Kev McCurdy is a fight choreographer for television, film and and theatre.
During the first half of the session he highlighted the importance of risk assessing everything that takes place during a fight scene to ensure that everything is fully covered and no harm is done to any of the participants. As a stage manager it may fall to them to write all the risk assessments, although Kev does them himself and then sends on to the company. Any alterations to the fight choreography must be mentioned to the fight director as they are the only ones who can make sure the fight is safe and risk assessed. Kev makes sure that he is available as often as possible so that he can approve and go over any differences. When running through a fight sequence it is a good idea to show each step in installments so that the cast have a chance to grasp each step individually before they move on to the next one. Once they have grasped all of the steps in the sequence the fight director is then able to get the cast to recount each step so that they are sure the fight is well known and that nothing can go wrong.
Below is two examples of risk assessments that Kev McCurdy showed us. I actually really like this format of risk assessment as they progress from one section to the other in a clear and concise manor. They give all of the information about the fight, the hazards and what the company / fight director has done in order to make it safe. I think that it could work as a general risk assessment for anything ranging from truck use to specific workrooms as you are able to include all of the same information while adding more detail to the operation or room in question.
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