Verizon is making their coverage better and wider - in spots (and ways) you wouldn’t expect. To show this, Verizon tapped Hometeam to produce and direct a nationwide campaign called Network Test Force.

Locations
Chicago, IL
Miami, FL
Filmmakers
Jason Oppliger
Clients

Network Test Force

A Nimble Approach to Nationwide Coverage

The social campaign takes viewers to the most unexpected and unique places in the United States like the world’s largest corn maze in Spring Grove, Illinois, The Florida Everglades, and Grant Park. In each location, Test Force engineers pull real-time signals to show that Verizon’s 5G network coverage really is everywhere.

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A Nimble Approach No Matter Where We Are

For this project, we tailored our approach to have a light footprint so we could move quickly and efficiently to capture the best footage possible, whether we were trekking through the grasslands or filming from the top of Willis Tower. Though the teams were smaller, we worked with our favorite local filmmakers to ensure the end-result was still high quality.

Thank you to our teams in Chicago, Miami, and Indianapolis!

Also, a big thank you to all of the locations where we filmed:

  • The Everglades National Park
  • Willis Tower
  • Grant Park
  • Soldier Field
  • Richardson’s Corn Maze
  • Port of Miami
  • Hard Rock Stadium
  • The Everglade National Park
  • Indianapolis Motor Speedway

Behind the scenes

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Credits

Hometeam HQ:

EP, Creative, Director of Production    Jason Oppliger

Supervising Producer    Zach MacDonald

EP, Head of Production    Amanda Riley

EP, Director of Post Production    Dan Tundis

Chicago Local Crew:

Production Manager    Moira Begale

Director of Photography    Steve Delahoyde

Camera Operator    Todd Tue

Location Manager    Jennie Frake

Gaffer    Geoffrey Fingerhut

AC    Michael Pavlisan

AC    Doug Birch

Sound Op    Derek Hanson

DIT    Henrikaa

HMU    Briette Madrid

PA    Collin Rita

PA    Jessik Therien

PA    Walter James Geraghty

PA    Nathan Jansen

Indianapolis Local Crew:

Production Manager    Jake Huber

Director of Photography    Joe Sailer

AC    Adam Oppenheim

Gaffer    Adam Rockhill

Grip    Carter Hoffman

Audio Op    Tim Munger

HMU    Ja'Twon Henderson

PA    Zach Mahone

PA    Lydia Kemp

Miami Local Crew:

Production Manager   Iris Mendez

Director of Photography    Derrick Nevot

Assistant Director    David Moida

A Cam Operator    Adolfo Ferro

B Cam Operator    JC Millán

Production Coordinator    Jorge Texidor

1st AC    Davin Duran

DIT    Kevin Garcia

Sound Op    Chris Nickless

HMU    Marlene Castro

HMU    Scharon Isse

PA    Euri Papadopoulos

PA    Carlos Santander

PA    Mariana Pezzuto

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