TEN STEPS: IN DETAIL Before you leave for the scene, check that your equipment is in proper working order and then follow these steps. FILMING STEP 1 Ensure the scene is safe for filming Your safety and the safety of the community come first. Be on the lookout for potential physical hazards. For instance, do not move bodies if there is any possibility that the person handling the body is not adequately protected against the transmission of illness, do not enter a collapsed building that is unstable, etc. Also, consider whether the act of filming will put your safety, or the safety of the community, at risk if someone sees. STEP 2 Make a filming plan Identify the videographer then, if you are working with a professional investigator, the investigator and videographer should walk through the crime scene and plan how to film it. In most human right situations, an investigator is not present and the videographer must make the plan on his or her own. STEP 3 FOR MORE INFORMATION See Adding Essential Information to Video and Techniques for Filming Anonymously Add preliminary information to your video recording using either a piece of paper or narration If safe, begin your recording with either a written ‘slate’ containing the below information or speak the information into the camera microphone. • • • • Videographer Name / Contact Information Time Date Specific location, including the GPS location if available 91 VIDEO AS EVIDENCE: FILMING SECURE SCENES V 1.0