Florianópolis publishes safety protocol for film and TV shoots

Brazil is a country of continental proportions, which means that there’s no one solution for all for ensuring safe working procedures during the covid-19 pandemic. As such, each state or region, or in the case of Florianópolis municipality, will be publishing their own safety protocols, though we’re likely to see similar recommendations running throughout.

As the first location in Brazil to fully reopen its audiovisual sector, Florianópolis is also the first to publish its own safety protocols, with guidance on pre-production, production, shoots and post-production. Below is a brief summary of the recommendations:

• Everyone involved in a shoot, from crew to cast, must sign a consent form and fill out a questionnaire which will be used to evaluate their participation in the shoot.

• If asymptomatic, industry professionals from other cities, states or countries that arrive by air or road to Florianópolis, must have their temperature checked upon arrival and remain in quarantine for 7 days from the date they arrived in Florianópolis.
  

• Shoots must last no longer than 12 hours per day, including breaks for meals and for all necessary cleaning procedures.

• Production teams must have no more than 25 people (not including the cast) and of these, only ten will be allowed onto the film set.
  

• The production must train personnel that can carry out and supervise the sanitary controls and the cleaning of the set or location.

• Everyone involved in the production should have their temperature checked as soon as they arrive on set or at the location, using an infrared thermometer with a maximu temperature variable of 0.3°C. Their hands must be sanitised and they must be provided with PPE (protective personal equipment) depending on the type of work that they will carry out.
  

• If a person has a temperature of 37.5°C or higher they must be removed from the location immediately. Film sets must provide alcohol gel and a barrier for people to disinfect their shoes.
  

• For prep days in a studio, or at any internal or external locations, the art, lighting and rigging crews must be accompanied by the trained hygiene personnel, with staggered hours so that team members don’t occupy the same space at the same time, and respecting a distance of 1.5 metres between each other, always using the appropriate safety equipment. 
  

• External locations should be isolated in such a way as to prevent people that are not part of the team from coming close to the filming. Besides physical barriers such as tape or protective fences, production assistants with radios must monitor this.

• It is up to the production company to provide disposable PPE kits for the crew containing: gloves, mask, glasses, hairnet and disposable shoe covers.
  
  

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