Instructions for daily health screenings, which are required by each production on all of their shoot attendees, prior to entering Left Space
Measures that must be taken if talent will remove face coverings to be photographed and/or for hair & makeup (e.g. required COVID-19 testing for talent, providing N95 masks to everyone on set, increasing ventilation, requirement for productions to submit a plan to the SF Dept of Public Health for pre-approval if talent will remove face covering during a shoot that lasts more than 7 days, etc.)
Restrictions on talent singing or playing certain instruments
Disinfecting protocols that productions must follow inside of their rented areas during their rental period
We strongly encourage each production to provide a COVID-19 Health & Safety Officer on-site to manage required daily health screenings, frequent disinfecting in rented areas, and compliance by all shoot attendees with all legally required protocols listed in the SF Department of Public Health links above
If you do not provide a Health & Safety Officer on-site, you must still comply with all legally required protocols listed in the SF Department of Public Health links above
Please inform us immediately if someone on your set tested positive for COVID-19 and was at Left Space during the contagious period, which is while feeling ill and/or during the 48 hours prior to onset of symptoms. Confidentiality is required by law; we do not want to know the identity of the ill person
A pre-production call is required between Left Space personnel and a lead production contact (48 hours prior to rental date)
Eating is no longer allowed indoors (per the latest SF Health Order rules for Productions). Please contact Left Space to discuss outdoor eating options; we will provide folding tables & chairs free of charge. All food must be pre-packaged in individual servings.
Black Studio and Red Studio are currently the only studios available for rent, so as to ensure proper physical distancing between productions
If additional space is needed then the Black Studio may add the Blue and/or Green Studio to their rental. The Red Studio may add the Green Studio and/or Suites to their rental.
Maximum number of people per production and per studio that are allowed at the same time is the LESSER of the following options:
Maximum number of people per studio: Black Studio (15), Red Studio (12), Green Studio (5), Blue Studio (5), or
The total number of people that can safely maintain 6′ distancing, after taking into account all of the items that the production brings into the studio
Maximum 10-hour rental day (until further notice)
Pre-assigned start times are: Red Studio at 8:00am + Black Studio at 9:00am
Red Studio load-in must take place between 8:00am – 8:45am; if more time is needed please contact the studio for earlier access (10 hour day begins at start time regardless)
Black Studio load-in will not be permitted to begin until 9:00am; any Black Studio crew that arrive early should not approach the building prior to 9:00am
No early drop offs / no late pickups outside of your 10-hour day
Please consider staggering crew call times to prevent congestion at Left Space entrances
Ill or symptomatic persons must not enter Left Space
Please maintain 6′ distance from others at all times while inside Left Space
Face coverings are required at ALL times while inside the building (including when in bathrooms, hallways, and common areas)
Productions are required to ensure that all their attendees are equipped with required face coverings and/or PPE
Please wash hands frequently, for a minimum of 20 seconds
Cover coughs & sneezes with a tissue, or inside of the elbow
Every studio is equipped with a sink that includes soap and paper towels
Hand sanitizer will be provided at each building entrance
Productions must provide hand sanitizer inside their rented areas for their shoot attendees
Be prepared to come to the studio as self-sufficient as possible
Pack it in / pack it out rule: no items left behind such as props, construction materials, paint cans, seamless paper (unless seamless paper is purchased through Left Space)
All common spaces and amenities are closed; no access to kitchen, lounges, conference room or production room
Access to kitchen and all appliances is suspended (e.g. refrigerator, freezer, ice maker, espresso machine, coffee maker, tea kettle, microwave, toaster, etc.)
Dishes, flatware, glasses + mugs will be unavailable; please bring your own disposable tableware
Left Space can no longer provide drinking water from dispensers; only tap water will be available
No common computer or printer available for use
Restrooms will be assigned to each studio; 1 person maximum per restroom (even in multiple-stall bathrooms)
Each production will be assigned a dedicated Equipment Room that they may approach for rentals and assistance; Left Space staff is also available via phone
In-house rental equipment will be disinfected before and after each rental
Please clean + disinfect rented equipment periodically while under your care and supervision
Left Space will routinely disinfectant high-touch points in high-traffic common areas such as hallways, bathrooms and building entrances
The studio will be delivered clean and disinfected, however, it is the renter’s responsibility to routinely clean and disinfect their own rented areas during the rental period