Interviews & talking heads
North America Observer
Focus Media’s interview series, hosted by founder and CEO Sarah Yu, was filmed at its own studio across living-room, café, factory, office and city LED settings.
The production
The people, the setting, the work.
Focus Media’s interview series, hosted by founder and CEO Sarah Yu, was filmed at its own studio across living-room, café, factory, office and city LED settings.
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Twelve dated filming records stay together as one series. The seats, lighting and camera-side details show how the same studio supports different conversation settings.
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- Upperland Studio · Richmond, BC
- Filming record dates
- 2023-07-03 · 2023-07-05 · 2023-07-06 · 2023-08-28 · 2023-09-13 · 2023-09-29 · 2023-10-16 · 2023-11-03 · 2023-11-10 · 2024-01-06 · 2024-01-31 · 2024-02-06
- Host / 主持人
- Sarah Yu
Behind the scenes & visual references
The connected records
Man and woman in conversation on armchairs before a living-room LED backdrop
Two guests mid-interview before the robot factory LED wall
Host interviewing a guest in a suit before a garden café LED backdrop with studio lights
Monitor close-up of the host during an interview recording
Two-camera interview setup with café LED backdrop and hanging bulb lights
Guest and host seated before a Vancouver night skyline LED backdrop
Guest in a peach blazer seated for an interview before a green living-room LED backdrop
Black-and-white BTS of a guest recording an interview before a bookshelf LED backdrop
Female host seated in front of an LED wall interior backdrop during interview
Male guest interviewed in front of an LED wall office backdrop
Wide shot of talk show set with green room LED backdrop and crew
Meet the credited team or brand
Parent company / 母公司
Focus Media Inc.
The parent company of Upperland Studio. Founder and CEO Sarah Yu hosts its interview programmes. North America Observer and municipal interviews are separate programme lines.
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