. Film production has remained permissible in the county since June, when the industry-wide lockdown was lifted, subject to extensive workplace health regulations, including routine employee screening and testing, environmental sanitation and zone-based set-access control.urged the film industry to consider pausing production
for a few weeks amid the ongoing surge. “Highly invested in efforts to keep cast, crew and communities safe, and having already begun dialing activity back, an extended holiday hiatus began,” FilmLA noted. CBS Studios, Warner Bros. TV, Universal Television, Disney Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television all indicated recently that they were pausing production until at least mid-January.
SAG-AFTRA and the Producers Guild of America, meanwhile, further recommended that on-set commercial production be temporarily paused in Southern California. “The industry has been extraordinarily responsible throughout the time of the pandemic, as demonstrated by their recent actions during the rise in cases of Covid-19 and embrace of strict safety protocols,” said FilmLA president Paul Audley.
Over the past 29 weeks, FilmLA has processed approximately 4,213 film permit applications spanning 2,985 unique projects. Permit applications declined 24.9% from November levels to 613 permits in December – the second straight month those requests have dropped. In November, monthly activity slipped 7.6% from October levels to 813 permits.
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A firm shut down happened less than two weeks ago. Los Angeles has to take this seriously. It’s not a pretty sight.
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