How to Shoot a Camera Rising from the Ground and Flying over a Town

[ermetekos]

Hey all,
I need to produce a shot, where the camera begins of someone's feet on the ground, starts rising, keeps on lifting then flies off people's heads in a town.
I was thinking to find a way to do it with a seamless cut, where I could mix two crane shots.

Any other idea?

CG not preferred

regards

 

[Filmosity]

Unless you have a HUUUUGE crane, your likely best bet is to do the double crane or crane-helicopter shot, then mix the two with a little bit of CG. That's how many large productions do it these days.

 

[Digi-3D]

In that case I'd recommend Scorpio, but still the best way to do that is with VFX in a 3D world.

If using a studio, you would have to build the whole town just for that shot plus the crane, and I'd say about 25,000 bucks for that.

With VFX you would just build your lil town in a 3D world, make your animation and for your character use chroma key on your actor and bring him to your 3D town, and all this I could say...for free, if you know where to look and where to search...

 

[smokeythebear]

WOW, you guys made that seem way hard and expensive. Basically you don't need a crane, just a high ceiling and some cheap gear, but more info on the project is helpful.