Los Angeles at night is a panoply of old and new buildings and signs lit up in a stationary parade each vying for your attention. This is my attempt at celebrating and preserving what glows, blinks, shines in this city between dusk and dawn. Like previous works, I discovered much of what is in this video in the process of making it. Everything was always there in the places I had been many times before but I was too busy to notice. It’s amazing what you find when stop and look!
The song is “Here We Come” by Rabo & Snob.
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Their modern disco sound fits perfectly with a city that is equal parts brave new world, nostalgia, and aging persistence. Unrelentingly energetic, it fuses the sound of an electronic future with iconic disco rhythms and beats. The track is originally a vinyl issue but you can pick it up on bandcamp at the link above.
All the locations in this video can be found here:
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Filmed, edited and best viewed in 4K.
A now the obligatory word on drones and safety! It takes a lot of effort to fly drones in the city safely. Planning, scouting, coordination, unique equipment, part 41 and 107 pilots, visual observers, PAs, etc. Critical to this is minding LA’s busy airways by staying out of controlled airspace (except where specifically authorized), staying clear of helicopters and monitoring FAA frequencies. For the safety of those below, much effort is made to keep the shot lively while avoiding crowds, events, flying over people, motorcycles and open vehicles, staying out of drivers’ eyelines, etc. And ultimately, safety is about realizing that some of the shots just can’t be done and will stay in my imagination instead of being in this video.
Thanks to those who came out to assist late at night or way too early in the morning. Thanks to LAPD, LAPD Air Support for being cool about everything.
Cast: Ian Wood
Tags: drones, aerial, cinematography, Los Angeles, LA, night and neon
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