The special lockdown instalments of Emmerdale will begin airing this week, and they’ll give viewers the opportunity to see just how their favourite characters are spending lockdown.
In order for production to resume, strict health and safety protocols had to be put in place, with social distancing having to be adhered to.
Speaking about such changes, Executive Producer Jane Hudson told Metro.co.uk: ‘The biggest difference is the social distancing. We have our famous 2 metre pole and we physically bring it out on the set and hold it between actors and the crew. We have two metre distanced dots across every set and you stand on your dot – it’s like a big game of Twister.’
‘Everyone who walks onto set to adjust a light, they have masks. The actors are in charge of their own props, which have been sanitised, cleaned and wiped down – no-one is allowed to touch them, the actors have full responsibility in bringing them on and off.’
With social distancing having been implemented, one might think that Emmerdale would look a bit different upon its return, but Jane suggests that this might not actually be the case, as it possibly won’t be as noticeable as one would’ve thought.
She told us: ‘I hope you will be amazed how little you notice that they are two metres apart. There are some clever camera tricks involved.’
‘There’s a lot of choreography on the set so the actors all work around each other. There will be little moments where you might expect a hug and they don’t but I’ve been on set the whole time and the end result amazed me.’
‘The director is just a genius – I am not quite sure how he did it.’
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