Hong Kong’s TV industry has managed to keep churning out new episodes and even some new series, despite the city’s coronavirus restrictions. Shows have had to adopt clever working practices, and in…
ViuTV’s drama series “Single Dad” is one of the new titles that has started shooting recently. Camera began to roll in mid-April, delayed just by a few weeks. “We had to wait for the infection rate to drop to a certain level,” said the show’s writer-producer Peter Tsi.
The city has adopted social distancing and border controls, and most citizens willingly wear surgical face masks. The combination has allowed Hong Kong to avoid the kind of lockdown seen elsewhere, and to successfully reduce local transmission. There have been no coronavirus infections in Hong Kong in the past four days and no deaths since mid-March, for a total of 1,037 confirmed cases and just four fatalities, as of April 29.
Tsi says that a “no-objection notice” from government body CreateHK is required for outdoor location shooting involving more than four crew members. For indoor location shooting, venues must be closed to visitors. Studio precautions include mandatory masks, disinfectants and travel history declarations. Lead actress Maggie Cheung Ho-yee donated 3,000 face masks for the 60-member crew of “Single Dad.
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