06 – Hostile filming protocol
Assess your team’s needs for training to prepare them for the situations they could face in production.
Hostile or high-risk training should incorporate the following:
- Threat identification
- Risk assessment
- Contingency planning
- First aid/medical trauma
- Threat reaction
- Hostile environment vehicle training
- Keeping equipment and materials safe
- Filming in crowds
- ID protection for team members and participants
Team members may also need training in abductions, bribery, landmines, digital security, civil unrest, negotiation, defensive driving, emotional resilience, and the prevention of gender-based and sexual violence.
If team members have received training in the past, refresher courses are STRONGLY recommended to keep what they learned top of mind in a tense situation.