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© 2012 Float Pictures. All Rights Reserved.

A journey into the competitive world of free flight duration aeronautics.
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Producer/Assistant Director: Ben Saks
Director/Editor/Cinematographer: Phil Kibbe
Additional Photography: Dalibor Tonkovic, Ben Saks

Music Credits:
Song: "People" by Animal Collective

Filmed with: Canon 5D, Canon 7D
Zeiss lenses
Canon lenses
Lensbaby system

Enjoy!

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Ben Saks
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tapio linkosalo 1 year ago

Very nice trailer, Phil. I especially like the "change of perspective" from model tehnicalities in the first teasers towards this current approach of emphasizing the _people_ flying indoor. There are some great personalities in the group, and I feel that for the "general audience" the people are more interesting than details of balsa stiffness, methods of applying covering or maximum torque of the rubber band...
Don DeLoach 1 year ago

Outstanding!
modeldelisi 1 year ago

Fascinating, thanks for sharing.
Bob Kieffer 1 year ago

Amazing. Great work, Phil.
Seth Kinkaid 1 year ago

fantastic video. light-weight aeronautics are fascinating!
Tom Haney 1 year ago

Amazing!!!
marcus ng 1 year ago

What is this amazingness!
raphael vanhoest 1 year ago

Wow, amazing light works, just looks like a new "skill hobby" I'm gonna waste some time at...

Just curious, what camera did you use?
Float Pictures 1 year ago

It was all shot with the canon mark ii 5d
Kevin O Keeffe 11 months ago

What file type does it record on? btw
Eric Hires 1 year ago

Great shots. The look/feel is rad!
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks dude
laki 1 year ago

really nice :)
Thayer Syme 1 year ago

Fantastic job Phil, well done. I am now pining for enough clear space in my workshop to escape from all the RC work I have to do. Thayer
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks, if your ever interested in getting into free flight shoot me a post
monty ongkeo 1 year ago

Woah, those crafts seem to fly magically. Truly amazing.
Alexander Boxerbaum 1 year ago

Awesome awesome work, Phil.

Can't wait to see the feature length film!
Darren Pearce 1 year ago

Great doco look forward to seeing the full length version. The models are incredibly graceful in flight, must be impressive to see them all floating around a room but you capture some of the feeling.
Jym Davis 1 year ago

I like this.
Jon Lee 1 year ago

Great doc in both subject and looks, but needs a mix! Your dialogue is way too low. Hopefully this is just for the trailer, if not, I'll happily mix it for you. I've worked on loads of BBC science docs, so let me know!
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks for letting me know. I have so far shot, directed, and done the editing and if there is one area I'm not strong in its sound. email me your contact!
Sancar Ayalp 1 year ago

I think this is a beautiful and insightful documentary that has a spiritual aspect..

Would you mind telling what song is playing in the end?
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks for the kind words! that is a cover of "do you realize" by the flaming lips.
Robert Brown 1 year ago

Pure magic. Love the last scene walking the plane around the shop. Amazing stuff.
Alexander Savin 1 year ago

Looks great! Want to see the movie!
Teradek 1 year ago

Way cool. Well done
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks so much, your work is pretty awesome too. if I ever need heli-cam I'll know who to call on.
R.J. Glass 1 year ago

Great work Phil. I really loved this. Is it going to be feature length film?
Float Pictures 1 year ago

it is! probably hour long broadcast type.
Thomas Rodrigues 1 year ago

Phil, the video was hypnotizing. It feels dreamily drawn out and longer than the 3:50 to great effect.

I was wondering which song was playing for the first two and a half minutes?
Float Pictures 1 year ago

Thankyou Thomas, that was "people" by animal collective
Oliver Waghorn 1 year ago

Fantastic looking doco. Can't wait to see the final film. I'm gonna look out for it.
angiemcavero 1 year ago

Outstanding! i love it!
Brian Z 1 year ago

Its a likefest.. schwing!
Jamie Burke 1 year ago

nice!
Mark Harrison 1 year ago

That is so beautiful, good luck on getting it wrapped up! I hope you have some early screening in the Bay Area.
simon lovett 1 year ago

The cinematography is amazing.. I was going to ask about the camera but I see that's already been answered... which lens/es did you use?

If you have enough footage left over of the crafts flying I think it would make quite a beautiful music video.
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thanks dude! a variety, mostly zeiss and canon along with some lensbaby stuff.
Florian 1 year ago

nice!
Jason Fararooei 1 year ago

Beautiful!
Dennis Tyson 1 year ago

Phil,
This just gets better every time I see it...from humble beginnings!
Float Pictures 1 year ago

thankyou for the kind words Dennis, I look foreward to completing the project.
Jean-Philippe Cyr 1 year ago

Wowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww. The subject is fascinating (read it in bold, underline, SHIFT). Plus the trailer is absolutely perfect. I just can't wait to see the full documentary and learn more about this mysterious Jim Richman who won the competition 8 times in the last 15 years.
Thorsten Claus 1 year ago

Have a look at modelaircraft.org/files/RichmondJames.pdf
john graham 1 year ago

I like it!
Pepe Wall Street 1 year ago

That was so cool! I've never heard of such a 'sport', or whatever it is. And the film clipping, the music, the interviews and the shots were amazing.
Michael Triana 11 months ago

very cool!
Kevin O Keeffe 11 months ago

Your on to a winner there man. I aspire to do work like that some day. Fantastic topic also.
Float Pictures 11 months ago

thankyou my friend
Devang Shah 11 months ago

Awesome. Excellent Work. Great Inspiration. Love It.
Jess Paul 7 months ago

It looks like it's going to be a beautiful documentary.
sonny bones 7 months ago

Really nice. Awesome display of 5D/7D ability to capture color and mood. cinematography is exquisitely displayed and the participants are charmingly revealed to us. not sure where yu'll enter this documentary, but i sure do hope yu received great notoriety and recognition for this. Good work (~.~)
Richard Szanti 3 months ago

Looking forward to the full film !!