Wireless Systems

Here is how this works in practice. Integrated wireless deployment on NZ shoots bundles Lectrosonics SRc/Venue 2 wireless mic packs, Wisycom MCR54 multichannel receivers, Comtek IFB feeds for directors and script supervisors, Teradek Bolt 6 LT and Bolt 4K wireless video hops to video village, plus Preston FIZ, ARRI WCU-4, and Tilta Nucleus wireless follow-focus systems on a single set up RF mesh. Frequency planning runs through Radio Spectrum Management (RSM) under the Telecommunications Act, with UHF-band scans completed against each location before call sheet lock. Domestic inventory and antenna distribution sits at Lemac New Zealand (Auckland + Wellington), Mediatech NZ, and Filmworx Auckland, supplemented for feature-scale by the Wellywood gear pool at Stone Street Studios, Park Road Post The capital, and Weta FX Miramar. We deploy Wisycom LFA antenna packages and Professional Sound Corporation distros to keep stable links across multi-stage Wellywood floor plans.

Here is the short of it. For franchise-scale shoots like Avatar Way of Water at Kumeu Film Studios (Sony VENICE 2 + custom underwater rigs driving Teradek video back to Cameron's village), the Rings of Power Amazon Prime Auckland shoot, and the LOTR/Hobbit/Mortal Engines lineage at Stone Street, we mesh wireless audio, IFB, video, and Preston FIZ on a single set up frequency plan to avoid intermod and self-trouble. South Island shoots into Fiordland, Aoraki/Mt.

Here is how this works in practice. Cook, or Mackenzie Country UNESCO Dark Sky Reserve get Pelican-cased receivers against 7m+ rainfall and -10°C dawn battery degradation. When channel counts exceed domestic capacity, Sigma Cine Sydney and ARRI Rental Sydney supplement same-week via the 3-hour Trans-Tasman corridor on Air New Zealand or Qantas under ATA carnet. ACC universal accident insurance covers all sound and DIT crew auto under the no-fault scheme.