How do you come up with a union-compliant COVID-19 safety protocol in the middle of a pandemic? Back in January of this year, I had begun pre-production for my short film Elegy, a film about a teenager who is reunited with her biological parent 16 years after being kidnapped at birth while her kidnapper remains at large, which was to begin production in April. This, of course, did not happen, and I was forced to postpone the project indefinitely. SAG and other unions were racing to find a perfect protocol to ensure the safety of productions when they would be allowed to resume. I, being low on the totem pole of importance, didn’t think I would get the opportunity to shoot my film anytime soon because of the extensive list of things required for COVID safety onset, and the amount of money that would be required. SAG even told me at one point, “You know, you should just wait until this all blows over to shoot your project.” Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Monday, 19 October, 2020