The following is a guest post by Sasha Rezvina of leading aerial cinematography company Aerobo. Brian Streem and his team have spent four years flying drones for the biggest production houses in Hollywood. In that time, they believe they’ve discovered a fundamental design flaw with how drones are operated. They decided to build Vermeer, an augmented reality drone app to fix … [Read more...] about Vermeer Public Beta Launch: The First AR-Enabled Camera Flight App
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Drones are Becoming a Filmmaker’s Tool
The following is a guest post by Sasha Rezvina of leading aerial cinematography company Aerobo. Drones were introduced into filmmaking as cheaper and safer alternatives for some helicopter shots. They could pull off (1) high-and-wide shots, so long as they weren’t too high, (2) sweeping shots, so long as they weren’t out of pilot’s sight, and not much else. But in the … [Read more...] about Drones are Becoming a Filmmaker’s Tool
The InterDrone Film Festival Grand Prize Winner: What it Takes to Get There
Doug Armknecht is too modest to brag about being a filmmaker. His background is as a computer scientist and software engineer - but when he got into film about 5 years ago he applied the same scientific mindset to his art. He originally began by filming the wheat harvest at his father-in-law's farm, where his wife drives a combine during the season. Back in 2014, his … [Read more...] about The InterDrone Film Festival Grand Prize Winner: What it Takes to Get There