![]() “Our main theme was to be in-camera and to do something that hasn’t and may not be done again,” says Miranda. It meant the actors would go through an extensive training program in order to sit inside a cockpit pulling over 7Gs of force. To capture the visceral high-flying affair, each jet was configured with six Imax-quality Sony Venice cameras with four facing the actor from different angles and two looking forward. Before every flight, extensive briefings were held determining the best route, angles and lighting, which Miranda backlit as much as possible.Įntertainment & Arts Column: ‘Top Gun’ casts Tom Cruise as the hero in the film and at the box office Additional ground to air, helicopter to jet and jet to jet cameras intensified the action. He’s triumphed over spies, terrorists, aliens and Jack Nicholson now Tom Cruise is swooping in to save the movie industry.Īs the pilots make their way in, lower camera angles were used to present positions of power among the group, with Rooster (Miles Teller) being at the top of the pyramid. “When we felt we hadn’t quite captured the correct coverage or angles to really root the audience with Maverick as a character, we went back in and took another stab at it.” The introductory scene hinges around Maverick with subtle panning shots that attach him to the growing party that eventually has Rooster singing “Great Balls of Fire.” “We didn’t necessarily get it right the first time around,” says Hamilton. Other scenes where they were able to explore the emotional tone further through additional coverage were the beach football scene where the pilots bond when Maverick tells Penny, while in bed together, why he held Rooster back from pilot training, and the touching conversation between Maverick and Iceman (Val Kilmer).
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