Risk & Safety

Clear risks.
Practical decisions.

Production risk assessments, location recces and safety advisers who understand the shooting day. Clear, useful advice for the people responsible for making it happen.

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The production, properly understood

A working assessment.
A safer shoot.

The script, location and schedule all shape the risk. An assessment needs to reflect how the production will actually work.

We review the planned activity, identify the hazards and develop proportionate controls with production and the relevant departments. The result is a document people can use, with clear responsibilities and a basis for updating it as plans develop.

On site and on set, our safety advisers help the team apply those decisions, respond to emerging issues and keep the practical detail in view.

How we can help

From the recce
to the call sheet.

01

Production risk assessments

Assessments shaped around the production, its people, locations and planned activity.

  • Script and schedule review
  • Production-wide and activity-specific assessments
  • Clear controls, responsibilities and review points
02

Location recces & safety assessments

Identify the practical hazards and constraints before they become shooting-day problems.

  • Access, movement, layout and working environment
  • Location-specific observations and advice
  • Coordination with location and department teams
03

On-site & on-set safety advisers

A practical point of advice during the working day, including when the plan changes.

  • Support for agreed controls and briefings
  • Advice on emerging hazards and changed activity
  • Communication with production and heads of department
04

Complex activity & department coordination

Help production bring the right specialists into the decisions around higher-risk work.

  • Liaison with stunts, SFX, construction and other specialists
  • Review of interfaces between departments
  • Escalation and follow-up of outstanding actions

A useful outcome

Advice you can
put to work.

Agree the brief with us: a document, a recce, a day on set or support across a production. We’ll define the scope and outputs so you know what you’re commissioning.

Operationally realistic.
Clear about responsibility.
Considerate of the people involved.
01

An assessment that reflects the shoot

The actual activities, location conditions and people exposed to risk, with the basis of the assessment recorded.

02

Clear actions and ownership

What needs to happen, who needs to act and which matters require specialist input or further information.

03

Advice when the plan changes

Review points and practical support for changes to the schedule, location or activity.

Before you book

Scope the support
around your production.

Can we book a single day on set?

Yes. We can scope a single day of on-site or on-set safety advice, a recce or a defined period of production support. Tell us the location, hours and planned activity so we can discuss the right brief.

Can you produce the risk assessments without attending?

A desktop assessment may be appropriate where sufficient reliable information is available. If the location or activity needs to be seen, we’ll explain what a recce or further specialist input would add.

What happens when the script or schedule changes?

We agree the review arrangements at the outset. Material changes to the location, activity or people involved may require the assessment and agreed controls to be revisited.

What’s on your next call sheet?

Tell us about the shoot, location or assessment you need support with.

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