Important health and safety paperwork

When you are creating any media text, whether it is a website, film or webisode for YouTube, you must make sure that everything you do is safe and legal. We have just looked at various laws relating to computer use but we also need to look at what you can do to ensure that you make yourselves as safe as possible when collecting and creating materials for your interactive media products.

The following documents are vital for any project such as the one you are completing and if you complete them correctly, you can minimise the risk of getting injured and getting in trouble with the law.

Task
Find out what each of the following documents is and what it is used for;

Recce

Talent release form (adult)

Talent release form (minor)

Risk assessment

Before you will be allowed to make your own product, you will be required to complete the forms above to ensure that you are working safely and within the law.