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Filmed at Duxford air show at the Imperial War Museum in Duxford, Cambs.


Filmed as part of the official DVD available at
http://flyingmachinestv.co.uk

Thanks to Steve Connor for kind of use of this footage.

Filmed and edited using the Sony EX1 and Letus Ultimate by Philip Bloom of www.philipbloom.co.uk

Cheers to Benji Barnes for his help.
Updated:  11 months ago
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Comments



Ryan Atkins    July 15, 2008 08:17 AM
Nice job
Was this shot on the HDR-FX1 or EX1?

Marco Menestrina    July 15, 2008 08:24 AM
I'm glad to see you behind the camera again! Your skills as a salesman aren't even close to your skills as an artist... And you are a good salesman too!

Steven Dempsey    July 15, 2008 08:56 AM
Some great shots there Phil. I especially like the last two shots before the closing credits...looks like something right out of a big blockbuster.

I'm totally blown away with what the Ultimate can do. It's the cleanest sharpest picture I've ever seen from an adapter.

Nice job.

Ryan Atkins    July 15, 2008 09:20 AM
I like the cinematic look you put into this thing, good job.

Bob Hart    July 15, 2008 12:50 PM
Welcome to the population of plane junkie videographers. Maybe you have been already there. A nice balance of human faces and aircraft.

The purists will miss the noise of the engines, most likely will be in the DVD soundtrack but that is a nice piece of music to my ears and perfectly suited to this trailer sized piece of a larger production.

The EX1/Ultimate shines in slow-mo against that hostile sky, as mean a test as you would want to put it to. Disks rule.

And you cannot dislike a long lens for head-on views of a line of taxiing aircraft weaving across each other.

Excellent presentation as always.

If you get a chance, don't forget to look up Bob Grimstead. I believe the Fournier is now repaired and he puts on a good show. I don't know whether he has got any airshow bookings as yet but if so, its worth a look, all on 35 horsepower from a VW engine.

Shiv Kumar    July 15, 2008 01:04 PM
Phil,

That was really nice. The day looked overcast but you still managed to get the colors to pop. I like that you’ve mixed in people shots along with the air show pieces, because it adds to the emotion the music you’ve selected brings out.

Another aspect that I thought made this piece all the more interesting was that with the combination of low hanging clouds and low flying aircraft the viewer gets the sense that she is in the air along with the aircraft. That and the close up shots of the aircraft along with some of the pilots (with their aircraft in the background) I think that made all the difference for me.

Towards the end you have this one shot of a bunch of aircraft in the air with clouds in the background (just before the titles), I thought surely the Japs for headed for Pearl Harbor. Overall, the whole thing had a very big budget feel to it. Those last shots, including the shots during the credits really did the trick for me.

Willem Van den Broeck    July 15, 2008 01:23 PM
Philip,


This is once again so wonderful. And the cinematic/dramatic quality of the plane shots! That is really something. I for one am delighted to see such beautiful work. I find it difficult to say what makes it so special. But this certainly looks simply fantastic.

Willem Van den Broeck    July 15, 2008 01:23 PM
Philip,


This is once again so wonderful. And the cinematic/dramatic quality of the plane shots! That is really something. I for one am delighted to see such beautiful work. I find it difficult to say what makes it so special. But this certainly looks simply fantastic.

Philip Bloom    July 15, 2008 02:36 PM
I need to tweak the grade as the edit and grade was done in an hour or so before I had to do the Sony Roadshow today in Dublin. Wanted to show something new. The red is over harsh so will get it regraded to make it look better.

Willem Van den Broeck    July 15, 2008 03:32 PM
Can't wait to see the new grade, although i like this one, since it looks a bit 'old', perfectly matching the style of the era of propeller planes. A bit like Sky Captain, but better, cause your footage is beautiful ánd sharp :)

EDIT : just read Shiv's post and totally agree : the shot at the end is just wild. Very beautiful clouds and a fleet of planes : brilliant photography.

Alexis Mackintosh    July 15, 2008 04:29 PM
another beautiful short. I loved how you kept the airshow from becoming boring. other airshow coverage I have seen has to much of small airplanes a large sky. You have made me want to go to another airshow.

Scott Karlins    July 16, 2008 04:08 PM
Fantastic, as always! The musical score tied your shots in perfectly. As others have commented, a perfect balance of aircraft to the crowd watching.

Bob Hart    July 17, 2008 12:48 AM
I forgot to mention.


If you ever get a chance, take a ride on one of the DH Dragons, the twin engined biplanes which are in your clip.

A cooler more nostalgic ride might be in an original Dragon with the two handstarted Gypsy Major four-cylinder engines. Those two in your clip are Dragon Rapides with Gypsy Sixes, a more modern sound.

A good sound recordist would be a bonus. Stereo via the EX1 is really quite good though.

These were known in the Australian WW2 RAAF as "butterboxes" because of their wooden construction. Butter and bulk leaf tea was then transported in light plywood boxes, not cardboard.

Things to look for visually are :-

reflections in trembling shiny fabric in the wing panels or fuselage with the long lenses, likewise the junctions of the bracing wires where they cross over, especially at low engine rpm when taxying and just at the point where the pilot runs the engines up for mag checks.

the interiors, including a walk-forward through the passengers, on through the doorway to the pilot's POV with the ultra-wide.

Don't let the livelyness of the aircraft structure intimidate. Wire-braced biplanes can actually be stronger than modern GA aircraft.

David Hodge    July 26, 2008 03:34 PM
As a pilot and a filmmaker I loved it on both counts. Excellent as always, Philip!

Matt Norman    April 09, 2009 07:26 AM
Stunning
Hi Phillip,

WOW!!! That was some of the most beautiful shooting I've seen in a long long time. Well done. Amazing.

Thomas Roberts    April 15, 2009 11:21 PM
This is one of my favorite Commander Bloom films!

Moua Lee    April 28, 2009 09:52 AM
Amazing is an understatement. I'm envious of your talent, Phillip. Happy shootings.

Randall Clark    September 10, 2009 05:08 PM
Wow
Simply Brilliant! Waited for the credits to roll so I could wipe the tears out of my eyes. Honestly felt like a love story...man and machine, freedom and war...incredible..thank you! beautiful..



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