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What FPV cinematography actually is, and when to use it
A first-person-view drone is flown by feel, not by waypoint. That changes what a camera can do, and what it should be asked to do.
01Selected work
Selected work.
PlaceholderAutomotive · TBC
Dune Run
Placeholder: low, fast FPV tracking across open dunes.
PlaceholderTravel · TBC
White Silence
Placeholder: frozen landscapes seen from a close, flowing perspective.
PlaceholderCommercial · TBC
Dust & Light
Placeholder: close pass through a sunlit dust cloud.
PlaceholderAction Sports · TBC
Ice Line
Placeholder: precise lines over packed snow and ice.
02Showreel
The showreel.
Placeholder showreel: an abstract colour film standing in for your reel.
03Services
What we offer.
FPV Cinematography
Immersive first-person flight that moves where no crane or gimbal can: through gaps, down faces, around subjects and out the other side in a single unbroken shot.
- Film
- Commercials
- Brand stories
Automotive Filming
Tracking, chase and reveal shots that keep pace with the vehicle. Close passes, low lines and sweeping pull-aways that show a car's shape, speed and setting.
- Launches
- Car films
- Social
Commercial Production
From idea to delivered footage: planning the route, designing each shot, flying it safely and handing over material that edits cleanly into a campaign.
- Campaigns
- Product films
- Promos
Action Sports & Travel
Following people and places through real terrain, from snow lines and dunes to coastlines and city rooftops, with flowing shots that carry the energy of the place.
- Sport
- Destinations
- Adventure
Creative Collaboration
Joining directors, agencies and studios as the FPV unit: pitching shots, solving tricky moves together and fitting the camera to the story you are telling.
- Directors
- Agencies
- Studios
04About
Motion with intent.
An FPV camera can fall, dive, thread a gap and hang in the air beside a moving subject: moves no crane, track or gimbal can make. The craft is choosing which of them the story actually needs.
Verified background and credits coming soon.
05Behind the scenes
Behind the frame.
06Journal
From the journal.
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Planning an FPV shot: from storyboard to take
The shots that look effortless are usually the most rehearsed. Here is how a flight path goes from an idea to a safe, repeatable take.
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Five camera moves that make cars look fast
Speed on screen is mostly about reference points and relative motion. These five moves use both.
07Contact
Let's create something.
Tell us about your project. Prefer email? hello@manmadecinematics.com.
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