WHAT’S NEXT?DIT


DRAMA AND FILM STUDIOS/HIRE


CPL Productions’ A League of Thei r Own is al ready back in the s tudio


bare at the moment, “I’m hoping the turnaround time to do light entertainment will lead to an increase in demand.” “It’s going to be a very good time


for entertainment shows,” says dock10 head of studios, Andy Waters. “Feel good television is going to be in demand again so I’m pretty optimistic about how we’re going to do.” But all studios have had to institute


a range of strict measures to stay operational. TW1 managing partner, Piers Read, lists “studio staff wearing masks and gloves, routine temperature checks, daily self-declaration, remote COVID training available on all productions, a bio-fogging specialist on standby” among other safeguards. Elstree too says “we have had our security and staff wearing PPE from early March. All personnel entering the site must wear masks. We have also produced flow plans, sanitiser stations, temperature monitoring on site Paramedics, restricted access areas,


zoning and specific production areas with limited/ restricted access. Our motto is “better to be over the top than under the ground,” says Morris. Along with many other links in the


production chain, the key has been trying to keep as many people remote in the production process as is feasible. “Not everyone who would normally be across a studio show needs to be in the gallery watching the output,” says dock10’s Waters. “We can stream the output of that gallery to their home. And also they can listen to talkback if required. We’re just trying to reduce the pressure on the building, on the infrastructure.” But all this requires much more


pre-planning for productions “What we’re seeing now is producers and directors particularly figuring out how to shoot their content,” says Waters. “They’re getting plans of our studio and seeing exactly how many cameras they need to actually cover the action they need to cover. Directors always want


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Our motto is ‘better to be over the top than under the ground’


Roger Morris Elstree Studios


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