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AERIAL FILMING

[Introduction][Aerial Platforms] [Techniques]

INTRODUCTION

• Why do we want aerials in our films?
• What style of aerial fits the mood of the film?
• The Importance of Choreography
• The Weather
• What film format?.....or video?
• What lens?
• What frame speed?
• The Camera Operator
• The Pilot

AERIAL PLATFORMS

• What kind of aircraft

  1. Fixed wing

  Propeller-single- engine
  • Propeller-multi-engine
  • Gliders
  • Microlights
  • Free Fall; Parachutes and Paragliders
  • Jets
  • Space Shuttle
  2. Rotary

  3. Lighter than air

  4. Living Aerial platforms

  5. Cables

TECHNIQUES

• The hand-held camera
• Interior Mounts
• Exterior Mounts
  • Moving Camera Wing Mount for Cessna
• Remote Control Aircraft