Filmmaking / Directing : Re-Launch of Film Industry: Thoughts+What Are You Going To Do About It? by Ryan Cho (Cho)

Hey everyone! I hope that everyone had a productive week/good Friday so far. With the film industry and productions being legally allowed to re-open and work again in a lot of areas (California, etc.) starting today (June 12), a lot of my friends and myself have been discussing our thoughts on it (health+safety, etc.) and what we're doing right now to prepare for work and projects to flow back into our lives again. I've worked on a couple projects (feature film pick-ups+Netflix documentary: very bare bones skeleton crew) in the past few weeks and I feel that the industry re-opening is a good thing (economically), but not in a health perspective (if productions require a lot of crew members, closed buildings/no air ventilation, etc.). I honestly feel that the 2nd wave is going to occur at earliest in July-August, so having productions re-open again is a concern in spite of having good safety guidelines (masks, etc.). On what we're going to do about the industry re-opening again, what actions are you going to take (at home/outside/etc.) to re-charge your goals and book the projects that you want in your life again? For myself, I'll be networking online/in person if it's very small (in-person events in closed buildings/crowded areas I'm still skeptical about), contacting my colleagues/friends about possible work happening in the near future, updating my online portfolio, etc. Let's make things happen!