Telecom Mobile Broadband has taken on a starring role at film and animation production company Sauce, according to executive producer Darryn Smith.

“We design, shoot and produce high-quality film and animation for our clients. We’re using Telecom Mobile Broadband so our staff, working in several different locations, can easily share the latest images or video.

“The files we work with are huge. One second of normal TV-quality imagery is about 30MB worth of data. 

“We needed a way of transferring this data quickly and cheaply between locations, regardless of where the production or post-production crew were working.

“Telecom supplied our senior directors and producers with six Mobile Broadband data cards to plug into their laptops and the performance has been phenomenal.

“Nobody else offers comparable mobile data speed in New Zealand. Before Mobile Broadband, we wouldn’t have bothered trying to communicate until we got back to the office. Sending these data-intensive files would simply have been too slow and too expensive.

“These high-speed data transfers are letting our senior staff work more efficiently. Instead of being constantly required on site, to approve footage or shot set-up, they can now can get on with work somewhere else. 

That’s because Mobile Broadband makes it easy to download the files to their laptop so they can check and approve footage when it’s ready.

“They can get through more work, and it’s more cost-effective for clients because they no longer have to pay for senior staff to twiddle their thumbs on location while shots are composed and filmed.

“The technology is outstanding and it’s affordable as well. Telecom’s data plans are fantastic value and the cost of the data card is nothing compared to the value of the service.

“Mobile Broadband is absolutely bullet-proof. For the first time, we have truly effortless, truly efficient and truly affordable mobile data in New Zealand.

For more information
Telecom New Zealand
www.telecom.co.nz

May 2006

Sauce Executive Producer Darryn Smith