Aviation Film & Regulations
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Aviation Film & Regulations
My question is to all Pilots, both Military and Commercial, who have had experience working with the Motion Picture Industry, i.e. those making films for exhibition in all facets, from Cinema and Television, Fiction and Documentaries, is how the Two Industries go about doing their job they have to do, while working within the confines of the Regulations, and whether regulations are amended, temporarily or permanently to deal with the unique requests and challenges of commiting these spectacular images to celluloid or Solid State Hard Drive as is the case today.
I want to use one example from the present in which Tom Cruise was recently filmed holding onto the outside of an Airbus A400M, (Safety tethers were digitally removed in Post Production) for his latest film, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation.
I have a background in Television News Gathering and have been fascinated with both Aviation and Cinema, so I was hoping someone would provide and insight into how the film makers, and in this case, Airbus were able to make this spectacular scene happen for the film, given the stringent Industry Safety Regulations. Also feel free to quote other examples, i.e. Top Gun, Bond Films, etc, even regarding the use of camera's mounted on U.A.V.'s which in time, will become more common. Thanks in advance, for any insights.
I want to use one example from the present in which Tom Cruise was recently filmed holding onto the outside of an Airbus A400M, (Safety tethers were digitally removed in Post Production) for his latest film, Mission Impossible - Rogue Nation.
I have a background in Television News Gathering and have been fascinated with both Aviation and Cinema, so I was hoping someone would provide and insight into how the film makers, and in this case, Airbus were able to make this spectacular scene happen for the film, given the stringent Industry Safety Regulations. Also feel free to quote other examples, i.e. Top Gun, Bond Films, etc, even regarding the use of camera's mounted on U.A.V.'s which in time, will become more common. Thanks in advance, for any insights.
how the film makers, and in this case, Airbus were able to make this spectacular scene happen for the film,
No aviation regulations were harmed in the making of this scene.
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A mock up of part of the aircraft, lots of CGI (Computer-generated imagery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) and a couple of big fans, I imagine.
However YouTube leaves me wondering what the hell was wrong with CGI that they just had to do this .....
See also:
http://uk.businessinsider.com/how-to...-nation-2015-3
My guess is that it was a (rather expensive) PR stunt and that the actual footage will still be CGI.... cynical, moi ?
Hounddogone, yes, with a nicely worded letter to the regulator, you can bend the rules ... just like they did for the Olympic flame ... or the test flights during the Icelandic ash .... or....
Pretty much all the regulator cares about is that you are not endangering others on the ground or in the air .... so if Tom Cruise fancied dangling from an Airbus, there would likely be little opposition from the regulator because it would not affect the controlability of the aircraft and the only person who might die is Mr Cruise himself.
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CGI, A400M Mock Ups, Green Screens and wind machines, was my initial response on first seeing the footage in the trailer of the film, but being my first thread and post as a SLF Probbie, I didn't want to lose all credibility up front, so I did some so called "Research" on the web (translation - finding one other source!) to find out how it was really accomplished and it is real, as opposed to "Hollywood Reel." Mr Cruise did the stunt himself, 8 times to get the right amount of coverage for the edit. Having abseiled the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, for Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocal for real, Mr Cruise wanted to go one better, hence the wild ride on a A400M. Thanks mixture for the response and link as well, I hadn't seen that clip yet.
