How we shot the World in Woodstock… in just 3 days.

OUR CLIENT: An international professional services company specializing in information technology (IT) services and consulting.

CHALLENGE: To shoot a cost-conscious, high-quality series of internal cyber security training videos with a global image— all during one shoot on the East Coast.

The ad agency was looking to elevate their production value on a long-running, award winning episodic that was themed around cyber security— AND they wanted to maximize their budget. 

Typically, when the budget is tight and time is short, we’ll see a pretty standard approach: An Airbnb is rented and one corner of the room will be Mexico, another corner will be Paris, and maybe the living room will be Seattle.  Hmmmm…

This time, our clients wanted their videos to feel authentic –like they were truly in Buenos Aires, Manila, Chicago, and Frankfurt. No problem!

SOLUTION: Virtual Production, coupled with Team Cobalt’s ingenuity and enthusiasm, enabled us to shoot 10 scenes, in 4 different countries, in just 3 days. 

I’m going to say this again: 10 scenes. 4 countries. 3 days.

In addition to hitting the budget and giving the episodes a truly international flavor, we were able to build out libraries of assets and sets that our client can use again and again. Say goodbye to spending the money it takes, year after year, to rebuild the same set or to try to rent the same locations.

Say goodbye to storage costs and trucking costs for a set that’s really too large to be taking all over the continent. Moving forward, your virtual hacker lair will look the same, every time, the click of a button. And it will be weightless.

Our client wanted to create a secret Hacker Lair and several other locations that could be repurposed throughout the series. Easy peasy.

RESULT: An elevated project with a truly international experience saving 100’s of thousands of $$ – no visas, no currency exchange, no traveling your cast around the globe, no problem….

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