Covid Safe Video Production in Chicago, IL

Looking for Covid Safe Video Production in Chicago, IL? COVID-19 interrupted the economy causing widespread panic and a halt to just about every business or niche in the country when this public health pandemic resulted in national lockdowns and closures of businesses that were not considered essential. Film production is one of several non-essential businesses that would leave professionals waiting and watching cautiously for a time where reopening could begin. Thanks to CDC guidance as well as inputs from various other associations, COVID save video production in Chicago, Illinois is now possible.

At Beverly Boy Productions we’ve taken several steps to ensure the safety and health of our staff, crew, and others involved in the production of videos or film in our business. We follow CDC guidelines as well as many of those outlined by the Motion Picture Editors Guild and the City of Chicago, Be Safe Chicago best practices. To learn more about COVID safe video production Chicago, give us a call.

How does Covid Safe Video Production in Chicago, IL work? 

According to Be Safe Chicago, the steps required to safely and cautiously reopen Chicago and allow for film production.

This includes:

• Maintaining healthy interactions. This includes social distancing, limiting gathering sizes, following appropriate hand hygiene, and using protective gear.
• Ensuring safe workspaces and conditions. This includes limiting access to space, keeping areas disinfected, providing hygiene resources and visual guidance to help visitors find those resources, and properly evaluating traffic to ensure ventilation.
• Monitoring operational resilience. This includes adapting to flexible work models including remote work opportunities, supporting multiple shifts to reduce the number of employees in a location at a given time, and reducing travel between locations while facilitating COVID testing and contract tracing to ensure minimized spread.

Applying COVID Safe Production Practices

Chicago is a big city that faced the potential for serious COVID outbreaks. Safe video production post-COVID can only take place when production crews, employees, and the community work together to minimize the spread. Applying the various safe production practices that were enacted by the City of Chicago as well as the CDC and other government agencies allows cast and crew to get back to the set.

The following production safety practices and protocols have been put in place in Chicago to ensure COVID safe video production:

• Social distancing of >6ft.
• Limiting large groups to 50 or less.
• Providing PPE for cast and crew when appropriate. This includes face coverings as needed.
• Providing hygiene support in the form of hand washing and sanitizing stations on set as well as encouraging more frequent hand washing by cast and crew.
• Initiating screening policies and protocols to reduce the likelihood of a crew member to enter the set while sick.
• Using rigorous cleaning and disinfection practices, especially 24 hours before shoot day and between the use of props, tools, and equipment that is transferred between cast members.
• Minimizing in-person work to reduce interactions by providing online training, virtual meetings, as well as other opportunities for non-essential staff to work fully-remote.
• Rotating work schedules so that crews work in zones and with smaller groups to further reduce the spread.

Beverly Boy Productions Protocols for COVID Safe Video Production

In addition to following the recommended guidelines for Chicago as well as the CDC guidelines for social distancing, PPE, and limiting the spread of COVID, we would like you to know how Beverly Boy Productions is working to provide COVID safe video production in the Chicago area. While we’ve adopted strict CDC compliant procedures, we continue to strive towards absolute safety for our community, cast, and crew by using the following additional practices

• Using PPE when interacting with clients or other staff, YES we may ask you to wear a mask if we’ll be chatting close to one another.
• Checking temperatures of all staff, cast, and crew prior to entry into the studio or on set.
• Working from home or otherwise remaining remote when possible.
• Using separate vehicles to transport from location to location.
• Utilizing Boom mics and various hands off equipment to reduce the potential spread of germs between the cast.

Video Production Drop Kits

In addition to the above safety measures now employed by Beverly Boy Productions staff and crew throughout Chicago, IL we also made the decision to begin offering video production drop kits throughout the city. These kits provide safe, contactless production equipment that is delivered to your home or office.

Our Video drop kits provide the following safety and health benefits:

• Hands-off production experience. Drop kits can be operated remotely.
• Contactless delivery to your home, office, or other location.
• All drop kit equipment is sanitized and disinfected between each

Ready to hire a COVID Safe video production crew in Chicago? Give Us a call or fill out the form below!