Earlier this summer, we covered how director Joseph Kosinski and DP Claudio Miranda ASC pushed the boundaries of high-speed cinematography for F1: The Movie, using compact, custom Sony cameras to capture real Formula 1 racing with immersive realism. Now, thanks to a recent in-depth interview in Film and Digital Times, we have a clearer view of how this bespoke camera system came together to handle 200 mph racing while delivering cinematic quality. Editor‘s note: For this article, we reached out to F1 AC Dan Ming, who thankfully checked this article for accuracy and gave us permission to reuse his photos from behind the scenes of F1: The Movie. Check out his Instagram where he regularly shares amazing BTS photos from the projects he works on. For F1: The Movie, the goal was to place viewers inside the cockpit with Brad Pitt and Damson Idris – who were actually driving at speed, not crawling for safety shots. That meant building a camera system small enough to fit under the F1 car’s halo while maintaining image quality suitable for IMAX screens. Off-the-shelf compact cinema cameras, including the Sony FX3, were too large and heavy. Even the VENICE Rialto Mini, still in development at the time, was too thick to clear the halo structure. Simon Marsh, Nobu Takahashi-san, Claudio Miranda, ASC, Dan Ming at Sony LA. Photo: Sony, via FDTimes A custom camera smaller than a Rialto Mini Sony’s engineering team, led by Nobu Takahashi-san (who we interviewed multiple times before), developed a...
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