Above: Goldsmiths’ MA Filmmaking students practicing social


distancing while filming graduation film Once Familiar on location October 2020. Pictured (foreground-back): Ada Wesolowska, Liam Scully, Agata Morawska, Jake Newton, Wojciech Czarkowski. Photo courtesy of MA Filmmaking, Goldsmiths, University of London


COVID-safety filming guidelines help keep student projects on track


As the COVID-19 pandemic hit, TV, film, and other media productions had to adapt the way they were made so they could keep everyone safe. Student productions were no different. So we led on a project to develop COVID-safe filming guidelines specially tailored to higher and further education students on screen-related courses, as well as academics and support staff.


Screen industry organisations had already produced guidance for practitioners – our guidelines built on these, while taking into account that students are still learning about how film and TV production works. Student productions also need to conform to universities’ and colleges’ own health and safety policies, so our guidelines considered this too.


The student guidelines cover every aspect of filmmaking, including camerawork, directing lighting, post-production, hair and make-up, and costume. They look at different genres and formats, advising on how to cast and rehearse while socially distancing, and maintain good mental health among cast and crew.


The project was a collaboration between ScreenSkills and academics at Middlesex, Goldsmiths, Bournemouth, Ulster and Edinburgh Napier universities, with input from other educators, lawyers and scientists. Guidelines were reviewed and endorsed by TV and film industry organisations, such as the British Film Commission, Pact and UK Screen Alliance.


The aim is for the guidelines to be distributed to every university and further education college across the UK. And they can be incorporated into each institution’s COVID-19 safety regulations.


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