Inquiries from the doctor and make-up at a distance: how Hollywood is trying to resume filming

Hollywood actor Bobby Reed yearned for work: his last show, 3 months of filming for HBO, ended on January 17. Bobby sat in quarantine all this time until a new offer arrived. The filming is scheduled for May 9 in Los Angeles, says "Voice of America".

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“This is a spaceship, and I’m the alien guard on it,” Reed comments via video link. “And there are children there, many children.” This is a story about a school where aliens arrive and inhabit the bodies of their parents. This is sci-fi, science fiction."

The producers do not know if they will be allowed to shoot, but the preparation process is in full swing. Bobby is 63 years old and many children will participate in the project. The actor is at risk.

“You have to look at each scene separately. Or it's a sex scene, and the actors are tested every time. Or it’s a scene on the street, and then it’s not so scary,” says Reed. — Throw out scenes from the script where the action takes place indoors? It’s not clear how to film this.”

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Producers rack their brains: how to adapt to post-viral reality. Scriptwriters throw battle scenes and bed scenes, as well as extras and fights. If you take pictures that are considered safe, then in general there will be little left.

“Projects that need to be completed in a couple of days will certainly get priority,” says Randy Greenberg, a film producer. “Their producers are now looking to see if additional filming can be avoided altogether.” One page missing or ten, and whether the whole team needs to be assembled again.”

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Cinema world will no longer be the same, but what exactly it will be a mystery for now. One of the ideas voiced by the owner of a film studio in Atlanta. He proposes to isolate the whole team from the outside world during the filming until the end of the project.

“Several companies are now considering this option: renting the entire hotel attached to the film set,” says Greenberg. “Place the entire crew there (both local and non-local), shoot the entire film on a sound stage, and forbid anyone from coming into contact with the outside world.”

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“Now everyone, like in porn movies, will have to be tested to show that you are healthy,” says actress Eliza Dean. “I’m clean, I’m healthy and I can act.”

Eliza Dean plays a lot of episodic roles in television series. Her most recent role was in Grey's Anatomy. Eliza, as an actress, is concerned about the process of applying makeup: the art of applying makeup at a distance of 2 meters has not yet been invented.

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“People tie a brush to some mops and sticks, or use huge scissors to cut their clients’ hair,” comments Russian-speaking makeup artist Tata Gromyko. “It looks very funny, but it’s impossible to do.”

Tata Gromyko, a makeup artist on modeling shoots, is trying to adapt to the new world. She has already started teaching 3D modeling to makeup artists so she can remotely style models, mail them, and print masks for each actor.

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“The team was reduced as much as possible: there were supposed to be 60 people on the shoot, but only 15 remained,” says Tata. — It was reminiscent of a futuristic film: everyone was completely wearing protective screens, masks, and gloves. And in fact, the team was more worried not about the participants in the filming process, but precisely about the main characters. Those who will appear on camera cannot wear a mask.”

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“If you want to go back to work, you take risks,” says actor Derek Chariton. - You just do what you have to do. I personally have reached the bottom, so I’m ready to go to work even tomorrow. But I’m not sure that a love scene can be filmed through plastic film.”

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More than a million people work in the US film business: not only and not so much stars. Most of them are not full-time employees, but migrate from project to project. Many were not even able to get unemployment benefits, so they cannot wait to get back to work, whatever the new requirements.

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