These are recommendations as to how to structure your live-action production, over and above Government guidelines and, again, they will be constantly reviewed and updated.
Productions should consider implementing the following:
- A clear system for the communication and dissemination of COVID-19 related information.
- Remote pre-shoot briefing for cast and crew, and daily digital briefings/reminders where applicable.
- Supplementary briefing to communicate any change in protocols and guidance.
- Ask all recipients to acknowledge receipt of COVID-19 briefings, maintain dialogue about COVID-19 safe practice and ensure that cast and crew are able to ask questions.
- Set in place an appropriate way to identify any member of cast and crew who is at increased risk from contracting COVID-19 and discuss their participation with them in the context of their own approach to risk and the health advice from their own health professionals (with consent) and, if appropriate, any production medical advisor.
- UK Government definitions and guidance for those who are clinically vulnerable and clinically extremely vulnerable must always be followed.
- Set out clear procedures for instances of non-compliance with COVID-19 safe working.
- A concise process to implement immediately if any cast or crew member does not adhere to required COVID-19 safe practice; all cast and crew should be made aware of this before commencing work.
- Both pre-production and production are likely to take longer to enable compliance as a result of these measures.
- The number of people on location should be kept to a minimum.
- Anyone – production staff, cast, crew, agency and client – who is not absolutely necessary to have at the location to make the film should not attend.
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