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Countless activities take place on-set in unison. You have the actors and their stunt doubles prepping and the production crew handling different pieces of equipment to ensure every take is successful. It’s, therefore, no surprise to hear accidents occurring. Fortunately, many are avoidable. Here are valuable health and safety tips your production crew should implement.

Over 17,000 malpractice lawsuits are filed every year, and there are many causes to blame. Some may say it’s because people have become entitled and sue for imagined or accidental wrongs. Others say the malpractice spree was ignited due to willful and negligent practices that were injuring patients. Knowing the world as it is, it’s safe to assume it’s a little bit of both.

Director of photography Ross Emery, ACS lensed five episodes of Aaron Guzikowski’s upcoming HBO Max series Raised by Wolves, which launches Sep. 3. The first series directed by Ridley Scott since 1969, the show is a high-budget remake of the Caitlan Moran series of the same name. Taking place on a mysterious planet, Raised by Wolves follows a group of humans rescued from a destroyed Earth and now protected by artificial intelligence systems named Mother and Father. When the two colonies threaten to tear each other apart, the android systems must fight to protect the humans from their own beliefs.

In the words of the late great Jerry Garcia and The Dead, “What a long strange trip it’s been.” Truer words have never been spoken. But the question(s) still remains, Where are we (our beloved industry) in terms of actually working? Is it safe or not safe? Consistent production is still a moving target. Even as we speak, some if not all of Los Angeles based productions have been shut down again, and the NCAA has just announced they are conducting the Mens’ Division One basketball tournament in a bubble in Indianapolis.

"Social distancing" is quickly becoming a popular term - and has forced production to change the way things are done. Shark Week is obviously super popular, so tell me a little about this Discovery shoot that you worked on and how you got involved with it.