A nice little flying film
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A nice little flying film
Apologies if this has been posted before. It's a great little 15 minute film 'The Flying Lesson' filmed at and around Barton and overhead Sleap. Not much of a plot, you'd never fly a Tiger with a death grip on the stick like that, and the main character is unconvincing as an airline pilot but the flying scenes are beautifully shot and it's technically pretty accurate.
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Glad you liked it, Ellie. I watched it twice and I think its few faults are down to the poor characterisation of the main character. Not only did she not come across as an airline pilot, a few prods from the producer would have had her (after that lovely comment from 'the instructor' that "the instruments don't really mean what they are showing") having a 'finger / thumb' stick grip instead of that death grip, and looking ahead rather than still looking down at the panel.
I picked up first time round that the 'instructor's' comment which was something like "lucky you had the height to recover; I made that mistake once and didn't". I thought that must be a mistake, but of course once the story unfolds it makes sense.
Apart from those main character flaws I enjoyed it. Great film!
I picked up first time round that the 'instructor's' comment which was something like "lucky you had the height to recover; I made that mistake once and didn't". I thought that must be a mistake, but of course once the story unfolds it makes sense.
Apart from those main character flaws I enjoyed it. Great film!
Nice film overall. The first two thirds looked like it could have been made by the "Daily Mail Film Unit" Took me a while to realise that it was supposed to be fantasy. 10,000 hours at her age? Must have started flying at the age of two!
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For the amount of effort that went into making the film, it was a shame that the script was not better prepared. I also picked up upon the 10k hours as well.
At that stage the credibility had gone out of the window. The acting was mediocre, but nevertheless it's still a beautiful aircraft.
At that stage the credibility had gone out of the window. The acting was mediocre, but nevertheless it's still a beautiful aircraft.
