Unlike many industry sub-sectors , VFX has been able to adjust to remote working relatively quickly and easily, writes Barclay’s Head of Media Lorraine Ruckstuhl in Broadcast. Content security, adapting workflows, structuring teams correctly and kitting them out have occupied tech departments full-time and bandwidth“has become the new obsession”. A lot of effort has been […]
A new campaign for the UK government has been launched to promote the safe reopening of the UK for business after lockdown restrictions have been lifted. The ‘Enjoy Summer Safely’ TV ad shows people returning to places they missed during lockdown and some of the new safety measures in place. Brands involved in the campaign […]
Following what’s been described as “a conversation” between the UK Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden and Tom Cruise, leading Hollywood actors and crew arriving in England to resume work on British productions are being offered a 14 day Covid-19 travel quarantine exemption to allow a number of major productions to get back underway. The actor’s two […]
As most creatives working in the film and TV post production industry have been able to work remotely and largely as normal during lockdown, at least in theory, how have VFX houses coped with the pause in production that has surely affected their work pipelines and schedules? Following a period of readjustment while the technical […]
The checklist covers: Los Angeles county’s department for public health has published a 10 page document outlining the protocols businesses wishing to reopen, including film and TV production companies and studios, must follow. Workplace policies and practices to protect employee health Measures to ensure physical distancing Measures to ensure infection control Communication with employees and […]
The Los Angeles Times reports that California authorities are allowing film and TV production to resume in the state from this Friday, 12 June, but with some big provisos. The location and logistics of any new or restarted shoots will be subject to the approval of county public health officers, the California Department of Public […]