Barcroft & Snapchat Team Up for Frontline Heroes Series

Indie factual producer Barcroft Studios has collaborated with Snapchat on Frontline Heroes, a fast-turnaround, self-shot series featuring young people risking their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Self-shot by protagonists to comply with social distancing guidelines—using body-mounted, hand-held and rigged cameras, as well as video diaries to give a visceral POV-feel—each episode of Frontline Heroes tells the deeply impactful story of a key worker who is risking their life by going to work in order to keep their community safe. Episode one of the six-episode series is available now, only on Snapchat’s Discover page.

Alex Morris, chief creative officer of Barcroft Studios, said: “This is a really important series for us to be able to highlight incredible human beings who are on the front line of this extraordinary crisis, providing stories of inspiration and hope to a young and engaged audience. It’s been fantastic working with Snap on a production filled with new challenges for all of us, they have been really supportive throughout.”