Suzi Meeting

- In the last 9 weeks, 7 films have been made.

- You can’t live in the bubble of your film so it’s important to be very careful

- Prep and development of your script is vitally important. We must take that a step further

- Get cinematographers involved early in the script development in order to come up with solutions for social distancing.

- When you submit a risk assessment, you must submit the script

- NEVER ask anyone to do anything unsafe or that they are uncomfortable with

- Going on a recce, bring your recce checklist and a risk assessment form

- Bring a compass so that you know where the sun will be at different times

- Need to wear mask at all times, interiors or exteriors.

- Interior locations need to be big. You need more room.

- Exterior is better. However, where do you find everything to service the location. You need loos, hand washing facilities and safe places for people to eat.

- For transport, you can’t travel together in cars unless you live together.

- Keep everything as local as possible, including cast and crew. Ideally try to cast people with their own cars.

- 5 mile travel restrictions. We in the hot zone might not be able to travel outside

- When Susie used to shoot documentaries, the last day of the schedule was set aside for GVs (General Views). This was to go around the locations and get cutaway shots.

- We need to designate covid supervisors. This should always be the producer, the 1st AD and sometimes the Continuity Supervisor.

- The biggest part of any risk assessment is going to be ‘Risk of Infection’

- Need to have good access in and out of a flat. Need to have a one way system.

- Need to bring your own food to location

- Regular temperature checks

- Props are put into bags, labelled and quarantined. Only the props person and the cast member are allowed to touch props.

- Cast must fit their own radio mics

- Need loads of disposable masks. The cast will be taking them on and off and shouldn’t be putting the same one on and off.

- Actors need to do their own make-up with a make-up artist giving them advice from a distance.

- Cast need to do the screenskills online course. This is worth bringing up in the audition