Health and Safety Tutorial

Health and safety

The purpose for this tutorial was to familiarise us with the filming equipment we will be using. We also discussed potential problems we may face outside whilst filming outside. We talked about what not to do with the equipment and how to use it.


The video camera we will be using when filming is a JVC professional quality recording camera.
Do’s & Don’ts:

1.      Firstly we were told to treat them with care and safely for the sake of other students who may need to use it after us and because the cameras cost a lot of money.

2.       More importantly no eating or drinking while using the camera. This could also mean taking into consideration if you are able to use the recording camera outside depending on the weather, (e.g. rain and snow).

3.      Making sure that the camera is properly attached to the tripod.

4.      Not touching the camera lens which could result in blurry footage.

We had to be shown where and how to insert the SD memory card into the recording camera correctly, removing and inserting the battery, connecting the camera to the tripod accurately and how to actually set up a tripod. We had to demonstrate to other group members to see if the tripod was at level.    




SD Card



Tripod