Revistă online editată de Uniunea Cineaștilor din România
Los Angeles County issued extensive regulations for film and TV production.
The rules allow for productions to resume as soon as Friday, though in reality, most are not expected to get underway until July or August. The rules set out stringent directives for social distancing on sets. It mandates the use of face coverings by cast and crew, orders that only ”essential cast and crew” be allowed on set and prescribes that actors should wash their hands before scenes.
Any prolonged physical contact – fight scenes or sex scenes – is ”discouraged” and actors are mandated to keep ”as silent as possible to avoid spreading droplets through talking”. Crowd scenes are also discouraged. Actors and musicians who cannot wear face coverings during performances should keep eight feet apart.
The rules allow for paid staff to serve as audience members – for talk shows or sitcoms, for instance – but mandates that they sit six feet apart and that the audiences be limited to 25% of the available space. The rules also state that the same group of employees should be used as the audience throughout a production.
The rules also say that actors should apply their own makeup, if possible. Craft service buffets are forbidden and food service is required to be single-serving only.
Universal film chairman Donna Langley, who served as an industry representative in the county`s reopening task force, issued a statement calling the rules “a significant step in getting our industry back to work in Los Angeles County”.
Details: Variety
