Meet You Out There

The camera began inside a room with the performer, travelled backwards, tilted down and exited through a window before the film cut seamlessly to a crane descending toward her face at street level on Gran Vía, one of the busiest streets in Madrid. The FPV movement had to reproduce the crane's exact speed, angle and visual momentum, with a match-cut tolerance of a few centimetres. Operating a large protected cinema drone indoors also generated significant airflow and noise, while the exterior portion required permits for central Gran Vía.

We designed the entire flight backwards from the match-cut frame. Position, tilt, acceleration and distance to the window were measured to hand the movement cleanly to the crane shot. Rehearsals balanced the technical match with the performer's timing and the physical effect of the drone inside the room, creating the illusion of one uninterrupted impossible camera move.