Reopening Hollywood: How Zendaya, John David Washington & ‘Euphoria’ Creator Sam Levinson Started & Finished A Secret Movie During The Pandemic - Deadline

For two weeks, cast and crew wore masks, social distanced had their own separate dwellings with individual HVAC units, took hikes, rehearsed in the parking lot, and ate in designated spots food prepared by a chef who had been quarantined with the group.

While the set crew and actors were quarantined, there was a separate pod that included the production designer, set dresser and grips who worked together to prep the house for production.

Extra time was always allowed for the crew to sanitize the set and gear.

• No more than one person in a room at any given time unless the additional person has previously been quarantined with the cast or crew member.

• There will be schedules given to cast and crew as to when common areas can be utilized.

• There will be designated exterior areas for each crew member to be outdoors and maintain safe social distance.

• Each cast and crew member will have their own bathrooms in their own hotel rooms.

• All cast and crew food will be prepared by quarantined chefs at the quarantine housing and will be delivered to the shooting location by a quarantined crew member.

• Masks, gloves, shoe covers, sanitizing wipes, tissues and face shields to be made available to crew and cast.

• Frequent hand washing or sanitizing is required by all cast and crew.

• Limit specific areas of the set to essential crew.

• Designate areas for crew when not needed on set to maximize distancing efforts.

• No crew should be in close contact with actors without the proper PPE.

• Maintain physical distancing while on set as much as possible.

• Production office and accounting to work remotely.

• Production meetings to be held by Zoom or other video/telephone conference.

• Anyone doing drop offs and pick-ups from set should not have contact with on-set crew.

• House crew together after quarantine period to minimize outside exposure.

• House crew a short distance from primary shooting location to minimize the need for public transport.

• Cast and crew will be shuttled each day in Large SUV’s from quarantine location.

• Limit the number of crew and cast in each car, depending on the car size and keeping to one department at a time.

• Designate a cast car with the same driver to minimize cast exposure.

• Contingency plans to shift the schedule in the event a cast or crew member becomes sick.

• Limit the number of people picking up food and eating in once place.

• Designate areas for crew to keep the groups small and have adequate spacing.

• Chef who is safety trained to deliver breakfast and lunch to crew members.

• Coffee to be served on set by one designated individual in throw away cups.

• Encourage crew members to disinfect gear whenever they have downtime.

• Cast members will be handling their own costumes.

• Designated holding areas for cast while waiting to be on set

Keep distancing between cast members and crew

• Designate a place to leave props for actors on set to minimize person-to-person contact

• Pre-dress sets as far in advance as possible to limit crew

• Limit the passing of equipment (lenses etc) between members of the camera and grip teams

• Pre-light and pre-rig sets to limit the number of crew working at once • Sanitize cables and stands at wrap and throughout the day

• Where possible limit the number of crew touching equipment