When competitors disappeared into New Zealand’s vast wilderness for twelve weeks of intense survival television, they faced an unprecedented challenge: navigating the backcountry completely cut off from each other, with no cellular connectivity to bridge the gap.
Services
Broadcast Package
App Concept & Facilitation
On-Set Support
Graphic Design
Client
Helium Films
Crew
Production - Helium
EP - Vanessa Oxlad
EP - Trent Chapman
Post Producer - George Stone
Creative Direction - Patrick Salter
3D / Animation - Grant Osborne
App Build - Thoughtfish Berlin
App Dev - Nicolas Streule
App Dev - Christina Barleben
3D - Alex Schmidt
3D - Akira Dawson
3D - Wilfred Patriaca
Graphic Design - Reece Saunders
Live GPS. Real-time 3D. One shared world. We built the system that put contestants, crew and audiences inside the same digital space – a first for Australian TV.
Beyond delivering a comprehensive post-production package, Pancho’s team developed a custom mapping platform powered by live GPS feeds and rendered on entirely bespoke terrain.
The result was a fully integrated ecosystem where titles, timers, overlays, and dynamic 3D mapping synchronised across multiple feeds – connecting contestants in the field, production crews in trucks, and post-production teams in real time.
We meticulously removed every man-made element – roads, fences, and farmhouses across Otago’s landscape to preserve the pure wilderness experience.
