The Rebel Fleet: Dedicated, secure digital media transfer

Based on the 1981 film of the same name by Monty Python star Terry Gilliam, Time Bandits is a 10-episode fantasy-adventure TV series conceived by Taika Waititi, Iain Morris and Jemaine Clement. A substantial production, the creation of so many imaginary ‘worlds’ meant a huge VFX workload and a need for some serious data transfer, storage and wrangling.

Adding to the challenge, shooting–both on location and in studio– would take place in Wellington, while post, including edit and VFX, would take advantage of The Rebel Fleet’s infrastructure in Auckland.

To make that 600km separation disappear, The Rebel Fleet engaged in a smart collaboration with bespoke internet solutions provider Rogue Unit and telecommunications software experts Devoli. The end result was a dedicated data pipeline intended to link the teams in two cities as though they were one.