Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans: Helicam captures breathtaking aerial shots

Shooting in one of the most dangerous and mysterious locations in the world was a challenge that the team of 'Roar: Tigers Of The Sundarbans' willingly accepted. Translating the beauty and danger of this place on to the big screen was a task that producer Abis Rizvi and Kamal Sadanah achieved using cutting edge technology and a talented international crew. Aerial cinematographers Ville Hyvönen and Kristjan Tiimus were specially flown down from Helsinki for the film.
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Expensive camera equipment was mounted on a rig with blades with a platform built on a boat to take off and land.The aerial rig was used to film master shots for not just the action sequences but some dramatic scenes as well. Single shots in the film consisted of the camera going from the close up of an actor to a few hundred feet in the sky only to capture birds flying in the foreground.
However, one of the most remarkable shots to be filmed by a Helicam was a “Time Slice” shot. It usually takes at least 90 cameras to capture this but with the manipulation of speed of film synced with movement of the aerial rig, this team from Helsinki successfully achieved a shot never even attempted by Hollywood veterans.
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