When I thought we have done all the aerial shoots humanly possible in a span of one month, I received a call the other day asking if I can do an aerial coverage of a rally, at night. I was quick to reply that we avoid shooting over big gatherings /crowds, especially at night --safety concerns. The person I was talking to is the managing director of a small TV network station and a big production outfit. He then asked if I can do motorcades and my answer was yes, as long as we identify safe take-off points and areas without wires.
Come following day we arrived at the assembly point in JP Rizal around 6AM. The motorcade started exactly 7AM and after getting enough footage at the first take-off point (Shot of the candidate waving at the camera and doing a pull out shot), we transferred to another spot where we waited for the motorcade to pass and get a shot of all the candidates waving at the helicam with the big Makati marker as backdrop.
After successfully executing the aerial shoot, I immediately captured the footage, stabilized it and handed it over to the director on DVD to playback at the Meeting de Avance that night.
