Overview 

This standard is about raising awareness of the role of intimacy coordinators for productions. It includes developing a training and awareness plan in accordance with the needs of the production. The standard covers training provision, providing support and advice and ensuring that policies and processes are embedded within a production.

This standard is for intimacy coordinators.

 

Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. promote and communicate the benefits of using intimacy coordinators for productions
  2. assess awareness of intimate content creation requirements among the cast, crew, creatives and contributors
  3. develop an intimacy training plan for engagement with intimacy protocols
  4. develop an intimacy awareness plan that complements and supports the training provided
  5. identify production contacts for communication of intimacy information, promoting compliance and reporting areas requiring improvement
  6. provide support and advice to cast, crew, creatives and contributors in line with identified needs and the intimacy awareness plan
  7. keep up to date with best practice for intimacy coordinators to continue developing personal expertise

 

Knowledge and understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. the aims, objectives and promotion of the intimacy coordinator role
  2. the structure of the production and its intimacy training needs
  3. the culture of the production and the scope of intimacy risks associated with it
  4. the current legal and regulatory requirements and standards that apply to production in regard to intimate content including worker protection action, working with children
  5. the principles of good governance, environmental and social responsibility and ethical practice that apply to intimacy coordination
  6. how intimate content creation requirements link with production planning, budget setting and creative decision making
  7. how to integrate professional practice frameworks for intimate content creation on productions
  8. the importance of embedding best practice for sustainable performance of intimate content creation and methods for achieving this
  9. the types of training, support and advice that can be required and methods that can be used to provide these
  10. the sources of up-to-date information on best practice in meeting intimacy coordination requirements

 

Scope and range 

IC Documentation

  • Intimacy risk assessments
  • Intimacy breakdown
  • Trackers
  • Choreographic notes
  • Consent level notes
  • Cast and crew memos
  • Nudity rider notes
  • Wrap reports
  • Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)