Yes, they can . In the United States, Hollywood and its stars may be subject, like the rest of the American population, to strict confinement rules, this does not prevent television from innovating. Witness the example of the judicial series All Rise , the first season of which is currently being broadcast on CBS. Despite the cessation of production, the channel has just announced that it will remotely shoot a new episode of fiction, the plot of which will be devoted to the life of a Los Angeles criminal court in the midst of the coronavirus crisis .
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In this episode, broadcast on May 4, the main characters will learn to adapt to the new travel restrictions and a judge will preside over a trial from her home. Beyond the story, which wants to stick as closely as possible to the news, what a series like Plus belle la vie already does very regularly in France, it is above all the means of filming used that are original. Without professional equipment on hand, producers will use several video conferencing applications made popular by containment, such as FaceTime, Zoom, WebEx, as well as other social media platforms.
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The sequences thus shot with each actor will then be integrated into virtual sets. And only the director of photography will shoot exterior shots of a deserted Los Angeles from a vehicle. In the United States more than elsewhere, the show must go on…