Aerial Film Australia talks Alien: Covenant. Talking to If.com.au, Peter Beeh – one of Aerial Film Australia’s founders – details their upcoming work providing their expertise for the aerial shots for Alien: Covenant and the kind of camera technology being used for filming:
“The system represents the pinnacle of aerial camera systems for film work. It is, the best of the best. It consists of an array of six Epic Dragon cameras, which, when combined creates super high resolution frames.
It’s most commonly used for VFX by combining 36K of image data per frame to create really wide angle panoramic shots. There’s only one of these systems in the world so we have to ship it all over the place and it’s in LA at the moment.”
Aerial Film Australia Talks Alien: Covenant. Seen here is Aerial Film Australia DOP, Peter Beeh, with the ultra-high resolution Shotover Hydra multi camera array. Picture via if.com.au
The article mentions that the use of the Shotover Hydra multi camera array came after Alien: Covenant (and long time Ridley Scott collaborator) Director of Photography Dariusz Wolski asked the company to look into the use of the equipment.
There is also another interesting quote from Peter Beeh which makes it sound like the only on location shooting for Alien: Covenant will be what is being shot in New Zealand: “All of the studio stuff is being shot at Fox Studios and they’re doing all of the location shooting in New Zealand.”
Head on over to if.com.au and check out the article in it’s entirety. Be sure to keep checking back with Alien vs. Predator Galaxy for all your latest Alien: Covenant news.
Correct. They already used Reds for Martian and Prometheus (http://www.theasc.com/ac_magazine/July2012/Prometheus/page1.php)!
These epics are a new geneartion of cameras.
Interview with Dariusz Wolski, Ridleys fellow cinematographer:
"Money is no problem" or "money is no object" surely?
I guess their use of Epic Reds means that Covenant will be shot natively in 3D, same as Prometheus and The Martian.
They could also do something creative with cams attached to the crews suits, the experience could resemble Aline Isolation where your in first person perspective sneaking around avoding the xenomorph, that could be an intense movie experienece but as long as it doesn't go quite so found footage-ish
Wow!! Im always looking at those opening aerial shots from Prometheus and Im impressed. This level of filmmaking is so "money is no option" it must be like being a kid in a candy store for Camera Dept and VFX and etc.
And if this is the aerial cam- I want to see an article about the Wrap Cake... imagine the Craft Services! These people must eat well.
Haven't the foggiest what this all means but.. f*ck it, it does sound impressive.
I guess Riddles is not cheaping out with this movie after all.