Health and Safety for unit 32, Bristol promotional

Health and safety was a key issue when filming the Bristol promotional, the fact that we were in a city which non of us were familiar with only added to the possible issues we would run into.
To maintain our safety whilst filming in this unfamiliar location, we grouped into teams of three or four, this was done not only to have more people filming at any given time, but also the additional benefit of safety in numbers. If we ever were to find ourselves in a dangerous situation we would have the support of the rest of our groups to rely on. Filming in groups also helps us to locate our filming locations.
Groups also help us to transport and protect our equipment, carrying hundreds of pounds worth of equipment brings its own risks, but being in a group means that whilst two or three of us are filming, the other can keep our unused equipment safe.

Loose wires and equipment also raises issues in regards to health and safety, during Filming it was sometimes necessary to lay our wires and cables, this created a danger of a pedestrian or indeed ourselves tripping over the wires and injuring ourselves. If a member of the team were to fall over some of the equipment this might not be such a big issue, but if a member of the public were to trip on our equipment than this would be much more serious. To remedy this we used tape to secure all of our equipment together, minimising the area which an accident could occur, we also had a member of out team stand next to the wires to warn anybody who passed by of there presence.

We also tried to avoid public locations during peak hours, at peak times of the day the presence of the public is to large to film, not only for access to locations to film, but also as a health and safety risk. Filming in these locations in these locations during these times would increase the risk of injury on the the equipment.