The new Porsche Taycan Cross Turismo commercial was shot only with FPV quadcopters carrying RED Komodo, Freefly Wave, and GoPro HERO9 cameras. The pilot, Johnny FPV, published five BTS videos talking about the creative and technical aspects of the shoot. Johnny Schaer is one of the world’s most experienced FPV drone pilots. On top of participating in FPV quad races, known as Johnny FPV, this guy also runs a successful youtube channel. His popularity and skills recently landed him a very interesting gig. Porsche approached him to shoot a commercial for the new Taycan Cross Turismo. The result is very impressive and Johnny even produced a series of five additional behind-the-scenes videos where he talks a lot about the gear and techniques used to create the video. Let’s take a look at it. Larger FPV Quads Carry More In recent years, FPV aerial footage got very popular among video productions as it produces much more dynamic shots than flying with regular drones. What started with GoPros and naked GoPros a few years back, is now few steps further with large FPV rigs carrying cameras such as BMPCC 4K and 6K, RED Komodo, or even an ARRI Alexa Mini. Another interesting (and relatively new) camera for FPV pilots is the Freefly Wave. Its unique feature is the ability to capture extreme slow motion. When the camera was launched in October 2020, I thought to myself that we will see it mounted on FPV quads very soon as it combines compact size...
Published By: CineD - Wednesday, 21 July, 2021