Don’t Panic: Yours are not the only soul-withering video meetings

There is more than enough Covid-19 “inspiration” in the world; more than enough “how to work in iso” and “how to perfect virtual pitching”. Don’t Panic has no intention of triggering your feelings of inadequacy. The agency has produced a short comedy sketch that “captures what we’re all really thinking when we sit in an exasperating, laggy, pixelated video meetings, in which no-one listens and somehow everyone’s right” instead.

“As this pandemic changes every aspect of our lives, one of the most frustrating is, of course, the work video-call. Having to interact with colleagues is painful enough at the best of times, but the advent of the Zoom work meeting has taken this experience to a dangerous new level,” the agency noted.

Don’t Panic was also keen to show that entertaining content can still be produced during lockdown, with the entire sketch being written, acted and shot over Zoom in just one week by the creative team.

Joe Wade, founding partner, said that along with tragic blundering, having a laugh is another classic British response to a national emergency. “We hope to lighten the mood for a few minutes in a video created by and featuring some of our creative team.”