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 along the Hayward and San Andreas faults.
Series Producer Lucy Van Beek and Aerial DP Ron Chapple worked with the Cineflex V14HD in the camera ship, while the BBC crew filmed an interview from inside the Agusta 109 with Roland Burgmann, the UC Berkeley Professor of Earth and Planetary Science.
Aerial Filmworks provided support for the helicopter and ground logistics.
About Ron Chapple Studios
First of all, Ron Chapple Studios is way more than Ron! With talented people on our in-house teams and throughout our freelance network, the studio consistently produces high-end creative images and HD video. We thrive on impossible deadlines, crazy logistics and unique requests.
We enjoy the company of many wonderful clients including National Geographic, Disney, PBS/Nature, NBC, Discovery Channel, Survivor, History Channel, BBC, CBC, ARTE, Red Bull, Swamp People, Warner Brothers, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, ESPN, Alcatel-Lucent, NASA and Hawaiian Airlines.
Working on location is our life... 300+ days a year. Managing logistics, travel schedules, customs officers, desert heat, helicopters, and snow drifts are all in a day's work.
We're a dynamic and highly responsive team. Sara is our senior photo editor and a genius at everything about geo-coding. Susan and Nicole edit uncompressed video with Final Cut Pro on top shelf 12 core MacPro systems. Ron wrangles both the image and video production worlds. Becky, our financial manager, makes sure we maintain our financial integrity. With a never-ending investment in technology and 100% digital workflow, we deliver fresh and highly marketable images and HD video.
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