Aim: To construct a health and safety assignment of one or more photo-shoots i will be conducting for my magazine considering all possible eventualities

Key skills:

• Professional responsibility
• Applying my knowledge of professional practices
• Showing forethought and evidence of planning and event
• Using the opportunity to research independently for my individual situations

TUC  -  Trade union congress

• Represents British workers' rights
• See: www.tuc.org.uk/
• See: www.worksmart.org.uk/

The Health and safety at work act - 1974

• Had to be followed by all employers / authorities responsible for workers in the UK
• A H&S Commission was created

It protected people against risks to H&S in terms of:

• Dangerous substances
• Maintenances of systems
• Provision of instruction and training
• Working environments
• Allowing unions the right to create reps to enforce it
• Inspectors could gain access to workplaces

NUJ - National union of journalists

• Represents UK journalists and protects their rights
• Has a committee which meets just to discuss H&S
• See: www.nuj.org.uk/rights/health-and-safety/

NUJ'S H&S Concerns:

• Bullying
• Stress
• Repetitive strain injury (RSI)
• Public Order situations
• Conflict Zones
• Exiled Journalists

What types of risks may there be in a photo-shoot?

• Falling off props/ladders/stools
• Fires caused by plugs/deficient lighting/broken bulbs
• Seizures - the flash In the camera could cause a seizure
• Epilepsy - The flash in the camera could cause someone with epilepsy to have a epileptic fit
• Dropping equipment - could break/hurt toes or foot if dropped on them
• Broken lens glass - could pierce your skin, slash you, cut you, stab you
• Electrocution
• Lights falling and hurting models
• Tripping over wires, etc.
• Muscle spasms from being in the same stance for a while
• Cramps caused by being in the similar position all day

Hazard - Anything that can cause harm (eg. a chemical, electricity, ladders)
Risks - How great the chance that someone will be harmed by the hazard

Assessing the risks

The likely effect of a hazard may for example be rated:



                                   1. Major
Death or major injury or illness causing long term disability
                                   2. Serious
        Injuries or illness causing short term disability
                                   3. Slight
                  All other injuries or illnesses

The likelihood of harm may be rated:

                                  1. High
Where it is certain that harm will occur
                                  2. Medium
                                  3. Low

Version 1 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2aE9rQzE4bEhFWVk/edit?usp=sharing

Version 2 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2XzVKcFVtRVNnd28/edit?usp=sharing

Version 3 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2ODV1TEhwNHJkLXc/edit?usp=sharing

Version 4 : https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2YjlkOTM3b0twRTg/edit?usp=sharing
What are the main hazards within the location of your photo-shoot?

• Bright lights could damage eyes or burn yourself
• Tripping over wires could make someone fall over ad hurt themselves
• Boxes were all over the places and could make a tripping hazard 
• The lights or heavy equipment could fall down on to someone

Editorial calendar

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2RkJPZVhxMi1PenM/edit?usp=sharing

Questionaire

First Questionnaire version 21/10/13 :
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2Nkx5UHk1aGFiblE/edit?usp=sharing

What makes a good questionnaire evaluation ?

• Clearly explaining what your results mean
• Produce a Pie chart to visually enhance your evaluation
• Depict what your target audience wants and needs
• Gather key information about your audience
• Figure out what weaknesses your magazine has
• Mention any surprises or anomalies that you didn't hypothesize.
• Explain what the point of it was
• A logical order of explaining what you learned from each question

Budget

Budget -
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2cWdhTjhNQ3M1aFk/edit?usp=sharing
Budget version 2 -
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2OVhzOGN0ZzAxRnc/edit?usp=sharing

Aim: To plan my main fictional artsits to feature in my magazine in preperation for my first round of photoshoots. To also consider choice of models and requirements.

Creating our own fictional artists -
 https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2OGFqa251Uk16THM/edit?usp=sharing

Youtube music videos

Photoshoot Moodboard

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2N0duRnVuZVJWXzQ/edit?usp=sharing

Version 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2M1VBelZkcXg3N0U/edit?usp=sharing

Aim: To create a plan for your publish media document clearly defining key requirements in the creation of your products

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2M3oxOTVLc3h0X2M/edit?usp=sharing

Aim: To set myself a realistic timeframe for completing tasks within this project, aiming to motivate and organise myself in a proffessional manner

Schedule : https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BziXDbdd2CN2TmhIbFd3RGRmQ00/edit?usp=sharing

To further identify those involved in the creation of a printed & investigate issues prior to production

Problems and Troubleshooting

Equipment:

• Camera - Broken, lost, stolen
• Tri-pod - Broken, lost, stolen, doesn't fit the camera
• Props/Clothes - Torn, doesnt fit, broken, lost, stolen, doesnt match
• Lenses - Wrong type, doesnt fit camera, broken, stolen, lost
• Chargers - Break, broken, no plugs, wrong type
• Batteries - Break, broken, stolen, lost, doesnt fit, water damage, not charged
• SD Card - Break, stolen, doesnt fit, lost, water damage, port error
• Laptops - Break, stolen, no battery, lost, water damage, no wifi
• iPad - Break, stolen, lost, cracked camera, water damage, no wifi, no battery, no charge
• iPad chargers - Break, stolen, lost, no plugs, doesnt into the iPad
• Lighting equipment - Break, stolen, lost, too bright, no plugs

Solutions

• Camera - Camera case, strap, insurance, Cloud uploading, keep concealed
• Tri-pod - Bring a back-up, bring tools, keep concealed, case
• Props/Clothes - Bring spares, bring tools, keep concealed, 
• Lenses - Bring spares, insurance, keep concealed, case
• Chargers - Bring spares, insurance, use at a restaurant/cafe/shop, case
• Batteries - Bring spares, bring chargers, umberella, case
• SD Card - Bring spares, Cloud uploading, insurance, tools, case
• Laptops - Insurance, make sure no one knows you have a laptop, laptop case
• iPad - Case, insurance, keep concealed, dongle, bluetooth, bring chargers
• iPad chargers - Bring spares, case/bag, charge in restaurant/club/shop/café
• Lighting equipment - Spare bulbs, spare parts, wire extender, Someone to look after the gear

Locations

• Dance clubs - Oceana, Audio, Hospitality, Vagabondz, Rebel Rabble
• Inside of clubs/bars - The bar, the dance floor, in the light, in the dark, with/without peoplW
• Studio - Range of bands that will feature in your magazine
• Concerts - A range of different concerts that would be relevant to my magazine
• Plain white wall - Take photos infront of a white wall/green screen to put yourself in the anywhere you want to be

Location Solutions

• Impossible to take inside pic - Find and buy the rights to one of the photos for your decided bar
• No appropriate place to take pic - You could take a pictuire outside in the open field to add a lone effect if you do not have a studio or empty room for photos
• Photo-bombing - Photoshop could get rid of these errors, or take more photos to get one without the blemish
• No photos are right - Taking a lot of photos will avoid SOME of these errors but you cant always have good

Facillities

• Toilets - So you can relieve yourself without having the public looking at you
• Food/drink - Choose a cafe or refreshment area so you can refresh yourself and regain energy to carry on
• Shelter - So you can sit down and take a rest or if it is raining you can make sure your equipment doesnt get soaked
• Changing room - So the cast and bands dont have to strip in public for their appearance
• Recharging station - So the camera can last all day and make sure if theres a perfect moment you can capture it
• Wi-fi hotspot - So you can use cloud to make sure your photos are safe if the SD card/camera was to go missing
• Plug station - So you can plug in chargers/lighting or any miscellaneous things