Good stories. Shooting from a helicopter may well be more dangerous if not as hard on the stomach as that C130 stint. I used to produce commercials with a director named Jim Edwards. One of Jim's favorite laments was "All the good helicopter pilots are dead." It was said with the tongue only partially in the cheek as a lot of the Hollywood fly boys did buy their lunch making movies. One of the first shoots I did with Jim and a copter was at Stag's Leap winery in Napa Valley. The driveway was lined with trees that were about forty feet tall, with canopies about twenty feet off the ground. To get the shot Jim wanted of a car moving down the driveway, the copter had to fly right at the bottom of the canopies, and he had to get in real tight to make it wide enough to show some environment and still make the car big in frame. As he flew down the road, you could see twigs being cut off the end of the branches by the blades. Another Jim Edwards shoot was the Viper on top of a volcano in Hawaii. Again, Jim wanted profile running shots over the uneven terrain. The copter had to cut in between rock formations and fly just a few feet off the ground. You can see some of that footage here: http://stenquist.org/Paul/Ride.htm Paul On Mar 28, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Cotty wrote:
> I love filming from helicopters but when they ask for a crew for > the C130 I fade into the back ground..... > > -- > > > Cheers, > Cotty > > > ___/\__ > || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche > ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com > _____________________________ > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
