Top Gun: MaverickDrone shots · 2022

Name: Top Gun: Maverick
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Released: 2022

Paramount Pictures · Directed by Joseph Kosinski · DP Claudio Miranda

Cinema drone · Helinet cinema drones · Shotover gimbals

The shot

One of four aerial platforms. Helinet cinema drones worked where full-size camera aircraft could not go, alongside the L-39 CineJet, a Phenom 300 camera jet and a camera helicopter.

A clear example of drones as one tool inside a crewed-aircraft aerial plan.

Production details

Network / studio: Paramount Pictures
Director: Joseph Kosinski
Cinematographer: Claudio Miranda
Aircraft & camera: Helinet cinema drones · Shotover gimbals
Aerial unit / company: Helinet Aviation

Sources

The War Zone · LaRosa on the camera ships ↗ASC · Top Gun: Maverick ↗

Pilot & aerial credits

Kevin LaRosa IICrewed aircraft

Aerial coordinator & lead camera pilot

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