Apps on a phone and 4K video sent between continents are all in a day’s work.
MTI was contacted by APAC Network, the Asia-Pacific news organization based in Brisbane, Australia, to produce an interview for the company’s web series about climate change. The location was the Brookings Institution and the subject was Vera Songwe, the Institute’s Senior Fellow for Global Economy and Development, Africa Growth Initiative.
Global Video Production
Vera Songwe waits for questions from the client a world away, with her son in the foreground to repeat them for her.
Video Production Crew
Only a one-person crew was required—in this case camera operator Albert Liesegang—with just one subject to be recorded. But there are few productions that are really simple. The one complicating factor here was that the client would be watching and conducting the interview remotely—from the other side of the globe. Albert used WhatsApp on his phone to communicate with the Australia-based interviewer, while the 4K-PAL recording signal was sent to the client over Zoom for review and to conduct the interview. Dr. Songwe’s son sat by the camera to ask the questions.
Producing Video From a World Away
Once the global connections were made, the interview got underway, shot with the Sony FS7 MII camera, lit with Aputure lights, and audio captured with a lavalier microphone.
In the end, the production went off without a hitch and everyone was satisfied with the results.
Metro Teleproductions, offering video production in the Washington, D.C., area for 20+ years, is owned and operated by Dave Lilling with creativity, reliability and professional excellence. Contact Dave at 301-608-9077 or dave@mtitv.com for video production success!
