Aeroptics - Specialist Aerial Filming Services

Dramatic aerial footage shot in the aftermath of the February 22nd Earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand for TV3 and Channel 7 Australia.

This is France's top rating 'Survivor' show. New Caledonia is an idyllic tropical setting with plenty of opportunity for dramatic aerials.

This clip shows the beauty of shooting 60 fps with the Sony 1500 camera. Skilled athletes can reveal their true talent in eye-piercing HDTV. These shots were taken during the filming of the 2008 Airsports Competition at Wanaka, New Zealand. Slo mo was particularly spectacular when we were filming top snowboarder Travis Rice for That's It - That's All.

Aeroptics has recently developed a way to combat the problem of holding a steady frame directly vertical under the helicopter. This clip follows two cars on the Remarkables Ski Field Road in New Zealand showing the degree of control that is attainable with this system. Ideal for car commercials and classic look-down aerials of cityscapes.

Take a fly around our backyard in Queenstown, New Zealand and see how the Aeroptics remote operated polarising filter can add that edge to your image.We are very fortunate to have a wide variety of terrain and four distinct seasons to film in. This showreel shows Summer and Autumn. In winter the mountains are snowcapped and Queenstown transforms into a magnet for snow sports enthusiasts.

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In the summer of 2005/2006 Aeroptics was part of a groundbreaking team in supplying live coverage of the New Zealand Gliding Grand Prix. For the first time, spectators could view live coverage of the race and exciting graphics that showed the height, speed and position of each competitor. On board coverage was provided by ABC Minicams, Melbourne, and graphics by Animation Research Ltd, Dunedin. In the summer of 2007/2008 Aeroptics new HDC-1500 camera was able to provide stunning slow motion images of the World Air Games in conjunction with the Gliding Championship. See our Slow motion showreel.

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This clip shows how aerial footage is intercut with spectacular on-board footage, 3D CGI graphics and traditional film-making techniques to produce a fast paced documentary of a specialist sport.

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In November 2006, New Zealand had some unusual visitors. Huge icebergs floated up the South East coast of New Zealand. This iceberg was the most spectacular that we encountered. The ice pool on the iceberg contained its own mini-icebergs which danced in the water in time to the mother iceberg's movements.

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View the trailer for the 'French Survivor' series located in the middle of the grueling Amazonian rain forrest.

The tiny bush-clad islands of Palau were spectacular to film from the air for the 'French Survivor Series.

A 1909 Bleriot vintage aircraft takes to the air at the Warbirds Over Wanaka show in 2008, battling marginal flying conditions. Keep an eye out for the replica of Burt Munro's 'Fastest Indian' motorcycle speeding along underneath.

The C130 Hercules provided a wonderful platform to film the vintage aircraft at the 2008 Warbirds Over Wanaka show. See photos of set-up. You can order an edited DVD from www.actiontvnz.com

This historical aerial footage of Mt St Michel on the Nomandy coast was shot for TBS (Japan) with the prototype HDTV gyro-stabilised Cineflex which cameraman, Peter Thompson co-developed. This footage, along with NHK's Roman Empire series (also shot by Peter) was the first gyro-stabilised HD footage to be broadcast on television.

This 16:9 showreel features footage shot throughout New Zealand with the 1999 prototype PAL Standard Def Cineflex gimbal by pioneer Cineflex operator Peter Thompson. Although the quality of image has improved greatly with three generations of newer HD cameras, this show reel is useful as a locations reel for New Zealand, and as a sample of the versatility of the Cineflex stabilised platforms. Much of this footage is available for sale as stock.

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