The Execution:

After the decision was made to move forward with the project the production team at Winters Rock dedicated over 150 hours of research to locate aerial cinematographers across the globe that had captured the footage of the pandemic. The result was over 100 filmmakers donating footage from 27 countries and 14 U.S. cities, including Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Iraq, Macedonia, Mexico, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States.

Along with the individual pilots, the team partnered with Pond5, the world’s largest royalty-free stock video marketplace, who donated footage while fully compensating the contributing artists for content used in the final production. The recording artist Kiesza was able to record a remote performance of her song Storm on the shores of Toronto, Canada. She worked remotely with musician/producer Chris Malinchak to complete the final version of the song, and reached out to her friend Cameron Sinclair about involving his non-profit Front Line Care. With the charity in place, the completed song, the footage from across the globe, and the Winters Rock drone pilots footage, the team was able to create a visually stunning and powerful short film.