Field Notes

Notes from the aerial team

Practical, plain-language notes for producers, directors and stunt coordinators planning aerial work. Shared to help, never to sell.

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Helicopter, jet, airplane or drone?

A plain-language guide for producers, directors and stunt coordinators on how speed, altitude, proximity, subject, safety, lead time and budget shape the choice of aerial platform.

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Aerial Day Prep Checklist

A one-page checklist to help your production get ready for a day of aerial filming.

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Behind the scenes

Where the notes come from

Sets, stadiums, rigs and the crews who make the day work.

A stadium at night with four helicopters on the field and crew setting up

Black camera helicopter being refueled on the field of a large stadium at night

Film crew filming a scene beside a red helicopter in a stadium

Camera crew with a camera rig in front of a black helicopter

Crew member in a jacket beside a black helicopter at night

Red helicopter hovering inside a stadium

Camera helicopter flying low inside a stadium