If there is one hindrance that cut the ties among gatherings and events today, that has to be the disruption of pandemic.

It is clear that events industry has been strongly affected by the disruptive outbreak of Coronavirus way back from the first quarter of 2020 even until ‘Ber’ months. In this unusual scenario, the events and production management all over the world are now coping for the innovation of internet just to survive beyond quarantine protocols, and one of them is I-Tech Digital Productions.

Many of corporate companies, and all of related business to different aspects are looking for a safest way to handle their events by means of virtual style because the formal gatherings before were used to be held in-person. Due to all unanswered questions, I-Tech is now paving the way to fulfill on what their client wants to experience this new normal era. One of the adaptive platform that can make such virtual meeting is the Zoom App, although it has its own limitations.

Despite of limited actions, I-Tech kept on its strengths to announce that they are still open for all of clients’ reservation of events, and if they’re going to get asked on how to execute live events to full production virtual events, it can be made via Unplugged Events or Simultaneous Events. It is I-Tech’s way of handling an event where the virtual cluster from a typical place (i.e. employees from a city, organization or company), and another location (invited guests on provinces, remote areas, etc.) will be gathered together using only one program.

One of the best innovative idea that I-Tech has made especially on the situation of events industry in new normal is that, not all of videos that will be played on screen are meant to be aired live. On the other hand, you can execute a Full Production event with a combination of pre-recorded videos and live hosting of emcees then broadcast it on air. In line with conceptual framework of program flow, I-Tech implies that it doesn’t have any difference with physical or in-person event, except in the execution which is virtual per se.

Speaking of virtual events, a message without a noise and appearance will never be considered as communication so that’s why I-Tech took the challenge for example on how to present live participants with face recognition and participation according to fast transition of production flow. Way back then, the nominees and awardees are being called on stage to honor their excellence at work, but in virtual, same goes with the format though the execution are made of many components such as Layering, Lower Thirds, Chroma Keying and many more because the source of all its live insertion of graphics is in the software called Wirecast, a television studio pro and livestreaming production tool used by I-Tech.

Nowadays, several people preferred the Zoom Meeting as platform of live events but in reality, it takes another time to study on how to use this one technically and physically as part of their work system and alternative application for company calls and conversations. In addition, Zoom Meeting has another kind of approach, and that is the Zoom Webinar, where the said type was made for Online Seminars, Web Conferencing and Large-Scale gatherings whether Product Launch, Training, Workshops, Trade and Expos. Zoom Webinars scale up to 50,000 View-Only attendees (no facial and audio participation, only passive participants via chat participation) and all Zoom Webinars allow for up to 100 video panelists, meanwhile the Zoom Meeting’s limit of participants is at maximum of 1,000 with Audio and Video participation. Both of them has its own pros and cons, but they are also connected as one in events industry, and this is what I-Tech can deal with as recommendations.

With the nature of virtual events, it allows monitoring of attendance where I-Tech can manage the registration details and incorporate remote locations with internet, travel restrictions as well since the invitees’ presence are not required on the location because they will just click the link of invitation then join the program, plus it helps to facilitate the safety of everyone while it can reach a wider audience than traditional live events. Some clients may ask how seamless could it be with proper timing of audio-visual execution, but I-Tech proved the longing questions into answerable problem in their virtual event at PHirst Park Homes last 26th of September 2020. (source: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=786303105499928)

All through out of possibilities even though the end of pandemic is quite uncertain, I-Tech always care on its staffs to engage with Unplugged and Simultaneous Events because it serves as one of the best high-quality recommendation for Audio-Visual needs and it laser points the satisfaction of clients where all of physical equipment are installed on the venue with production management between I-Tech and the company, then the participants watching around the world are in their homes and get linked together only in one platform. So whether if it is an Awarding, Raffles and Virtual Games, from virtual which is the participants to on-site setup where essential people are present, still the audience participation exists.