GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – You’ve heard plenty on how coronavirus concerns are interrupting schools and businesses, but a Green Bay based company says that doesn’t necessarily have to happen.
“We’re scrambling right now,” said Jay Schillinger, president of On-Site Studios.
Schillinger tells FOX 11 demand is up for the services of On-Site Studios, which claims to be the only remote video production service in North America.
“You can livestream to thousands of employees so you’re not really missing a beat.”
You’re probably thinking, I can do that with my phone. Schillinger says companies are looking for something more professional.
“Companies want to know how can we get back to business as usual, how can we conduct our training. You have a team of producers on our end that helps run the show.”
A multiple 4K-camera system on a cart with lights and a green screen is what On-Site brings to their clients. The rest is done from the On-Site Studios office in the Old Fort Square building on Broadway in Green Bay.
“They (client) walk in, they literally hit one button, conduct the interview and walk out,” said Schillinger. “We grab the footage, edit it together and send it out.”
When On-Site is video conferencing, the cameras are controlled by the producers in Green Bay, along with a teleprompter operator and someone who switches between previously recorded videos, slides, and animations.
On-Site started with creating physician videos for hospitals, but has since expanded to commercial businesses. They expect education could be next, but schools in our area keeping students away, like St. Norbert College, tell FOX 11 they’re already prepared.
“This isn’t new to us,” said Krissy Lukens, St. Norbert Director of Academic Technology. “We have faculty who have taught fully online. It will be new to some, but the great thing is they’re helping one another.”
St. Norbert professors who plan to video teach will be using Google Hangouts Meet and the cameras on their laptop or phone.
“We’ve got the tools, we’ve got the infrastructure to meet everybody’s needs,” said Lukens.
Schillinger says that might be a good thing for On-Site, considering what coronavirus has created for it.
“We’re a little backlogged right now, but it takes us about two weeks to get a whole studio set and built, but we’ve got a guy just driving around installing these.”
On-Site Studios has been in operation seven years and is currently working on upgrading to 8-K video.
