Task 2

Risk Assessment:

Our area has slightly moved from when we first started working on 'Zombie Quest' but it's only a little change.

• There is a river where our piece is so there is a danger of falling in
• Ducks / Swans / Geese could be near our area
• There are public toilets nearby, anyone could use them in our piece
• We are on a pathway, there is a chance of cracks in the pathway or slightly raised tiles
• We are outside, anyone could walk into our scene
• People could be afraid of ducks/swans/geese
• The birds can bite

   Company name:  The Infected – Corrina, Nathan, & Amber                                 Date of risk assessment:  15/10/15



What are the hazards?	Who might be harmed and how?	What are you already doing?	Do you need to do anything else to control this risk?	Action by who?	Action by when?	Done
Slips and trips	Staff and visitors may be injured if they trip over objects or slip on spillages.	General good housekeeping is carried out. All areas as well lit as possible. No trailing leads or cables. Staff keep work areas clear, eg no boxes left in walkways, deliveries stored immediately.	Making sure that there are signs to point out if there are any spills, never leave it without having someone there to warn other people.   Keep the area tidy always.	All staff, supervisor to monitor Manager	From now on     15/10/15	15.10.15
River nearby	Staff and visitors could fall in to the river, as it only has small gates to cover it, it is quite deep.	Keeping away from the area, making sure it is guarded so that no harm comes to anybody.	Making sure it is guarded and nobody is hanging around the river.	All staff.	from now on	15.10.15
Ducks/Swans/Geese	Staff and visitors may be injured by these animals as they can bite, follow you and so on.	Trying to keep away from them, luckily where we are there are not many at all but can still be seen and around.	Have someone near by the shun the ducks/swans/geese away if they get too close. Some people may have fears of them.	Security and all staff.	From now on   15/10/15	15.10.15
Raised pavement tiles	Staff and visitors may be harmed as they can be quite easy to trip over.	Keeping an eye on them to make sure the public don’t go too close to them, and keeping more worse ones out of use.	Making sure nobody trips and really badly hurts themselves.	All staff	from now on   15.10.15	15.10.15



 

General Use Of The Site:

Where our scene is, it is in an open space and is open to the public. There are public toilets, rivers and open pathways to lead anywhere. There is also a church and a church yard nearby with shops and cafe's nearby. Also the covered market is not far away, and there is a car park very close by and we are very close to Hitchin Town. 

However for our scene, it works really well with the idea we have of it being a quarantine area. If it was inside of a shop it may not work as well and have the same affect on people. Although the stream isn't the best part of the site, I think it will work a lot better now that we won't be as close to the graveyard / churchyard / church. There is a hotel close by, a few car parks surroundings and a busy road is nearby as well.

Conditions Of The Site:

It is an old area. The pathway isn't in immaculate condition because of cracks and raised tiles. there is a lot of rubbish and litter in the stream, making an unpleasant smell. There are stairs close by to go up to the town and to the car park. There are archways which are covered in cobwebs and dirt, and old gates near the area. There is a car park right next to us and we are really close to a hotel as well.

Site specific theatre is any type of theatrical production designed to be performed at a unique, specially adapted location other than the standard theatre. This specific site either may be originally built without any intention of serving theatrical purposes (for example, in a hotel, a courtyard or a converted building), or may simply be considered an unconventional theatre space (for example, in a forest).

Restrictions:

• Parked vehicles
• ducks / swans / geese
• toilets
• phone boxes
• paying machines
• we cannot place the military van near the stream as it will block the whole pathway
• we cannot use the stairs as the scene will be too open and too separated
• we cannot put the audience in the archway part as it is too small and closed

This was the list of props we needed with our old storyline, now we need:

- head torches

- blood capsules

- fake blood

- plastic sheeting

costumes: 

- for Corrina:

- Blue jeans, pink jumper, coat, boots.

- for Nathan & Amber:

- White all in one suits 

- Military people:

- Trousers, tops, jackets, boots

Budget:

• Head torches (provided by Georgia & possibly me)
• Blood capsules (provided by Chloe / being ordered) - vary from £1.99 - £.5.00
• Fake Blood (£1.50 - £4.00)
• Plastic Sheeting (vary from £7.99 - £20.00 depending how much we need)

When walking around the site, it gave us a really clear image in our head on how it was going to work. We could also picture how the set would be placed and where the audience would stand. Having the gates meant we could use it to hang some set such as signs or orange sheeting, we got saved by having our scene move because it was a really hard set to put up with the easier location so it would have been harder in the churchyard as there is hardly anywhere to hang anything and the location we ended up with was suited so much better to our scene.