I was 9 days away from finishing my film when COVID-19 hit. Inside our pandemic production
LA TimesBetty Kaplan was nine days away from wrapping her latest film when COVID-19 prompted closures in Puerto Rico in March, halting her production with no guarantees of when it could resume. “I don’t think I’ve ever made a film that’s had this much magic happen,” Kaplan said, “in more ways than one.” Morales had long been attached to star as a writer and professor who enters into an intriguing relationship with an aspiring artist, played by Li, in the Santurce neighborhood of San Juan. You’re losing one shooting day per week, and for indie films, that’s huge.” But Kaplan’s career in indie films prepared her for the new challenges. So we had to make hard decisions, my and I, when we saw that the time was drowning us.” As productions forge a way forward without a vaccine for the disease, set photos and Kaplan’s daily diary entries, edited for length and clarity, offer a glimpse at how filmmaking looks now: “We all had our COVID-19 molecular tests, which were sent to the doc, who cleared us for takeoff,” Kaplan wrote the day before filming resumed. July 12, 2020 — DAY 9 OF THE RESTART After wrapping “Simone,” Kaplan and her crew toasted.
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