Safety-Oriented Productions at Cine Rent West

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Amid this global pandemic, there has been a lot of uncertainty about the best way to get back on set.  Our production community is correct to approach this new normal with concern, but at the end of the day, we all have bills to pay.  This makes getting back on set an eventual necessity.  So the question becomes, how can we create a safety-oriented production that limits community spread?

Let's not kid ourselves, the very nature of a production is community based, so we need to reimagine our workflow.  It literally takes a village.  This inherent challenge will continue to push the industry to rethink our most basic procedures.  Luckily, we’re already off to a great start in following the OMPA’s new guidelines.

We'd like to highlight some of the basic things we've been implementing at the studio.  Please reference the OMPA's website for their full-list, here: https://ompa.org/general-production-protocols-for-covid-19/

  • Remote pre-production

  • Screen for symptoms on set

  • Keep your distance (6 ft.)

  • PPE and hand sanitizer 

  • Work in pods

  • Assign bathrooms (We have 6 of them)

  • Individually wrapped, single serve meals & utensils

  • Talent handles their own hair and make-up

  • Extra monitors

  • Boom instead of lav microphones

  • Regular sanitation of high-touch areas and equipment.

  • No visitors

  • Off-set post-production.

During one of our first shoots back last week for the American Heart Association, we were delighted to have some old familiar faces back at the studio.  Although they were covered with a mask the entire time, we could still mostly recognize them.  Using the broadcasting prowess of our neighbors, MeyerPro Inc. , we were able to have the client telecommute on set in high-resolution, allowing them to approve shots remotely, which greatly reduced the amount of personnel at the studio. Everyone will be safer down the line if we keep each other in the loop on new procedures. So, for all you producers out there, please keep this trick in mind as an option for your next production.