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Shooting in an comercial airplane

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Nicholas Schrunk

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Just curious if any forum users have ever shot a super lightweight setup in a commercial airplane. The shot is simply the seat next to talent as they are looking out the window. Barebones Epic with a lightweight prime lens and no matte-box or support.

Online there seem to be no restrictions from reading online as long as it isn't takeoff/landing or distracting other passengers, any experience here?

Thanks in advance!

Nick
 
Go for it. I have. Better to beg forgiveness than get shutdown from the start. One of the best things about a stripped down epic is you can pull stuff like this off without permits.
 
I have shot onboard a commercial plane using the Red One (working for the airline), no problems - kept my setup as light as possible with the Red One, with the Red Epic, I would bring: the camera with side SSD(obviously), the 5 inch LCD, sidehandle with battery, lens - that would do it.
 
I've shot in commercial aircraft, with my scarlet and canon lenses, US to Dominican Republic.
Flight crew didn't notice/say anything.
 
In the UK it's illegal to record any views of the ground. Odd little titbit, but still the law.. As a previous Department for Transport Security worker I can strongly suggest you take care. any suspicion of filming the aircraft or waving the lens towards the cockpit door and you could be arrested under terrorism charges..
Not wanting to spook, but a quick call to the airline can save a lot of hassle..!

SK
MediaHound Films
 
Simon Knight said:
In the UK it's illegal to record any views of the ground. Odd little titbit, but still the law..
SK
MediaHound Films
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Great steaming hairy bollocks suspected, unless you can cite something to back that up. I've done some aerial work in the UK and no-one ever mentioned it; if that was the law as you claim, a lot of people would be out of business! Unless it's a 'prohibited place' within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act (in which case you can't photograph it, full stop - but those are rare), if you can see it you can shoot it, from the ground or from the air.

Mike
 
Regardless of whether it's legal to film or not you'll need a property release from the airline if you plan on using the footage. The way you phrased your question it sounded like you were trying to accomplish this stealth.

I've shot in the crew training plane before - a non functioning plane that they train the crew on. This was years ago but it was remarkable easy to set up and didn't cost a fortune. As a bonus we got to jump down the emergency slide at the end of the shoot.
 
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