Self Promotion: Remote Shoot & Directing

Metropolis Films production services Latin America has run the first comprehensive remote filming test between Europe and Montevideo, Uruguay and both were very successful, according to first results. The hope is to do the same in other countries of South America. A number of production companies in London were invited to take part in the test as if it were a proper film production. The crew assembled in a studio in Montevideo included actor, camera crew, video assist and remote filming technicians. The director in London was able to impart briefs and comments to the actors and the crew which were carried out on set almost instantly. There are a number of methods to connect the remote systems and it will be a matter for the production company and the agency to chose the best one for the job.