mixer.

Cable Mats – The cable mats will be used tidy loose cables on the ground near a popular walkway so that no risks can occur such as tripping or damaging equipment.

Content and Style

Content and Style of my news package

As a group, our news package has focused on the topic of Alcohol.

We have been research news packages by watching a variety of news packages on the Internet, these news packages target a wide audience, we have made comments on these news packages and developed idea’s for our own news package.

The content we are using starts with a live introduction to the package, which gives the headline of our news package and then a short summary of what our news package aims to do, which is shows the typical life of a student who drinks alcohol. During the short summary, general views of alcohol will be shown in video and image form. The next stage of our news package is to show a pre-recorded VT of interviews that was carried out asking possible questions we mind-mapped. There will be an appearance of a presenter on our news package as that is a common during news packages. The total running time of our news package will be no longer than five minutes.

The style we are using sticks to one colour scheme, the colour scheme being Red. The font needs to be reading and suitable for everybody viewing the news package. The font we considered was a sans serif as this type of font is easier to read rather than serif. The font we will use is Ariel as it is a professional looking front. The colour font we decided to use is White, as this will make the font easy to read using a Red colour scheme.

We will be using logos in our news package. This logo is a production logo that has been created ourselves which means the logo will be copyright free. The logo has been made to look professional and suitable to be added to the news package.

Here is an example of our first and final logo, which has been created by our producer Imogen Howkins. It was created using the software Adobe Photoshop. The first one was considerable poor standard. So using this as a draft she designed a new logo using more professionalism and sophistication. The final logo looks more tidy and neat when compared to the first logo.

First Logo

Final Logo

Another reason we had to change the group production logo was for the reason that using the first logo had a white background and white background couldn’t be used in the VT’s as would look very un-professional so we decided the inverse the colours with the text and the background.

Alcohol Awareness Campaigns

I will be looking at Alcohol Awareness Campaigns and looking at how the campaigns raise the awareness of the dangers of Alcohol. 


The first website I found is http://www.drinkaware.co.uk/campaigns


This website shows campaigns they hosted since 2008.


The main focus of their campaigns are to highlight the dangers of Alcohol misuse through campaigns. Drinkaware.co.uk uses imagery, videos and applications to raise the awareness of the campaign.


Drinkaware.co.uk hosts events to reduce alcohol related harm and to give people important facts about the misuse of Alcohol. The current campaign Drinkaware.co.uk are hosting is a ingenious idea which uses the idea of the 2012 Olympics is to host a 10k run in London. Everybody can take part in the organised event and is highly promoted to raise the support and awareness. The campaign shows a lot of facts and statistics on different matters of Alcohol. The website also promotes to fund your own campaign by applying.


I think it will be a very good idea if we address these same issues on our own project and maybe promote the current campaign hosted by Drinkaware.co.uk on our alcohol awareness news package as this will raise awareness in their campaign and also raise awareness in our project.


After researching more alcohol awareness campaigns, I found a really interesting campaign from alcoholconcern.org.uk, the campaign is an annual campaign and is hosted for a week each time. This is called the alcohol awareness week. Alcohol awareness week raises awareness by local and regional groups and organisations of the health  and social issues to the public. Alcoholconcern.org.uk also shows statistics and key facts of the dangers of alcohol misuse. 


http://www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/alcohol-concern-in-action/campaigning/alcohol-awareness-week


I think if we promoted the Alcohol awareness week in our news package, this would raise awareness in our project and I think if we add the key facts in our project this will highlight the issues.