Remote Household Data Specialist - Video Capture (Japan)

$15/hrrate as listed

Record structured video of everyday household tasks in your own home in Japan, following capture specs for framing, lighting, and activity coverage that support training embodied AI and robotics models. Work is asynchronous and volume-based, with each submission reviewed against a written quality rubric before acceptance.

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What the work involves

Household video capture projects ask contributors to film ordinary domestic activity — folding laundry, loading a dishwasher, preparing a meal, tidying a genkan, handling packaging and containers — under a specific protocol. A typical batch defines camera height and angle, whether hands must remain in frame, minimum and maximum clip length, lighting conditions, and how many distinct variations of a task are needed. You shoot the clips, name and log them against the required metadata schema (task label, room, time of day, objects involved), and upload through the platform. Some projects add a light annotation pass: marking start and end frames of an action, or flagging occlusions and failed takes.

The engineering framing matters. This is not lifestyle content; it is dataset production. Reviewers care about reproducibility — consistent framing across a batch, no motion blur on the manipulated object, no unintended faces or personal documents in frame, correct file naming. Rejected clips are usually rejected for protocol drift rather than poor cinematography.

What the platform screens for

Access to a real Japanese household environment with varied rooms and everyday objects, and permission from anyone who lives there.
Basic capture competence: steady handheld or tripod/gimbal work, understanding of exposure and frame rate settings, ability to shoot in specified resolution.
Instruction fidelity under detail load — screens often present a short spec and ask you to identify what would make a clip non-compliant.
Privacy discipline: recognizing what must not appear on camera and how to handle household members, mail, screens, and neighbors' property.
Japanese-language comfort for labeling household items and describing tasks, alongside enough English or platform-translated comprehension to follow specs.

Logistics

Fully remote and asynchronous — you shoot on your own schedule within a batch deadline, commonly one to two weeks. Volume varies sharply by project; contributors often report bursts of 10–20 hours in a week followed by gaps. Pay for this listing is undisclosed; household capture work on similar platforms is usually priced per accepted clip or per accepted batch rather than hourly, so effective rate depends heavily on first-pass acceptance. Equipment is normally your own smartphone or camera; some projects supply or reimburse a tripod or wearable rig. Expect a signed data-license and consent agreement covering everyone visible in footage.

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What they look for

Attention to detail
UMI Grippers
Video Capturing

Before you apply

Would you pass this screen?

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Do you have access to a real Japanese household (your own home or one you live in full-time) with at least three distinct rooms, everyday objects, and written consent from anyone else who lives there to be filmed?
Household access and consent · required
Can you read and write Japanese at a functional level sufficient to label household items and tasks (e.g., 'laundry', 'genkan', 'dishwasher', container types) in Japanese?
Japanese language literacy · required
Do you own or have reliable access to a smartphone camera, tripod or gimbal, and the ability to manually control resolution and frame rate settings?
Video capture equipment · required
Have you previously completed at least one project involving repeated takes of the same task under a defined protocol or specification?
Experience with structured video work · preferred
Are you willing to sign a detailed consent and data-license agreement covering everyone visible in footage and the platform's use rights before beginning work?
Data-license agreement willingness · required

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Included with this listing

Interview prep — 11 questions

Matched to what this platform's screening actually measures. Answer each out loud in 60–90 seconds: claim → concrete example → implication.

What it tests: Whether the candidate has actually shot structured household footage before, or is relying on general videography experience; whether they understand the difference between lifestyle content and protocol-driven dataset production.
A strong answer: They name a specific domestic task (laundry, meal prep, tidying), describe their camera position and framing choice with reference to a constraint (e.g., 'kept hands in frame, shot at waist height'), and report concrete feedback—either acceptance or specific rejection reasons like 'motion blur on the object' or 'frame drift across clips.'
Where people lose it: Talking about YouTube vlogs, TikTok content, or wedding videography without acknowledging that household dataset work has different success criteria; or claiming experience without naming a single task or describing what they actually filmed.