Determine production requirements for intimacy

URN: SKSIC3
Business Sectors (Suites): Intimacy Coordination for Productions
Developed by: ScreenSkills
Approved on: 2025

Overview

This standard is about determining the production requirements for intimate content on a production to meet the brief once production has started.

This standard is also about identifying the factors can impact on the progress of intimate content creation, including communication, agreeing priorities and resources relating to scenes, locations and shooting schedules.

It also involves recommending resources including materials and professional support that may be required for the intimate actions to take place.

This standard is for Intimacy coordinators.


Performance criteria

You must be able to:

  1. review and record key information from the production brief relating to scheduling, location, environment and design and its impact on the proposed intimate contact
  2. assess the levels of risk for intimate actions in each scene
  3. prepare a risk assessment method statement (RAMS) and mitigation strategy for intimate content creation
  4. identify resources, materials and professional support that may be required
  5. communicate with the heads of department and production team to confirm the resources and materials required
  6. seek clarification with the production team when information about the   production is incomplete or unclear
  7. suggest and agree alternatives to the intimate content with the production team when the intimate content changes
  8. maintain records of actions taken and requests made to production

Knowledge and Understanding

You need to know and understand:

  1. understand, interpret and respond to production documents including types of schedules, script revisions, call sheets and transport orders
  2. how to identify factors that affect intimate content creation including: heating, cooling, environment, lighting, agreed parameters of the performers involved
  3. the identified and agreed levels of nudity
  4. how to create and maintain documentation including intimacy documentation
  5. the implications of intimacy for colleagues in the creative team and crew
  6. how to identify, estimate and schedule production requirements and resources including costs where required
  7. methods of obtaining and  deploying resources recorded in the intimacy tracker, script and scene breakdown
  8. how to agree the resources required with the relevant people within the timescales to allow your plans to take place
  9. the relationship between, and significance of, scenes and schedule shooting order
  10. the requirements of different types of resources such as barriers, genitalia covers, costume, hair, make up and prosthetics, props, lighting or specialist equipment
  11. the importance of complying with legislation, regulations, union requirements, safeguarding and production policies

Scope/range

Nudity and intimate content

  1. Full Nudity: Includes Full Frontal Nudity, Full Back Nudity/Full Rear Nudity
  2. Semi-Nudity/Partial Nudity: Nudity Above the Waist, Nudity Below the Waist
  3. Additional Artist Specific Areas
  4. State Of Undress
  5. Implied Nudity
  6. Simulated Sex
  7. Implied Sex
  8. Body Double
  9. Digital Nudity
  10. Kissing

Resources

  1. Modesty Garments
  2. Merkin or Pubic Wig
  3. Barriers
  4. Hair, make up and prosthetics
  5. Props
  6. Lighting or specialist equipment

IC Documentation

  1. Intimacy risk assessments
  2. Intimacy breakdown/ Trackers
  3. Choreographic notes
  4. Consent level notes
  5. Cast and crew memos
  6. Nudity rider notes/Intimacy rider notes
  7. Follow up reports
  8. Wrap reports
  9. Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs)

Professional support

  1. Access coordinator and Disability consultant
  2. Wellbeing facilitator
  3. Medic
  4. Stunt coordinator
  5. Midwife advisor/consultant
  6. Gender/Trans/LGBTQIA+ consultant
  7. BDSM/Fetish consultant
  8. Cultural consultant
  9. Historical consultant
  10. Chaperone

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Version Number

1

Indicative Review Date

2027

Validity

Current

Status

Original

Originating Organisation

Screenskills

Original URN

SKSIC3

Relevant Occupations

Lead Intimacy coordinator, Intimacy coordinator

SOC Code


Keywords

intimacy coordinator: intimate content creation: intimacy requirements; consent: support; risks;