While Times Square in New York was nearly empty on New Year’s Eve for the first time since 1907, an estimated one billion people worldwide watched the 2021 ball drop and countdown celebrations. Rafale Chang, CEO of interactive solutions agency Tiger Party, was one of just a few production staff…
Production
The role of wireless intercoms in Covid safety
As more films and TV productions return from lockdown, what changes or new types of environments are you experiencing? There’s more to consider now when planning and managing a production environment. Now we’re aware of how many people are on a set at any one time. We’re tracking who must…
CT delivers virtual UCL Qatar graduation ceremony
Creative Technology (CT) has provided a live platform for a virtual graduation and legacy event held by UCL Qatar (University College London in Qatar), enabling students from all over the world to celebrate their achievements. CT supplied a full virtual solution, content management, communication system, and simultaneous translation, which was…
Mike Blackman ‘holographically teleported’ to Barcelona
ISE managing director Mike Blackman has been "holographically teleported" from Munich, Germany to a virtual studio in Barcelona, Spain for an interview to build awareness of the show's impending debut in the city in June 2021. Despite being located in a separate country in the middle of a pandemic, Blackman…
Award-winning Maserati show driven by disguise xR
Luxury car manufacturer Maserati has launched the MC20, the first super sports car of its Trident brand, in a never-seen-before automotive event format powered by disguise xR. The MC20 was launched at a two-day hybrid event, staged by Milan-based Feelrouge Worldwide Shows at the Autodromo di Modena race track, and…
World’s largest offshore wind farm puts AV at centre of safety training
Taking place at a purpose-built centre on the Humber, Thrive is a fully interactive, multimedia safety leadership programme that immerses participants in a real-time, live-action scenario. The concept was created by Active Team Training (ATT), which had collaborated on previous award-winning project with White Light (WL) -winner of this year's…
ADI supports world-first fully-staged drive-in opera
The English National Opera has placed its trust in live event specialist ADI to support the world’s first fully staged drive-in opera, ENO Drive & Live at Alexandra Palace, London from 19-27 September. This outdoor project provided UK audiences with live opera for the first time since March, with ADI…
BBC Studioworks creates Covid-secure environment for Strictly Come Dancing
BBC Studioworks is providing full studio and post production services to BBC Studios’ Strictly Come Dancing and its weekday companion show, It Takes Two, from its Elstree production hub. The eightieth series of Strictly returns to its home in George Lucas Stage 2 at Elstree Studios, with It Takes Two…
Getting back to production
Flexible Films specialises in producing community, housing and health films, so like everyone else, lockdown meant they had to be creative in how they continued working. “We started a project with Gideon Reeling Theatre Company and artist Jo Dagless during lockdown called Conversations on Life and Death. We recorded people…
Covid-safe virtual Santa gears up for holidays
There is no mistaking that the Covid-19 pandemic has altered the landscape of how we interact with all those around us. Never is this such a challenging time as during the holiday season when families and friends gather together for their annual visit with Santa. Needing to find an alternative…