Professionally produced soaring videos

I stumbled across this soaring video made for German television by professional cinematographers with a budget. It's different (and a bit of a snooze) but the scenery is great and it's interesting to a photography buff because it has a lot of camera angles and positions that you don't see in amateur videos.

Maybe it will give folks some ideas for shots they might like to try.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJtE...endscreen&NR=1

On Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:01:28 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
I stumbled across this soaring video made for German television by professional cinematographers with a budget. It's different (and a bit of a snooze) but the scenery is great and it's interesting to a photography buff because it has a lot of camera angles and positions that you don't see in amateur videos.



Maybe it will give folks some ideas for shots they might like to try.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJtE...endscreen&NR=1

I'm glad some people discovered this. While you are there, check out the BRSS annual review video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkv1weqpUME

JP

On Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:01:28 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
I stumbled across this soaring video made for German television by professional cinematographers with a budget. It's different (and a bit of a snooze) but the scenery is great and it's interesting to a photography buff because it has a lot of camera angles and positions that you don't see in amateur videos.



Maybe it will give folks some ideas for shots they might like to try.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJtE...endscreen&NR=1

Here is one produced about math modeling and soaring: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMVSajle4Ms
One produced about outlanding in German (if someone want's to transcribe, I'd like to get captions for it): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0gagtNwkAw
and one case of shameless promotion on my part: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkv1weqpUME

JP

Hi JP,

Nice video!

Paul Remde

"Jp Stewart" wrote in message
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On Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:01:28 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
I stumbled across this soaring video made for German television by
professional cinematographers with a budget. It's different (and a bit of
a snooze) but the scenery is great and it's interesting to a photography
buff because it has a lot of camera angles and positions that you don't
see in amateur videos.



Maybe it will give folks some ideas for shots they might like to try.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJtE...endscreen&NR=1

I'm glad some people discovered this. While you are there, check out the
BRSS annual review video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkv1weqpUME

JP

Since it's still winter...

Hanna Reitsch was an unrepentent Nazi. ...And a pretty damned good pilot.

I thought the video was absolutely breath taking - the scenery, the soft
music, no stupid, dumb-ass video transitions, speed-ups, slow-downs,
reversals, idiotic music selection, in a word, no extreme **** designed to
attract empty-headed "youth" who have no attention span.

There, I said it for the rest of you old farts. I know you were thinking
it.



"Paul Remde" wrote in message
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Hi JP,

Nice video!

Paul Remde

"Jp Stewart" wrote in message
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On Sunday, March 3, 2013 7:01:28 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
I stumbled across this soaring video made for German television by
professional cinematographers with a budget. It's different (and a bit
of a snooze) but the scenery is great and it's interesting to a
photography buff because it has a lot of camera angles and positions that
you don't see in amateur videos.



Maybe it will give folks some ideas for shots they might like to try.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZJtE...endscreen&NR=1

I'm glad some people discovered this. While you are there, check out the
BRSS annual review video too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkv1weqpUME

JP

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 10:45:06 AM UTC-5, Dan Marotta wrote:
Since it's still winter...



Hanna Reitsch was an unrepentent Nazi. ...And a pretty damned good pilot.



I thought the video was absolutely breath taking - the scenery, the soft

music, no stupid, dumb-ass video transitions, speed-ups, slow-downs,

reversals, idiotic music selection, in a word, no extreme **** designed to

attract empty-headed "youth" who have no attention span.



There, I said it for the rest of you old farts. I know you were thinking

it.

I resemble (ermmm uhh... resent) those remarks!

JP

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 11:59:52 AM UTC-7, Glenn Fisher wrote:
That's a very cogent observation. Minds shaped by video gaming work differently than the minds shaped by pinball, bowling, and baseball. This is at the crux of recruiting new pilots.







In another thread, someone commented that younger students tend to gaze straight ahead and are less inclined to scan left-right. The OP attributed this to the habit of focusing on a screen and ignoring the distractions to the left, right, above, and below. I wonder if that is an accurate observation/diagnosis.





I have found that the opposite is true. My personal non-scientific analysis is that younger students who are proficient at video games and flight simulators have a better scan and better situational awareness. I used to coach people on the ASTB and the "spatial apperception" portion of the test is like a paper based video game. Granted, the same skills needed on that part of the test could also be honed flying model airplanes. Below is a link to a TED talk about the effect of fast paced video games on the brain. It is counter to the common "wisdom" that video games "rot your brain." The data from this study shows that action video games improve scan, reaction time, multitasking ability, etc.



TED Talk - Daphne Bavelier: Your brain on video games



http://www.ted.com/talks/daphne_bave...deo_games.html

I agree, Glenn.

The CAP cadets I fly with are always looking everywhere. It's the oldsters with scanning problems. Maybe a lifetime watching TV and computers screens have so stiffened their neck muscles they can't turn their heads anymore.. Try looking over your shoulder. Does it make your neck hurt? Aha!

On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 2:46:48 PM UTC-5, Bill D wrote:

Try looking over your shoulder. Does it make your neck hurt? Aha!

Excellent point. I should practice some 'range-of-motion' exercises for my neck. Not so bad at the moment, but it's only going to get stiffer over time.