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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 :)

Where no RED has gone before

Roberto Lequeux said:
What are you using to film from his helmet? And will you have any aircraft trying to get high shots of him speeding by? Too bad you can't get a floating dolly like in the animation. He he
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We've released some information about the suit cameras, so I can add a little bit to that. There are three HD cameras on the suit, one on each thigh, and one on the chestpack. We didn't go with a helmet camera for 3 reasons. One was that the David Clark helmet has an intricate safety system for opening the visors which move up and back. Anything that could interfere with this system or cause it to open prematurely would be deadly. Second reason is that we don't want anything that could catch lines when the chute deploys, as we aren't sure what angle his body will be in at that time. Third reason is that the helmet shot looking away from him can be captured from almost anywhere as it wouldn't include any parts of his body in the frame. The helmet only rotates side to side on it's slip ring. The more interesting shot is from the chest pack looking up where we see the helmet in the upper third of the frame with the earth and it's fragile thin band of blue atmosphere below. I felt this angle kept the human element involved as the audience will know there is a man behind the smoked visor.
 
Jay Nemeth said:
The more interesting shot is from the chest pack looking up where we see the helmet in the upper third of the frame with the earth and it's fragile thin band of blue atmosphere below. I felt this angle kept the human element involved as the audience will know there is a man behind the smoked visor.
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Sounds great!

How much of the world will he be able to see just before jumping?
 
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