Health & Safety

What and why?

So we've talked a lot about different shots within cinematography and phtotography, but in all of these we haven't actually discussed the main thing that's almost always covered first in any project that's undertaken is health and safety concerns.

Below are some shots of a studio being used and we're going to discuss what are some of the health and safety concerns and factors that have to be looked at.

There's one factor that's common with all of these images and that's the exposure. As you can see there's a lot of light and light sources in all of these images which can cause damage to the eyes if there's enough exposure to high intensity light for too long and if your filming an interview or doing a long photoshoot then this becomes something to consider.

Another thing to consider which is more obvious is electrics. Looking at all of these photos you see a lot of appliances that need plugs or cords in order to work.

This leaves a lot of sockets on and exposed to the room which can cause a few problems if there's any drinks in the room. While it may seem obvious that you wouldn't generally have a drink in the studio while it's active temperature does mean that you'd be more inclined to have a drink, and if something goes wrong like the drink gets knocked then items could get damaged or an electrical fire could break out.

So for safety and general practice leave any drinks outside of the room for safety of you as well as others and equipment.

Last which is related to the previous point is the cables in a darkened room (such as the studio however I adjusted the brightness of the images so you can see setting and appliances etc.) the cables are generally exposed and in that kind of lighting when you're moving around behind the scenes could cause some major issues. As you can see by the images in front of the model and behind the camera is quite dark and when your moving around to try and get a better angle of different effect of the subject you can trip and fall injuring yourself and possibly others as the equipment may go with you.

So general advice would be that if you're needing to move then keep an eye on the ground as you do.