Risk assessment

During filming we did have some reoccurring risks that were present.


TEA LIGHTS AND MATCHES
The tea lights and matches were a big risk so when filming we ensured they were placed on the pentagram so that if they were spilt it would land on that and not the floor. we also made sure we sad away from them when sat around the pentagram so that we didn't burn ourselves with both the flame or melted wax.

CARS
As we were running across roads we had to have two people on the opposite side of the road to make sure no vehicles were coming when we were filming. We also had traffic lights clearly visible to us so we used these to our advantage. The fact that we were filming really late at night also meant that there weren't as many cars as there would have been just a few hours earlier.

TRIPPING
In one shot I had to pretend to tip over a  large branch so we had to be careful that I didn't get hurt so we used a gardening mat that we hid under leaves to prevent a hard impact when I fell. We also tried it where another member of the group were there to catch me after tripping but this wasn't as effective as the mat, which made it appear more realistic.

PUBLIC
As we were in a public place we had to make sure that there were no members of the public walking past whilst filming as this would have caused a large continuity issue if we took multiple shots of the same scene and they were present in one and not the other shots. If this were to happen and a member of the public was around during a shot then it would mean we would have to shoot an unnecessary long take.

WEATHER
Having dry, clear weather was vital for filming as fog would have disrupted the camera's view of what we were shooting. Rain would have stopped us from filming completely which luckily never happened but was a big possibility as we were filming during mid to late winter.

WAITING FOR NIGHT TIME
Meeting up late at night was key as we wanted our shots to be in the dark but this was hard as we didn't all live near each other so it meant we had less filming time as travel was needed for some members of the group to get home. When we were re-shooting our final shots we found we had to meet up at 8-9pm at night rather than 5-6pm which was our original meeting time as the nights began to draw out very quickly which meant we ended up finishing filming sometimes at 11-11:30pm at night which was also a struggle and meant we had to film on weekends as this wasn't ideal filming times during the school week.