THE BIZ: Wondering what it's going to be like to get back into production... well... wonder no more. Here are the PGA guidelines for indie productions starting back up. It's going to be interesting to be back on set ...
Producing : Back to work :) by Jeff Lyons
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To a certain extent, as unworkable as the previous union guidelines which are now "negotiable" per production.
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Thanks for sharing, Jeff Lyons! What are you working on? If you're allowed to say ;-)
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I start working on NBC show next week...
Congrats, Erick Freitas! That's awesome!
How long is the gig? Just one day or multiple days?
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Not as an actor or writer, as a location scout, until next year apparently...
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Karen: many plates spinning :) Movie in works in the UK and writing my third book for my publisher on subplots and story. busy busy busy :) thanx for asking
If the biggest budget films are not following quarantine guidelines, why would indie projects follow? People are gonna risk health for $.
http://www.btlnews.com/news/john-nolan-death/
Batman stops filming.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/batman-pauses-production-1...Actually, Indie projects are in a better position to keep people safe, especially if the script is COVID safe. Did you read Emily Skye's blog about the short she shot in May? It was recently greenlit as a feature, too: https://www.stage32.com/blog/How-to-Film-Safely-During-a-Pandemic
Karen "Kay" Ross how so? I doubt many indie films can afford to quarantine cast & crew before filming, daily testing and fast test results, medical team on staff.
Dan MaxXx The "guidelines" put out by unions/pga et al are unworkable even on big budget sets. The "official" quarantine and testing guidelines simply don't work and aren't considered necessary in other industries where there is FAR FAR more actual risk than on any film set. SAGAFTRA has even defacto backed off from them (ironically for bigger budget shoots), making them now a matter of negotiation under individual contracts. Upon reading them it's pretty clear they aren't really intended to be anything but an expensive deterrent to indie production, seizing on the covid situation to delay matters while mainstream moves away from theatrical. refering to Karen "Kay" Ross comment, one reason indie projects are likely safer is the sheer difference in required crew size and number of day-players. Those things alone make a bigger budget set less "safe" if that is a concern.
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Also, hiring families that have been quarantined together, testing before filming begins, and setting guidelines for contact after the testing so that there is no means for contraction. Read the blog, it's really very detailed.