Plots taking place solely within Zoom, movies shot in one solitary location and love scenes with actors’ real-life partners stepping in as doubles — the film industry has cranked up creativity levels to keep making movies amid COVID social distancing and lockdown restrictions.
Among those who have turned to unorthodox measures is Phil Gorn, potentially making history in the process. According to the filmmaker, his Coronavirus-themed romantic comedy #MyCorona — shot at the end May and now on offer at the AFM via his WonderPhil Entertainment banner — is the first full-length feature film to be entirely directed remotely. “I’ve checked and as far as I know it is,” says Gorn, who oversaw the eight-day shoot from his home office in San.