Being Human the BBC 3 supernatural television drama was filming shots for their new series at a local hotel, The Mardy, near our school. We were lucky enough as a class to go down to the set and look around, meet the director, some of the cast and watch them shoot some scenes. The director gave us a tour of the set that they were using and some rooms that they had created in the hotel just for the filming. It was incredible to see how some pieces of set were created and used. We went into costume and makeup and saw all the different costumes lined up for all the characters involved and we saw the new vampire of series 5 'Hal' played by Damien Molony getting his makeup done. After that we watched them shoot one scene for the new series including the new villain played by famous actor Phil Davis, they rehearsed the shot twice and it took around four takes before the director was happy. Although it was a slow process it was very interesting to watch. To get the shots a steadicam was used, this is where the camera is strapped to the camera man, he can run with the camera attached to him and still create a smooth image on screen.
After we watched the filming and they prepared for more shots, we sat outside and spoke to the on site Health and Safety officer who was a nurse, she explained the importance of health and safety when on a production and gave us a portfolio of all the information that needed to be collected from on site staff in order to prevent any serious accidents.
The portfolio included:
- an accident book
- a sample of risk assessments
- examples of potential emergency situations
- tablets and medicine, spray and inhalers, creams and rubs, insec bites, oral ointments
- accident and illness forms
- media referral documentations
- disclaimer
- paitents own medication
- set medic protocols and guidelines
- equal opportunities policy
- daily activities for medics on set
- oaoer nd electronic documentation protocols
- safe storage of medical kit
- oxygen policy
- oxygen TREM card
- confidentiality
- complaints
- data protection policy
- environmental policy statement
- health and safety policy statement
- equal opportunities policy
- medicalconfidentiality
- manual handling guidelines
- safe storage of medical kit
- clinical waste
We also discussed all the people needed to make a production like Being Human, all the different departments are as important as each other to make a successful shoot. The different departments include:
- Executive producer
- Producer
- Line producer
- Director
- 3rd A/D
- 2nd A/D
- 1st A/D
- Runners
- Sound
- Electricians
- Carpenters
- Wardrobe
- Make up
- Health and Safety
- Accounts
- Locations
- Caterers
- Actors/actresses
- Extras
- Art Departments
- Props Department
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| image of the main cast from series four |
- Unit Drivers.
It was an amazing experience and there was no better way to start our research and planning for our A2 course.
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| here are some images taken while we were visiting the set, we looked at make up and costume. |
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| vans that carried all the equiment |
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| sounds |
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| costume |
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| how light was created in the shots |
Great response Hannah
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