“Inside Job” Wins Oscar for Documentary Feature. Aerial Cinematography Provided by Aerial Filmworks.
February 27, 2011
Charles Ferguson’s “Inside Job” won the 2011 Oscar for Documentary Feature at the 83rd Academy Awards. Gray Mitchell, Cineflex Camera Operator for Aerial Filmworks, worked directly with Director Charles Ferguson, to shoot numerous New York City aerials. Aerial cinematography of New York City is used extensively throughout the film, and in the trailer. The film is narrated by Matt Damon and premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.
This timely film that focuses on the current global financial crisis is a Sony Pictures Classics release. “Inside Job” has already won a number of prestigious awards. In an interview with Joshua Kors on Huffington Post, Kors states that “Charles Ferguson’s mind goes where others dare not travel…”
About Aerial Filmworks
Aerial Filmworks provides high-definition video Cineflex V14HD camera systems and aerial filming services to the international entertainment, documentary and corporate marketplace. Highly regarded by award-winning clients, the Cineflex V14 HD provides the highest level of image gyro-stabilization. Our dedicated, experienced camera operators, Gray Mitchell and Ron Chapple, have thousands of hours using the Cineflex for clients including Disney, Discovery Channel, BBC, CBC, PBS/Nature, History Channel, Planet Green, Red Bull, Burton Snowboards, Amazing Race and CBS/Survivor. Aerial Filmworks is a highly responsive company with over 25 years of aerial photography experience. Dedicated to providing Cineflex V14HD systems and services, experienced aerial filming crews work on location over 250 days a year.
Aerial Filmworks also provides Google Earth pre-flight visualization, GPS preparation and flight logistical planning; Geo-coded HD video and images for land survey or mapping; Google Earth integration of video, stills, 360 interactive panoramas, podcasts, historical imagery, topographic maps, data, etc.
With in-house HD video suite utilizing Apple’s Final Cut Pro, Aerial Filmworks also delivers professional editing and color-grading, and BluRay/DVD output using the robust 12-core MacPro, 32GB RAM, Snell ArchAngel restoration, AJA Kona3, HDCAM/HDCAM SR Decks, and fast h.264 encoding.
