far overhead shot

[Fulgencio Martinez]

hi,

I need to shoot a very far overhead shot.

All i have used before is a scorpio head with a 13m arm.

I feel for this shoot it might not be enought as i need to set the camera at least at 10 meters high and completely perpendicular to the ground.

I´ve seen systems based on wires for football match.

Do you know this systems?

Anyone has experience with them?

is there any other options for this shot?

 

thanks

[Jonathan Bowerbank]

It's called Skycam. Mainly used for sports but it has been used in a few films. One that comes to mind is a shot from "Terminal" that starts on Tom Hanks' closeup then trucks out through a large airport lobby.

 

There are other cable systems that are mainly for vertical camera movements if that's all you need.

[Brad Grimmett]

If you don't need to move the camera during the shot you could use a cherry picker. Here's an example of a very high overhead shot that rises up that was done using a pulley system with a steadicam operator attached. I'm sure it could be done sans steadicam.

http://www.steadishots.org/shots_detail.cfm?shotID=267

[Fulgencio Martinez]

Really i don´t need to move the camera.

Just set it vertical and frame, but no movement

[Brad Grimmett]

A Condor or cherry picker will do the job.