ZOE YEOMAN ACTING Appropriately: Etiquette Insight for Good On-Set Behavior with Zoë Yeoman We live in a world where the rules of engagement can change overnight, especially since the pandemic. Those changes can be especially noticed in the workplace. The film and TV industry is certainly no exception. With tensions running high due to COVID challenges, mastering your onset etiquette skills are as important now than ever.
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Some say knowing how to behave around others and having good manners are just common sense. However, it’s not uncommon for productions to be halted or disrupted by those who either didn’t understand good set etiquette, or didn’t have enough regard for others.
Luckily, there are experts on like Zoë Yeoman, who founded and ran an etiquette school for 13 years in New Mexico. She’s also a highly accomplished actress and producer with numerous theatre, film and TV credits. Yëoman, who’s been on sets most all of her professional life, has solid understanding of manners and civility. AND she’s continuously helped others in the film, television and theatre industry in how to operate with more behavioral awareness on the job. When in doubt about navigating an onset situation or circumstance… ASK the experts. We did that by compiling a series of questions about situations where the best behavior may or may not not be so obvious.
