London, UK– 30 July 2020 – FrameTrunk, one of the leading suppliers in next
generation broadcast solutions, today announced its recent successes in a variety of
remote production projects despite obstacles in production due to Covid-19. These
include, supporting BBC Three’s ‘Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock In’ and Globe Productions,
‘One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction’.
Since 2014, FrameTrunk’s broadcast solutions have supported a range of high-
profile productions for Viacom, Sky, MTV, BBC, NBC Universal, RedBull, Zig Zag
Productions, and many more. Since lockdown measures were introduced in March,
demand for FrameTrunk’s innovative remote solutions has increased, leading to the
company working across a diverse collection of projects.
With FrameTrunk, Producers can create content despite the current hurdles, whilst
keeping consumers entertained during the global pandemic.
For BBC Three’s ‘Yung Filly’s Celeb Lock In’, which goes to air Sunday 2 nd of August,
FrameTrunk provided a remote production gallery for incoming contribution feeds,
including remote vision mixing facilities, to produce a live rough cut for the show. The
new gameshow filmed from six locations throughout the UK has households
competing head to head.
The production team were located in their homes, viewing a low latency multiview
feed using FrameTrunk’s software platform, ‘FrameCentral’. Full comms were also
provided, by ProImage Solutions, ensuring smooth communication between all
parties during the broadcast. Post show, FrameTrunk provided transcode and digital
delivery of all rushes to the editors’ homes.
Another lockdown project was Globe Productions,‘One Love Covid-19 Relief Auction’
for Island Records, supporting NHS charities and Feeding America, featuring
donations including private performances, memorabilia, and exclusive concert tickets
from some of the most iconic names in music.
Remote control hot head cameras from New York, bonded with 4G, fed the video
content back to FrameTrunk’s HQ based in London to provide a live vision mix,
including external graphics and VT play in. The charity auction video feed was also
pushed live across YouTube to maximise viewership. The ISO’s were recorded back
in London, with producers located at home with access to FrameTrunk’s virtual
remote gallery. Full comms systems were provided to tech and talent in New York
with Director and Producer based in London.
“With such successful results in our recent remote production lockdown projects, we
are entering an exciting time for both demand in services and experiencing
significant growth. We originally began FrameTrunk to provide location based ingest,
postproduction and software solutions for a loyal client base. Now, we can offer
remote production, postproduction and custom software solutions alongside our
traditional services, navigating any production challenges to support any size
project,” stated Joel Gilbert, Director/Co-owner at FrameTrunk.
FrameTrunk is also offering free one-to-one consultations to those who want a better
understanding and overview of their options for remote editing and services. For
more details, please email info@frametrunk.com.
