- 1:03 PM, Saturday,
March 4th, 2017:
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- It's moments like
these where the project of "The Journey" is close to
being turned off. What is "journey-worthy" one month
kinda needs to be "journey worthy" the next month even
if that next month is already planned out and
JAM PACKED.
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- Oh and kids.
I have kids. Not that you'd know that the past 2
months. I hate that... but spending time with
them is first and foremost, so editing video of them
doesn't happen as often when that time has to be
alotted to all of THIS craziness...
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- ...and by this
craziness I mean being flown to Phoenix Arizona to
shoot a promo reel for a reality company. And although
just one of the many angles and cameras used
for a project like this - the drone footage is always
the most breathtaking part.
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- And of course
during these days of shooting (March 2nd and 3rd)
RentTheDelorean.com business is blowing up. I mean,
yeah, I didn't get to be ON the Academy Awards
but boy did everyone remember they love that car,
right? Wow. So I'm trying to do invoices and take
phone calls IMMEDIATELY so I don't lose the
business all in between different location shoots. It
was probably one of the busiest RentTheDelorean days
since 2015. Crazy.
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- So how did this
shoot come about? Remarkably from a 2015 Delorean gig.
When I was in Vegas for the Passco event in 2015
I brought my drone and produced the following
footage:
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- To date, one of
the most stressful things I've ever attempted.
However, I showed them and they said: "We may be
calling you..." True to their word last year they did!
Incredible. Happy to work with the company in a
different capacity. They have several properties and I
hope to capture them all however future shoots are
going to require the appropriate rigs for the interior
shots. I could only bring so much with me to Phoenix
and these cameras aren't designed for the subtle
nuances and lighting of interiors. Especially the
drone cameras. They do one thing very well: smooth
footage from WAYYYYY up.
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- The best part of
course is having a partner in crime (the apartment
manager, Steve) being on the lookout for the
FUZZ or RENT-A-FUZZ while we shot everyting.
Incredibly I was so fast that we came away
unscathed. But I'll admit there's more than a few
times where your adrenaline is pumping. It's hard to
explain to anyone who hasn't flown one of these things
but it's just extremely taxing on your noggin'. You're
already focusing on your drone, the height, the wind,
the conditions and getting the shot you're envisioning
and the moment that puppy is airborne there's a
clicking tock of battery time just barrelling towards
empty...
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- ...then you're
talking to your ground guy about security and other
shit. Granted, what we're doing is legal! I've
registered my craft with the FAA all of that - but it
doesn't matter. It scares people (probably rightfully
so) and not only do you have battery time to worry
about you have actual real-time concerns to worry
about in regards to someone coming over and giving you
shit. Your lookout guy is simply to provide some cover
while you get the rig out of the sky safely.
Thankfully it was unnecessary. Whew.
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- Alright - back to
FastestDelorean life tomorrow
(THE ENGINE SHOULD BE STARTING TODAY!)
and hopefully I can keep up. This is going to be
one helluva month.
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- Adam
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