Aerial filming and Aviation, techniques of aerial filming

<body bgcolor="#CCCCCC" text="#000000" background="../images/backgrounds/background4.jpg" link="#9999FF" vlink="#CCCCCC"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"> <tr> <td width="1" height="83" valign="top"></td> <td height="83" colspan="3" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"><img src="../images/lrphead2.JPG" width="487" height="65"></td> <td width="42" height="83" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="1" height="17" valign="top"></td> <td width="214" height="1122" rowspan="3" valign="top" bgcolor="#000000"> <p align="left"><a href="LRP_main.html" target="_parent"><img src="../images/buttons/menu1/home1.gif" width="200" height="20" border="0"></a><font color="#9933FF"><b><a href="../photolibrary/AWlibrary_main.html" target="_top"><img src="../images/buttons/menu1/photolibA.gif" width="200" height="20" border="0"></a><a href="../photolibrary/sp_aerials.html"><img src="../images/buttons/menu1/aerials.gif" width="200" height="20" alt="Image Gallery of Aerials" border="0"></a></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#9933FF"><b></b></font><b><font color="#9933FF"><a href="articles/new_articles/articles_main.html" target="_parent">To Article Main Page</a></font></b></p> <p><u><font color="#C0C0C0" size="4">AERIAL FILMING</font></u></p> <p><font color="#C0C0C0">[<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page1.html#introduction" target="_top">Introduction</a>][<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#platforms" target="_top">Aerial Platforms</a>] [<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page8.html#technique" target="_top">Techniques</a>]</font></p> <p><font color="#C0C0C0"><i><b><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page1.html#introduction" target="_top">INTRODUCTION</a></b></i></font></p> <ul> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html#why" target="_top">Why do we want aerials in our films?</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html#whatstyle" target="_top">What style of aerial fits the mood of the film?</a> </font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html#choreo" target="_top">The Importance of Choreography</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html#weather" target="_top">The Weather</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html#format" target="_top">What film format?.....or video?</a> </font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page3.html#lens" target="_top">What lens?</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page3.html#framesp" target="_top">What frame speed?</a> </font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page3.html#operator" target="_top">The Camera Operator</a> </font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page3.html#pilot" target="_top">The Pilot</a></font></li> </ul> <p><font color="#C0C0C0"><i><b><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#platforms" target="_top">AERIAL PLATFORMS</a></b></i></font></p> <ul> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#aircraft" target="_top">What kind of aircraft </a></font> <p><font color="#C0C0C0">1.<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#fixedwing" target="_top">Fixed wing</a></font></p> <ul> <font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#single" target="_top">Propeller-single- engine</a></font> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#multi" target="_top">Propeller-multi-engine</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#gliders" target="_top">Gliders</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page4.html#microlights" target="_top">Microlights</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page5.html#freefall" target="_top">Free Fall; Parachutes and Paragliders</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page5.html#jets" target="_top">Jets</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page5.html#shuttle" target="_top">Space Shuttle</a></font></li> </ul> <font color="#C0C0C0">2.<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page5.html#rotary" target="_top">Rotary </a></font> <p><font color="#C0C0C0">3.<a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page6.html#balloon" target="_top"> Lighter than air</a></font></p> <p><font color="#C0C0C0">4. <a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page6.html#living" target="_top">Living Aerial platforms</a></font></p> <p><font color="#C0C0C0">5. <a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page7.html#cables" target="_top">Cables</a></font></p> </li> </ul> <p><font color="#C0C0C0"><b><i><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page8.html" target="_top">TECHNIQUES</a></i></b></font></p> <ul> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page8.html#handheld" target="_top">The hand-held camera</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page8.html#inter_mount" target="_top">Interior Mounts</a></font></li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page9.html#exter_mount" target="_top">Exterior Mounts</a></font> <ul> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page9.html#wingmount" target="_top">Moving Camera Wing Mount for Cessna</a></font></li> </ul> </li> <li><font color="#C0C0C0"><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page9.html#remote" target="_top">Remote Control Aircraft</a></font></li> </ul> <p> </p> </td> <td width="15" height="17" valign="top"></td> <td width="732" height="17" valign="top"></td> <td width="42" height="17" valign="top"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="1" height="1063" valign="top"></td> <td width="15" height="1063" valign="top"></td> <td height="1063" colspan="2" valign="top"> <table width="500" cellspacing=" " cellpadding=" " align="center" mm_noconvert="TRUE"> <tr> <td> <table width="500" border="0" cellspacing=" " cellpadding=" " align="center"> <tr bgcolor="#000000"> <td width="254"><b><a href="LRP_aviation_main.html" target="_parent">To Aviation Main Page</a></b></td> <td width="244"> <div align="right"><b><a href="aerials/AerialTechniques_page2.html">next page</a></b></div> </td> </tr> </table> <p align="left"><font size="5" color="#004080"><b><u>AERIAL FILMING</u></b></font></p> <p align="left"><font size="3" color="#004080"><b><u>written by Adrian Warren</u></b></font></p> <p><font size="6" color="#004080"><b><a href="javascript:;" onClick="MM_openBrWindow('../images/html/whatsnew/roraima/preview_html/ramaima1.html','roraima','scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=420')"><img src="../images/photo/tpi401.jpg" width="300" height="196" alt="roraima, venezuela" name="roraima1" border="0"></a></b></font></p> <p><font color="#004080" size="4"><b>INTRODUCTION</b></font> </p> <p><font color="#004080">I am going to try to give some general views on aerial filming techniques, focusing on some of my own preferred methods, recognising that these are by no means necessarily the best. </font></p> <p><font color="#004080">As well as the use of aircraft as camera platforms, I am going to include in this discussion techniques we have employed for moving the camera horizontally through the canopy of the rain forest since I feel that this also constitutes a kind of aerial filming. </font></p> <p><font color="#004080">Most experienced film camera operators have their own preferred methods in aerial filming techniques, finely tuned over the years; for each person, it has probably been a slow process of evolution to find the best method to overcome the principal problems in aerial cinematography: vibration, bumpy air and how to mount the camera. In the end, however it is achieved, there is nothing more pleasing than a well-executed, smooth and steady aerial shot. </font></p> <p><font color="#004080">My own preference for camera angle is a forward facing one - I feel it is dynamic and more interesting than the conventional sideways tracking shot, although sometimes it can be useful to have a combination of both for editing purposes. </font></p> <p><font color="#004080">The major factors affecting aerial filming fall into two categories: those which are under control and those which are definitely beyond anyone's control. Controllable factors include a good camera mount (which may just mean the person who is holding the camera); a reliable camera; good choreography; and safety conscious working rules. Uncontrollable factors include the weather; turbulent or bumpy air; vibration; and squashed insects or dirt on the lens. </font></p> <p><font color="#004080">I cannot stress enough the importance for safety - many people, even the most experienced camera operators and pilots have lost their lives through trying to push the limits just a bit too far to get that difficult shot, or simply by letting their concentration slip for a vital moment. Inevitably, aerial filming can lead us into flying low level, or close to cliffs, trees or other obstacles, where it only takes a bird to take off, wind shear, or an aircraft problem to put us into a potentially fatal situation. It can all be over in seconds. </font></p> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="1" height="38" valign="top"></td> <td width="15" height="38" valign="top"></td> <td width="732" height="38" valign="top"><hr width="100%"> <div align="center"> <p><font color="#004080">[<a href="LRP_main.html" target="_parent"><u>Last Refuge home page</u></a>] [<u><a href="../photolibrary/AWlibrary_main.html" target="_parent">Adrian Warren photo library</a></u>] [<u><a href="contact1.html">Contact Us</a></u>] </font><font color="#004080">[<a href="copyrightnotice.html">Copyright Notice</a>]</font></p> </div> </td> <td width="42" height="38" valign="top"></td> </tr> </table> </body>