Drone Footage and Aerial Filming in the Great Bear Rainforest IMAX

The Project

Fourteen months, four seasons, one goal. Capturing the stunning beauty of the Great Bear Rainforest for the giant IMAX© screen, the latest effort in leveraging awareness to help protect the region and its inhabitants in the extreme west coast of BC, Canada. 

I was brought in on this project to assemble, pilot and maintain the Freefly Alta 8 heavy lift drone with MoVi M15 gimbal. We would be flying aerial shots and doing drone filming with the RED Epic Dragon 6K camera and the RED Helium 8K camera as we were luck enough to get our hands on a pre-release in July. Nothing like contemplating flying a $150 000 UAV drone system on the wild west coast of BC. Near the end of July I flew up to Bella Bella to setup and get acquainted with our new home; a 46 foot catamaran called “Habitat”. I was joined by Andy Maser, aNational Geographic filmmaker who would be our RED technician and my camera operator for the drone system.

Link to blog by pacific wild

Link to my blog on the trip

AWARD Winning: See More Here

1. Best Cinematography – 2019 GSCA Achievement Awards.
2. Best Engaging Youth Film—2019 Jackson Wild Media Awards.
3. Best Wildlife Conservation Film – 2021 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival.
4. Winner Children’s Award – 2019 Wildlife Film Festival Rotterdam.
5. Official Selection – 2019 International Wildlife Film Festival.