Keeping Safe when Filming, COVID-19 Safety

Olivia van der Werff, of Beyond Dispute joins us to talk through COVID-19 set safety. Olivia will be covering recommendations and resources for on set safety as well as taking your questions and providing tips to help navigate getting people to stick to the rules on set.

This session will be a Zoom meeting where conversations will be welcomed. Attendees are invited to submit their questions to Olivia before the session so that we can make sure that they are covered.

Olivia van der Werff qualified as a solicitor before she founded Beyond Dispute, a consultancy offering compliance advice to television production companies.

Part of the team who designed the bubble in which The Great British Bake Off was filmed in 2020, Olivia has advised numerous production companies in how to make COVID safe and compliant television since then.  She has experience in both scripted and non-scripted television and understands the pressures currently experienced by everyone trying to keep the industry moving forward while looking after their teams.

How will the online event work?

This event will be live streamed via Zoom.us. Viewing details will be sent via your confirmation.

This is an interactive session and will be taking place as a Zoom meeting. Attendees should access the event using a device with audio and video functions to participate.

Event Schedule

13:55: Please join the meeting waiting room

14:00: Olivia to lead presentation

14:25: Attendee Q&A/open conversation opens

15:00: Finish

This event is for existing WFTV members only.

If you are not a member and would like to join, membership costs just £100 + VAT/yr, please click here or email admin@wftv.org.uk

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