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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

How to film in an airplane?

Thanks for all the info Glen. Phew I wish that the production company that hired me had done a bit more research than this.

Do you think there is any chance we can get a permit so fast? I will contact the embassy right away tomorrow morning and try to clear things out.

How likely are they going to be to stop us? I cannot imagine lying to them and saying I'm there on vacation so I will say that I'm there with business. Is it then 100% that they will stop us since we don't have a permit?

Phew, thanks for all the help
/Andreas
 
Steadicam vehicle mount, mounted to the floor, is you friend (along with an experienced op). If that is not affordable, an EZ-rig, held lightly, will help a lot.
 
So.... Andreas started this thread, and I guess I'll finish it.

In the end Andreas didn't / couldn't come to Canada to film, so I stepped in late-ish to give a hand.

Can't give too much away about the project - but it was 99.999999999% about sound. Picture was a distant 3rd in terms of importance, and was more about movement and capturing where the microphones were mounted. sadly we didn't actually film on the airplane in flight, and because of Canada's strict rules about being near an active airport runway, we didn't actually get very close to the plane when it was flying...

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I used two RED Zooms 18-50 & 50-150, would have been great if I could have used primes.... BUUUUUT the cost of the aircraft is huge, the production budget only allowed so much flight time (4 fly by's), and we couldn't request that the pilots fly where we wanted them to because Transport Canada (like the American FAA) was right beside us monitoring what we were doing and saying nyet nyet nyet. It's also an active airport, so in between the Lancaster fly by's there were Boing 737's and Airbus A320's landing and taking off around us. To the point, I was essentially alone and juggling equipment on a super tight timeframe - while I watched the sound guys pulling their hair out trying to cope with what seemed like 20+ mic's and sound recorders.

Added to that was the extra bonus - there are only two of these left in the world that still fly. This is a highly treasured aircraft, that is handled with Kid gloves (they put it back inside the hanger while we ate lunch), so the museum was fairly restrictive about what we could do in and around the aircraft as well.

Overall though a great day, and one of those projects that makes me love my job.
 
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Congratulations Glen. I hope you had a blast.

Yes, sadly I had to step down since the production company had not arranged all papers needed. However I'm glad to hear that the shoot went quite well. Sounded a bit frustrating with all the equipment, I think if we would have been two of us it would have been easier.

Thanks a lot for stepping in Glen!
Best wishes, hope we will shoot some cool airplanes in the future, this time with permission and from the inside of the plane! :D
/Andreas
 
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