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Automotive · 2025
Goodies Automotive Shoot
A sedan in a yellow and grey Goodie wrap works a paved circuit at dusk while an FPV drone flies low around it. The camera orbits the car and the crew on the ground, slips in at windscreen height and opens out to show the whole track.
About the shoot.
Cars look their best in motion, and a first-person camera can stay with them where a fixed one cannot. For this automotive shoot we flew an FPV drone low around a Goodie-wrapped sedan on a paved circuit, keeping the livery readable while both the car and the camera moved.
The shots build from wide to close: a sweeping view of the track and the car, orbits that circle the car and the crew member filming it, and a pass at windscreen height that looks straight into the cabin.
It was shot in soft evening light and given a restrained cinematic grade: deeper blacks, neutral tarmac, a warm horizon and a strong yellow on the wrap. The footage is delivered ready to edit for launches, car films and social cuts.
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