Safety planning for filming

My music video will involve filming with many items and props that can be classed as high risk or dangerous to some degree of note. These items/props include:

• Cigarettes (both fake and real)
• Zippo lighters
• Numerous props that look like illegal substances/narcotics
• Alcoholic drinks
• Pocket knife
• Real imitation training firearms (RIFs)

I have completed risk assessments and given consideration to the possible dangers and potential hazards to using each of these and ways in which to reduce this risk. I have also given consideration into where these props will be used and how the external environment of the music video's settings can influence these risks.

I will also be filming with a 10 year old child. This increases dangers and risks for the situation as a whole that has required increased consideration to the child's safety and well-being. Apart from considering and working to reduce the dangers of this child interacting with these props, I have also talked with the child actor these dangers from using these items and how they will be interacted with safely. I will have the availability to emergency medical responses on set ready in the extreme case of an emergency. 

For example, during an exterior scene, the female character will be sat on a bench next to the man lighting a fake cigarette, going to smoke it and giving the cigarette to the man. I recognized that the dangers included getting burnt by the fire produced by the lighter or lit cigarette and also occupants of the high rise apartment nearby calling the police after seeing this scene be recorded. To work against these dangers I gave the child who was acting in the scene proper training on how best to preform the scene as well as having a fire extinguisher and those capable of responding in an emergency situation standing nearby with access to cell phones in the extreme case of needing to make an emergency call. I also notified the front desk of the apartment complex and put up visible notification signs that filming was on-going to further reduce risk when filming.