health and safety

Health and safety is a crucial focus during the location scouting and securing process. Risk management forms a very important part of health and safety.

We can think for example about locations which are picked for key stunt or dance sequences. These are checked on to determine whether they are safe for the kinds of activities which will be filmed. If the ground is uneven it may cause people to be harmed due to this lack of safety.

Locations have to look very authentic, this is why many scenes are built by people for example someone falling of a cliff this can't actually happen due to the risk of injury, however the surroundings can be real.

There is also the need to prepare for all weather for health and safety. Weather can cause damage and make surfaces slippery. When doing action scenes this can cause dangers and make pre-production much harder.

There is also a massive health and safety risk with young underage children and by law they have to be accompanied by a parent or guardians if on set; there parents also have to give permission for them to do certain actions not just their consent. Their safety comes first above all other things when on set.
The BBC have many rules as well one for example being no phones permitted on set and no photos being taken of or with the children and no following of any media accounts of theirs or yours.

Also when filming in area such as schools a risk assessment is needed but not only with schools. when filming in schools there is a need of permission from parents.