“On shoot days we used QTAKE, Zoom and WhatsApp to ensure that everyone was constantly connected throughout the shoot, and enabling the crew on the ground to implement Taika Waititi’s direction immediately, and me to get quick feedback and sign-offs from the agency,” producer Hannah Stone said. Read more.
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BBC: The film crews being directed from a continent away
In a production studio in Kiev, Ukraine, a film director sits in front of a computer screen and yells, “Action!” Some 7,500 km (4,660 miles) away in Shanghai, China, his assistant relays the message to the crew filming a TV advertisement for Mercedes-Benz. Read more.
The AD of the Pandemic Film Don’t Fear on the COVID-19 Protocols
“First, we let the director and cast have the set to themselves. Then we brought in a camera, the DoP and the 1st AC to drop marks. Everyone else watched via QTAKE. When the set was ready, the cast returned. Everyone else remained off set, watching on QTAKE. When everyone was happy, the cast removed their PPE, and the set was closed.” Read more.
2020 HPA Award for Engineering Excellence
We are incredibly happy to be the technology partner of Moxion, winner of the 2020 HPA Award for Engineering Excellence! “Immediates footage, complete with Camera, Action, and VFX Wranglers’ metadata, flows from the QTAKE video assist into the Moxion cloud where it can be reviewed and logged before flowing into Editorial or VFX workflows.” Read more.
For Vietnam’s filmmakers, the pandemic brings business
“What’s new is all the foreign jobs from clients and agencies that can’t produce in their home countries. With so much at stake, Clubhouse has taken the plunge and invested in remote shooting technology; namely QTAKE, that allows non-physical roles to be fulfilled by collaborators overseas. The potential this carries for production houses is huge.” Read more.