Overview

This standard is about your ability to plan and assess requirements of armoury and weapons for a production.

It involves knowing which armoury and weapons are the most appropriate and communicating the necessary information to production.

You will need to work in collaboration with a range of production departments in order to provide and implement the necessary requirements.

You will also need to work in collaboration with your team to ensure accurate research and safe conversion and testing of the armoury and weapons.

It will involve careful planning from the initial stages through to the wrap.

 

Performance criteria 

You must be able to: 

  1. assess and research requirements for armoury and weapons
  2. prepare armoury and weapons specification, in liaison with heads of departments and key personnel
  3. ensure that all aspects and any use of the armoury and weapons comply with legislation, protocols and safety standards
  4. provide evidential documents on these safety precautions to the relevant organisations
  5. communicate all aspects of the specification to your team and to the production
  6. provide clear documentation and instruction for team members in weapon use
  7. work in collaboration with relevant departments
  8. provide advice and guidance to production on all aspects of Health and Safety for the weapon
  9. liaise with prop suppliers and material manufacturers to ensure all parts are appropriate for the intended use
  10. convert armoury and weapons as required
  11. suggest and provide alternative designs/ideas within budget and schedule, if required
  12. assess the risks involved and assign appropriate precautions as necessary
  13. recruit competent crew for the job
  14. ensure that the location has been returned to a safe state
  15. take all aspects of risk assessment and management into account and provide documentation to this effect

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. how to research required information for the armoury and weapons requirements
  2. when to suggest the use of post production and VFX for armoury and weapons effects
  3. what will be required in terms of armoury and weapons to create the desired weapon for the period, storyline and script
  4. the mechanics of the armoury and weapons and how to convert or create something which appears convincing
  5. the different camera formats and technical specifications available – different lenses, formats, framing principles and ratios, mounts, angles of shots, depth of field, principles of perspectives and scale limitations
  6. how stunt performers work and the safety parameters they must operate within
  7. the production’s constraints and policies, including Health and Safety, insurances, budgets and schedules
  8. how to fabricate and implement action props and materials
  9. armoury and weapons the current legislation and safe working parameters for using armoury and weapons on set
  10. the challenges of converting and using armoury and weapons in workshop conditions and ensuring that safety and efficiency can be replicated in both studio and on location
  11. the hierarchy of production and who needs to be passed information at which stage of the design process and on set
  12. the timetable, budget, schedule, and planning of both your department and the needs of other departments