From The Great British Baking Show to Lifetime to Mission: Impossible, which of these COVID-safe set innovations is here to stay? A vaccine looms before us. The prospect that this global nightmare of COVID-19 might soon be over is nearly beyond belief. For filmmakers, it has been a time of scrambling to figure out how to adapt productions. The truth is that no set has been able to remove 100% of the risk of getting coronavirus on set. But some serious innovation has helped the film industry, large and small, to get as close as possible. Will film sets ever go back to the ways before? Here’s a look at the biggest ways production has changed due to the pandemic. Play Zone Defense In Hollywood, union sets led the way for finding a system of staying safe. In a joint agreement with DGA, IATSE, SAG-AFTRA, and TEAMSTERS/BASIC CRAFTS, an outline was given based on statistical modeling on how a safe set must be run. One of the main components? Use the Zone System. Read More...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Wednesday, 30 December, 2020