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One of the world’s leading aerial filming businesses, Helicopter Film Services is adding large-format and aerial LiDAR services HFS REACHES NEWHEIGHTS
LIDAR IS PLAYING AN EVER-
INCREASING ROLE IN THE PRODUCTION OF FILMS LADEN WITH VFX
ABOVE Taking off at Helicopter Film Services: large- format and aerial LiDAR services.
Jeremy Braben, CEO, adds: “We pride ourselves on being flexible and really listening closely to provide what production needs. Our combined services of helicopter and drone mean we can offer unbiased and knowledgeable production advice. As ever, we’re excited about offering enormous choice: we are one of the only companies that can fly large-format packages such as the ARRI ALEXA 65 and new LF, the Sony Venice and Panavision DXL, in addition to the 8K offerings from RED. All this means production can capture what they desire, creatively and practically speaking.”
collaborating with HFS: “We always aim to go one step beyond what’s been done before to give producers and directors more effective tools for the job. Combining aerial and terrestrial photogrammetry – LiDAR does just this by providing exceptional information with accuracy and continuity.” IMPOSSIBLE IMAGE CAPTURE HFS has already provided aerial photogrammetry on many large and indie cinematic productions, generating images impossible to capture otherwise. Alan Perrin, its head of UAV Operations, explains: “Advancements in battery and drone technology allow larger camera and sensor packages to be flown for longer, with more accuracy and seamless integration into production. “LiDAR is playing an ever- increasing role in the production commonplace from the ground, but coupling accurate LiDAR scanning from the air with our existing photogrammetry allows for easier and potentially more economical digital creation.” of films laden with VFX. The use of scanners and LiDAR is
ne of the world’s leading aerial filming businesses, Helicopter Film Services (HFS) has collaborated with VFX houses to bring even better visual effects possibilities to makers of VFX-laden productions. In an innovative move, HFS’s helicopters and drones can now combine LiDAR technology and photogrammetry from the air. This aerial capture, combined with ground level LiDAR scanning, is particularly advantageous for sequences involving large-scale environments and architecture, as it provides all-encompassing detail under one umbrella. Angela Barson, co-founder of VFX facility, Blue Bolt commented: “The progression of VFX has created a parallel demand for maximising data on a grander scale. Combining the technology of aerial and terrestrial LiDAR with photogrammetry elicits new possibilities to meet this demand.” Tamara Mitchell, LiDAR supervisor and CEO of Lidar Lounge, recently used photogrammetry to capture valleys in Hawaii on the set of Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom , and sees great potential in maximising the detail in an area of that scale by
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