Hi All,
I'm not from the big end of town but I'm aspiring enthusiast and filmography buff, and I've been flying my Mavic Pro for around 6 months. I've come across to the Inspire Pilots forum upon recommendation from a few members of the Mavic Pilots forum to seek a bit of help with cinematography.
So, needless to say the Mavic is not a professional level drone and what I'm trying to do is probably pushing the envelope of its limitations. I'm trying to get a fairly long sequence (circa two minutes) combination shot of a car on a winding coastal road. The car will start out behind the drone and will overtake it at some point in the shot, the timing and location of which will be difficult to plan for. I'm also planning some road crosses and elevation changes to go over a hill and then go below the road level. It's a shot that would probably be a cinch for a well drilled two-operator Inspire team, but somewhat more difficult for single person Mavic operator.
My plan is to outsource the piloting of the aircraft to Litchi, which will manage a number of direction and elevation changes designed to give me some really interesting framing taking in the fairly spectacular surrounds, and to stop me crashing in to anything! This leaves me to essentially manage the camera direction and gimbal pitch by myself. Due to the direction and elevation changes, I'll need to get the camera controls perfect to maintain correct framing, and of course it takes only the slightest error to ruin the sequence. I've programmed the route in Litchi to give me fairly wide framing where I anticipate the main transitions to be, which will provide me a bit of buffer to keep it all smooth.
It's not a one-take opportunity, so I can re-shoot it if I balls it up, but I need to get it all shot in the golden hour, and based on my test runs, I'm probably going to need that whole time at least. It's not for commercial purposes, so there's no sheep-stations at risk if I stuff it up, I'm just trying to stretch myself.
So with that context, is anyone able to offer any advice on how to maximize my chances of getting this shot right? Advice on framing, flight-path, camera control, planning, location management etc. etc. would all be welcome from anyone with (any level) of experience in this space.
Thanks in advance.
K.
I'm not from the big end of town but I'm aspiring enthusiast and filmography buff, and I've been flying my Mavic Pro for around 6 months. I've come across to the Inspire Pilots forum upon recommendation from a few members of the Mavic Pilots forum to seek a bit of help with cinematography.
So, needless to say the Mavic is not a professional level drone and what I'm trying to do is probably pushing the envelope of its limitations. I'm trying to get a fairly long sequence (circa two minutes) combination shot of a car on a winding coastal road. The car will start out behind the drone and will overtake it at some point in the shot, the timing and location of which will be difficult to plan for. I'm also planning some road crosses and elevation changes to go over a hill and then go below the road level. It's a shot that would probably be a cinch for a well drilled two-operator Inspire team, but somewhat more difficult for single person Mavic operator.
My plan is to outsource the piloting of the aircraft to Litchi, which will manage a number of direction and elevation changes designed to give me some really interesting framing taking in the fairly spectacular surrounds, and to stop me crashing in to anything! This leaves me to essentially manage the camera direction and gimbal pitch by myself. Due to the direction and elevation changes, I'll need to get the camera controls perfect to maintain correct framing, and of course it takes only the slightest error to ruin the sequence. I've programmed the route in Litchi to give me fairly wide framing where I anticipate the main transitions to be, which will provide me a bit of buffer to keep it all smooth.
It's not a one-take opportunity, so I can re-shoot it if I balls it up, but I need to get it all shot in the golden hour, and based on my test runs, I'm probably going to need that whole time at least. It's not for commercial purposes, so there's no sheep-stations at risk if I stuff it up, I'm just trying to stretch myself.
So with that context, is anyone able to offer any advice on how to maximize my chances of getting this shot right? Advice on framing, flight-path, camera control, planning, location management etc. etc. would all be welcome from anyone with (any level) of experience in this space.
Thanks in advance.
K.