Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
03-13-16, 01:52 PM
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Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
I think we all know this shot. It's become VERY common. Even stuff like the opening of Late Night with David Letterman used this shot.
Question is, what was the first film that did it? I recall first taking note of it in The Fugitive, the Harrison Ford version.
P.S. Sorry about misspelling helicopter in the title.
Question is, what was the first film that did it? I recall first taking note of it in The Fugitive, the Harrison Ford version.
P.S. Sorry about misspelling helicopter in the title.
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03-13-16, 02:07 PM
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Re: Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
I guess I should post a clip to clarify what I'm talking about.
03-13-16, 02:12 PM
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Re: Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
Shots like this: http://www.shutterstock.com/video/cl...j4evD_A:1:9/gg
That one is kind of slow. Typically the camera moves a little faster.
So in The Fugitive for instance, did they use a helicopter or an airplane?
That one is kind of slow. Typically the camera moves a little faster.
So in The Fugitive for instance, did they use a helicopter or an airplane?
03-13-16, 02:16 PM
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Nevermind. I said I know the shot. Could've been done with an airplane with a zoom and slowed down. Anyway, hope you find your answer.
03-13-16, 02:25 PM
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Didn't West Side Story open up like this?
03-13-16, 03:06 PM
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Re: Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
Yeah. that shot has been around. I know I've seen some 1970s flicks w/ that. Unless I'm wrong.
03-14-16, 06:52 AM
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Re: Filming skyscrapers from the POV of a hilocopter looking straight down cliche
The one in Peter Jackson's King Kong was the first (and only) one that actually made me feel a bit ill when viewing.
Also, fade-outs (but not fade-ins)
03-14-16, 09:04 AM
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There's a nice shot like that of NYC near the beginning of Honky Tonk Freeway (1981), including a dizzying direct flyover of the tip of the needle on either the Empire State Building or the Chrysler building (can't remember which). Not sure if that was the first of its kind, but it was the earliest I can recall seeing. By the time of The Fugitive it was pretty old hat, and now it's pretty much everywhere. Kinda miss the days when shots like these really grabbed your attention. Now anyone with a drone can probably grab them on the sly.
03-14-16, 01:36 PM
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