Film and TV crew members were essential workers until last week. Now, all of Hollywood is shut down. It's been almost 10 months since the original shutdown, and Los Angeles was trying to get back to normal. Last month, Governor Gavin Newsom wrote that crew members and filmmakers were part of a list of exempted people who were allowed to go back to work. But amidst an intense surge in COVID-19 cases sweeping Los Angeles County, all the major studios and steamers have agreed to pause local production for a week (or more) to try and mitigate the stress on area hospitals. All this while Los Angeles passes 800,000 cases of COVID-19... that number was a little over 400,000 once before. These kinds of shutdowns are really expensive. Producers have been reviewing the logistics, including talent availability and whether cast and crew would be paid for the additional idle days. Budgets are getting thinner, even as they already had to take on the COVID protocols, officers, and testing. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Tuesday, 5 January, 2021