The startup offers a visual communication tool that utilizes wireless technology to transmit and share video streams from multiple camera sources over a secure network. This solution minimizes miscommunication, delays, and errors on film and television production sets, enhancing crew collaboration and productivity.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
Founders
Product
Problem
Film and television production crews often face miscommunication, delays, and errors due to inefficient communication methods on set. Traditional communication workflows can be slow, leading to increased production costs and potential creative compromises.
Solution
Onset Communication offers the Onset Assistant, a visual communication tool designed to streamline on-set collaboration. The system allows crew members to communicate safely from any location using annotation over live video monitoring and playback. The Onset Assistant utilizes a portable base station server, custom tablets, and access points to create a secure wireless network for real-time communication, enabling faster decision-making and problem-solving. With features like live annotation, multi-channel collaboration, and instant playback, the Onset Assistant ensures that all team members are on the same page, regardless of their physical location.
Target Audience
The primary target audience includes film and television production crews, directors of photography, script supervisors, and other key personnel involved in on-set decision-making.
Features
- Live video monitoring with annotation capabilities for real-time feedback
- Up to 12 channels for individual or group collaboration
- Instant playback feature for quick reference and continuity checks
- Still frame capture from camera feeds or tablet cameras
- Wireless video and audio transmission over a secure 5GHz network
- Support for HD-SDI and HDMI video inputs, automatically configured based on the input signal
- Internal SSD for recording up to 280 camera-hours of footage
- Option to draw over an image, live or playback video, or a blank chalkboard space and share with any other user in real time
- Export still frames, marked-up images, recordings and a matching .csv file of notes.