British Film Commission CEO Adrian Wootton discusses the newly unveiled film and high-end TV production guidance in the U.K., calling it 'the beginning of coming out of that tunnel' of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Details:
, which were all postponed mid-shoot – to start up again in Britain. And while major issues, such as insurance, could still hamper the restart of independent production, the health and safety aspect is an important milestone for the industry as a whole., Wootton discusses what the guidelines mean in terms of getting people and productions back to work and whether this is light at the end of the COVID-19 tunnel.
I think it'll be a staged approach. What we're anticipating people doing is looking at this and saying, ok, this is the guidance that's endorsed by government and the different government agencies and departments. Right now, we can take this and use it as a template to start running our risk assessments.
Is there anything actually stopping productions from starting again? Is there anything legally in place at the moment that would stop productions if they managed to adhere to all the current government rules from picking up again immediately? There are a lot of people in the industry desperate to get back to work for financial reasons. But given that this guidance isn’t legally enforceable, what power do they have should they turn up to a production and find that its not being adhered to?
The thing is that we're not out of the woods. But this is one really important area of work. And certainly it’s a fact that bigger budgeted film and television productions will be able to bear cost of extending their schedule and putting the procedures and the guidance in place, easier than low budgeted independent films. And the BFI has been working on looking at costings and what the implications of costs might be, and how they can ameliorate that.
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