Shut up and Drive
There's nothing like seeing the blur of the asphalt a few inches away while cruising 60 miles-an-hour inside the sidecar of a motorcycle. Or the odd feeling you get of brushing rooftops just a few hundred feet above the earth while inside the basket of a hot air balloon.There's nothing like seeing the blur of the asphalt a few inches away while cruising 60 miles-an-hour inside the sidecar of a motorcycle. Or the odd feeling you get of brushing rooftops just a few hundred feet above the earth while gently swaying inside the basket of a hot air balloon. From exotic transports like an open cockpit World War I biplane or an Army Sikorsky helicopter to the ordinary plethora of trucks, cars, vans, motorcycles and boats, I rarely turned down the chance to show viewers what the experience felt like, and learned a thing or two about shooting in moving vehicles along the way.
Telling a story using video captured from moving transports always embellishes the experience of being there, but shoot it wrong, and you can make your audience feel uncomfortable, confused or even nauseous. Depending on the vehicle at your disposal, and whether you are working solo or have a driver, there are different techniques to achieve the action shot you…
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