“Something from Nothing: The Art of Rap” Premieres at 2012 Sundance Film Festival

Rolling Stone magazine has named “Art of Rap” as one of the ten best music films at the Sundance 2012 Film Festival. Ice-T’s new documentary on the “Art of Rap” premiered at Sundance on January 21. Ron Chapple, Aerial Director of Photography, filmed the New...

Filming Fall Color for National Geographic with the Cineflex V14HD

National Geographic Television contracted Aerial Filmworks to produce HD video of fall color in the North Carolina and Georgia mountains. Gray Mitchell and crew rigged the Cineflex V14HD and Fujinon 13x 4.5mm wide lens kit to the Cinetruck and crane. With a reach of 22...

BBC Naked Earth: Aerial Production in San Francisco

Aerial Filmworks, a division of Ron Chapple Studios, had the privilege of working with the BBC to provide aerials for the Naked Earth series. Filming included air-to-air of an Agusta 109 lifting off from the center of California Memorial Stadium in Berkeley, and other locations...

Swamp People: Aerials in the Louisiana Bayou

Aerial Filmworks delivered all of the aerials for “Swamp People“, the new hit show on History Channel. Gray Mitchell was the Aerial Director of Photography and Cineflex Operator on Season One and Ron Chapple just completed filming for Season Two. Coyt Bailey, film pilot and...

Over White Sands National Monument

Aerial Filmworks worked with White Sands National Monument to film aerials of the spectacular landscape for their upcoming new visitor film. Tim Dilworth directed the shoot for Henninger Media. All of the Park is within the restricted airspace of the White Sands Missile Range. “The...

15,000 Feet. 70 Knot Winds. 14 Degrees. The Andes.

Aerial Filmworks filmed spectacular aerials of the Andes Mountains for a new History Channel documentary entitled “I Am Alive: Surviving the Andes Plane Crash“. Working out of Santiago, Chile, we rigged an Astar AS350-B3 helicopter and headed south for refueling before climbing into the mountains....

New Grand Canyon 360 Degree Panoramas

Sara Woodmansee hiked the Bright Angel trail twice in the past few months with a Canon 5DMII to create interactive 360 degree panoramas. Working in partnership with the Grand Canyon National Park, Ron Chapple Studios is producing and documenting the Canyon with HD aerial cinematography,...

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