Remote Video Production
Remotely directed shoots with professional local crews.
A local crew and director film on location, and your team does not have to travel. We can run the whole shoot from your brief. If you want to take part, join us on set, or follow it live from wherever you are: you see what the camera sees, talk to the crew and give notes while it happens.
For brands and their marketing teams with a shoot in another country, and for agencies and production companies whose client needs a shoot in a city they cannot get to. 8020 Films is a video production company in Los Angeles, London and Paris.
Get a QuoteWhat is remote video production?
A crew on location, your team anywhere
Remote video production is a shoot where the crew is on location and the people it is made for are somewhere else. A professional crew lights, films and records sound on location, with a local director. We can run the shoot entirely from your brief, or your team and your client can watch the camera's picture live and give notes as it happens. It is also called a remotely directed shoot, or a remote video shoot.
Not a kit in the mail
The term is also used for a camera kit mailed to the person on screen, or for a recorded video call. Ours is different: a crew is in the room with cinema cameras, lighting and sound, and the only person who is remote is you. We have sent a kit when a shoot called for it: under COVID-19 safety protocols, a drop kit with an Interrotron put Carine Roitfeld in Paris face to face with a client in the US for Condé Nast.
What it is used for
Remote video interviews, like the INSEAD series for Salesforce. Conversations between people in two cities. Scripted promos and brand films shot abroad. Live streams with the director, the client and the crew in different countries.
Remote filming
In the UK the same service is called remote filming. A UK team can run a shoot abroad without travelling: for Dyson's live shopping launch on Darty.com, Dyson, its marketing agency (which directed) and the producer were in the UK, and the camera crew was in France. London can be the location too: for Netflix we filmed Aziz Ansari in a London hotel room, in live conversation with Chris Rock in New York.
How a remotely directed shoot works
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You send the brief
Tell us what you need to film, where and when. We plan the shoot, secure the location if you do not have one and book a local crew and director.
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The crew sets up on location
The crew arrives with what the shoot needs: cameras, lighting, sound and, where it calls for them, hair and makeup, teleprompters or an Interrotron, which lets the person on camera look into the lens while talking to someone in another city. For Salesforce at INSEAD that was a six-person crew and a portable studio with three camera angles.
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Optional: a live camera feed
If you want to follow the shoot, a connected film kit streams the camera's picture to you with low latency, so you see what the camera sees as it happens. Colleagues and clients can watch from other locations at the same time. You can also come to the set, or leave the shoot to us and our local director, working from your brief.
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Takes reviewed and approved
Following live, you talk to the crew on set, review takes and approve them on the spot, as if you were there. If you leave it to us, our director works to your brief.
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Wrap and delivery
After the shoot we hand over the footage, or take it through post-production: editing, motion design, music licensing.
Shot remotely
Projects where the shoot was in one place and the client, the director, the producer or the other half of the conversation was somewhere else.
Epic GamesRocket League: Unreal Engine 6 – Tested by the ProsShot in Paris with 12 pro players. Produced remotely from the US for Hayden5 and Epic Games.
SalesforceSalesforce at INSEAD: Interviews and Corporate StorytellingInterviews filmed at INSEAD in France. Salesforce and its agency watched the shoot live from the US.
NetflixNetflix: A Conversation with Aziz Ansari and Chris RockAziz Ansari filmed in a London hotel room, in live conversation with Chris Rock in New York.
Condé NastCondé Nast: Remote Interview with Vogue Editor-in-Chief Carine RoitfeldCarine Roitfeld in Paris, face to face with a client in the US, using a drop kit with an Interrotron.
Salesforce & Malala FundSalesforce Annual Conference: Highlighting Malala YousafzaiAn interview with Malala Yousafzai for Salesforce's annual conference, produced remotely with a seven-person crew and streamed live to the USA.
DysonDyson Live: Corrale™ Hair Straightener LaunchA 45-minute live shopping stream on Darty.com. Camera crew in France; Dyson, its marketing agency (which directed) and the producer in the UK.For agencies and production companies
Your client needs a shoot in a city you cannot get to. We are the production on the ground and can run the shoot from your brief. You and your client can also join us on set, or follow over the live feed and give notes as it happens.
Several projects on this page reached us through a partner. Hayden5 brought us in to film the Rocket League promo in Paris for Epic Games. Netflix's agency and Salesforce's agency commissioned the London and INSEAD shoots. Dyson came to us with its marketing partner. We managed the Rocket League shoot from the US, assembled and prepped a 10-person crew in Paris, and covered four sets in a single 10-hour day.
What a partner gets
- 01A complete local unit, booked and run by us. For Rocket League: a field producer, a DP, two camera operators, a first AC, a DIT, two sound mixers, a gaffer and a production coordinator.
- 02The live camera feed for you and your client, if you want to follow, and a direct line to the crew on set.
- 03A producer on set between your client and the crew: in Paris, a bilingual field producer bridged the American client and the French crew.
- 04Footage ready for your edit: for Rocket League, 4K masters and synced ProRes proxies were handed over at wrap, so the edit could start in the US right away.
On the quote form, choose Agency, Production company or Crew network under Company Type, and tell us where the shoot is. Need an NDA, or the shoot delivered under your own name? Say so in your enquiry and we agree it before we start.
Get a quote for a client shootWhere we shoot
We have crews in Los Angeles, London and Paris, and in many other places across Europe and the US, with a local director wherever we film. The work on this site includes shoots across France and in Barcelona.
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Frequently Asked Questions
A shoot where the crew is on location and you are somewhere else. A professional local crew lights, films and records sound, with a local director. We can run the shoot from your brief, or you can watch the camera's picture over a live feed and give notes as it happens. It is also called a remotely directed shoot or, in the UK, remote filming.
You send the brief, and we plan the shoot and book a local crew and director. On the day we run the shoot from your brief. If you want to follow it, a connected film kit streams the camera's picture to you with low latency, so you can talk to the crew, review takes and approve them on the spot. After the shoot we hand over the footage, or take it through post-production.
If you choose to follow it live, what the camera sees, as it happens. You can talk to the crew on set, review takes and make creative decisions as if you were there, and several people can watch the feed from different locations at the same time. Watching is optional: we can also run the shoot from your brief.
A drop kit is equipment sent to the person on screen, and a recorded video call uses a webcam. Here a professional crew is in the room with cinema cameras, lighting and sound, and only the director is remote.
Yes. A professional crew lights, films and records sound on location, just as it would with you on set. The only difference is where you are, whether you follow live or leave the shoot to us.
We have crews in Los Angeles, London and Paris, and in many other places across Europe and the US, with a local director wherever we film. Our work includes shoots across France, in London, in Los Angeles and in Barcelona.
Yes. For Salesforce we filmed interviews at INSEAD in France, and Salesforce and its agency watched the shoot live from the US. When the interviewer is remote too, an Interrotron lets the person on camera keep their eyes on the lens while talking to someone in another city, as Aziz Ansari did in London with Chris Rock in New York.
Yes. Hayden5 brought us in to film the Rocket League promo in Paris for Epic Games, and the agencies of Netflix and Salesforce commissioned our shoots for their clients. On the quote form, choose Agency or Production company under Company Type.
Plan your remote shoot
Tell us what you need to film, where and when. We will come back with a plan and a quote.
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