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The British professional association of directors has published a dedicated booklet entitled "Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19". Last week, Directors UK, Britain's professional association of screen directors, published a booklet entitled Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19. Directing Nudity and Simulated Sex. The organisation has worked with directors Susanna White and Bill Anderson, as well as intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey, to update the previous guidelines “in light of the added restrictions brought about by the coronavirus pandemic.” Most of the booklet's recommendations assume that productions have already complied with the current health and safety regulations, but it also aims at helping directors during script development, preparation and rehearsing stages. While developing their scripts, filmmakers should primarily consider whether sex on screen is really necessary: “Does a physical act need to be shown? If working within a series format, can the intimacy be delayed? The build up to an intimate.

Directors U.K., the professional association of U.K. screen directors with more than 7,000 members, has published “Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19,” containing guidelines toward shooting sex scenes during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

The suggestions offered in the new guidance, that assumes that a production has already complied with Covid-19 health and safety practices, lay out a plan of action for directors that begins with working with the script, and continues with preparation, rehearsals and shooting.

At the script stage, the guidance suggests that the director, writer and producer review the scenes together and decide if the intimate act needs to be shown, or in a series format, if the intimacy can be delayed. “The build up to an intimate scene can sometimes be more exciting than the scene itself,” the guidance states. “Emotional intimacy can be as engaging as physical intimacy.”

At the preparation stage the guidance recommends...

‘Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19’ provides best practice guidelines.

New guidance from Directors UK, the professional association for screen directors, has provided a Covid-specific update to filming nudity and simulated sex.

‘Intimacy in the Time of Covid-19’ provides best practice guidelines for scenes involving intimacy of any nature, under the health and safety measures necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic.

It acts as an update to the ‘Directing Nudity and Simulated Sex’ guidelines, which were first published in November 2019.

The update was compiled in consultation with Directors UK board members Bill Anderson and Susanna White, alongside intimacy coordinator Vanessa Coffey.

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