The brief of this shoot was simple. Mount two Arri Alexas on a Libra Head, and shoot beautiful landscapes and wildlife in 3D from a helicopter.
The challenge this shoot posed was actually mounting the Pro Ultra Rig on the Libra Head. The Pro Ultra Rig seemed too long for the base of the Libra Head, however within a week before the shoot, Shaun and Russell came up with a new mounting bracket and developed custom software presets for the rig that allowed us to set convergence whilst we were flying.
The rest was pretty simple, using Arri Alexa’s have always been a pleasure to shoot 3D with. There are never any issues with sync or misfiring. We used a remote cable for triggering both cameras at exactly the same time in the chopper, and shot to SxS card in Log C, which is great for grading afterwards.
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