How Coronavirus has affected my Dad’s business By Charlotte age 11 whose parents own Image Republic video production in Wimborne.
When we all went into “Lockdown” it was really scary and for my parent’s business it was a big worry as for lots of their work they need to go out and film at other companies or places.
My dad realised that he needed to do something quickly to make sure he can still work and keep doing what he loves and he’s good at. He came up with a brilliant idea. We live on an old farm and have a couple of fields where we keep our ponies Bubbles and Beans. In one of the fields we have an old building which one day was going to be the new studio but we had filled it with lots of hay and pony things so it was quite a mess.
It’s been a fun and busy project and we all helped building it. Most of the last few weeks we have been all different colours from paint splats! But we have all turned our old barn into a studio for dads’ business.
Outside it still looks like our old barn which will be fixed up soon but when you go inside its amazing. We have moved everything from his old studio and you can set it up for photography, as a gym, a kitchen or with a green screen so you could be anywhere in the world. Today he is filming some products on a turntable to film them in 360 degrees – It’s just like a chameleon!
We were super excited, and I was very proud when we had our first job here as it felt like our project is working and helping! It’s also really safe as that was the main concern mummy had, to make sure it was safe for us and for anyone using it. The studio is on its own and people can either send things to us to film or can drive in a separate entrance and not even see us, just daddy and his cameras and he has it all set up so they can keep over the 2meter distance apart.
If you think your business needs some videos we may be able help with our studio to help your business in these scary times or in the future then please contact us. And if you do, then please remember to bring a carrot or two for my pony who has very kindly given up her haybarn!
Hope you all keep safe! Charlotte
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