Every student is required to have the 安全合同 signed and turned in to your professor 之前 beginning production on course projects.
Students may drive themselves in personal vehicles to and from an approved class project location, but if driving others, whether in a personal vehicle or College-owned vehicle, students must be an Oxy Authorized Driver and adhere to College Authorized Driver Procedures.
Potentially hazardous shooting conditions including but not limited to the following are forbidden from student productions with the rare, pre-approved exception:
- Stunts (ask what might constitute a stunt if you’re not sure)
- 枪支 Other Weapons (actual or prop)
- Shooting from Moving Vehicles or Transport Devices (buses, cars, bicycles, skateboards, 等.)
- Having any Cast or Crew member operate a Moving Vehicle or Transport Device
- 未成年人的使用
- 动物的使用
- 火灾或其他 烟火
- Shooting in or Near Water
- External 设备 Rentals
- Aerial Camera Drones
- Blocking or Disrupting Public Space
In short, talk to your professor 之前 attempting 任何东西 that might expose you, others, or equipment and property to undue risk while shooting. When in doubt, ask! Ignorance is not a defense.
Even if you and your professor determine there is narrative value to a potentially hazardous activity's inclusion, and that this element can be achieved safely, departmental policy requires you submit a written proposal, vetted and submitted by your professor to College Risk Management (and if to be shot on campus, to 校园安全) for review and approval. This proposal must be submitted to College personnel at least two weeks 之前 the proposed shoot to permit time for review and consultation. Ask your professor for a sample proposal from a past production with related issues. Written proposals should be concise and answer the following questions:
- What is the importance and relevance of the activity, 道具武器, or stunt to your project and its story?
- What is the location, date, and estimated time/duration of your poposed shoot?
- How many shots/takes involving the potentially hazardous practice will be necessary?
- Explicity detail shooting protocol crew and any cast will follow to achieve the desired shots safely.
- Detail any additional personnel (campus safety officer, 警察, 特技协调员, 位置的主人, 等.) who may need to be notified or present during shooting.
- If a 道具武器 proposal, provide the following additional information:
- What is the 道具武器 to be used?
- Where is this non-public shooting location where passers by cannot mistake the prop for an actual weapon?
- What entities (校园安全, Location Owner, Police, 等.) will you need to notify in advance or have present on set?
- How will you accommodate the safe and unseen transport of the weapon on and off set? Where and how will it be secured 之前 and after the shoot?
- Who is the prop master who will be in charge of the weapon at all times?
No weapon with moveable parts, 实际的叶片, or production of flash/sound may ever be used in an Occidental film. Handling of a 道具武器 on set will be by no one but the prop master and the actor during the actual take.
Please also note that 道具武器s or any sort of stage combat come with extraordinarily high additional costs. A 道具武器s permit may need to be issued by the state, taking several weeks and costing approximately $150. Depending on where you are shooting, you may be required to hire an off-duty 洛杉矶 警察 officer at $150/hour. Any stunts or stage combat will likely require a 特技协调员 to be on set at $150-$200/day. Challenge yourself to be innovative in your story and its execution – use off-screen sound, 令人回味的角度, and the power of editing. What we don’t see if often scarier and more evocative than what you could ever show. 更安全的, 更便宜的, and more creative route is often far more engaging than gunshots, 血, 爆炸, 火, 移动的车, or onscreen combat.