Built for Disaster
Illustration by Victoria Borges
Thereâs an entertainment business axiom akin to one of the theater worldâs favorite cliches â âthe show must go onâ â thatâs not as catchy but more revealing: Prepare for the worst. Last March, TV and film producers in Virginia may not have been ready as a global pandemic shut down business as usual, but they adapted â and fast. Andy Edmunds, director of the
âI knew that our industry would come up with a plan, because film production at its core is basically disaster management anyway,â he says. âSo producers are always used to having to adapt, innovate, to solve problems. I mean, making a movie is a big problem-solving exercise. So I knew that they would look at the situation and talk to experts and determine the best way to proceed in the creation of this content that would address the risks.â
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