Aerial China "Aerial China" is an aerial documentary launched by China Central Radio and Television and produced by CCTV Record International Media Co., Ltd. It overlooks China from an aerial perspective, covering 23 provinces, 5 autonomous regions, 4 municipalities and 2 special administrative regions.
***Total 34 episodes.
"Aerial Photography of China Season 1" has six units in Xinjiang, Hainan, Heilongjiang, Shaanxi, Jiangxi, and Shanghai, showing the completely different topography, climate environment, and natural ecology in the southeast, northwest, and northwest of China. It overlooks China from an aerial perspective and is three-dimensional.
It displays China's history, humanity, geography and social form, allowing the audience to see beautiful China, ecological China and civilized China from a new perspective.
"Aerial China Season 2" selects seven provinces and regions, including Zhejiang, Sichuan, Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangsu, and focuses on the most representative nature, history, and social development of the seven provinces and regions.
UAVs, manned aircraft and orbiting satellites are used to present multi-level images, VR cameras are used to present special effects on flat images, and techniques such as "one shot to the end" scene flight shooting are used to showcase China's beautiful natural landscapes and rich colors
ecological environment, highlight the brilliant achievements of economic construction, reveal the innovative driving force behind the "Chinese Miracle", and let the world share the breadth and depth of Chinese civilization.
Extended information: The first season of "Aerial Photography of China" is a key project of CCTV in 2016. All shots are completed through aerial photography.
Chief director Yu Le has shot quite a few documentaries in the 13 years since graduation and has won many awards, but he has never shot a large-scale aerial photography work.
Yu Le, who has watched the two aerial documentaries "Heaven and Earth" and "Seeing Taiwan", has long been looking forward to the day when he will have the opportunity to take aerial photos of China.
Finally, in the autumn of 2015, CCTV proposed to shoot a documentary that reflects China's overall style. Yu Le's first reaction was "This is worth filming"!
Regarding the picture, Yu Le's idea is: "Show everyone a China that has never been seen before." "When you look up, you will see a different scene. The height at which you look at the land is different, and the emotions generated are also different.
Regarding the commentary, Yu Le said: “I don’t want to teach the audience a geography class or a philosophy class.” “To make these “ideas” understandable to the audience, Yu Le and his team worked hard.
The first season only has 6 episodes, but it took a whole year to shoot. Before filming, the CCTV director team had already made a very detailed target number and given out the specific buildings and landforms they wanted to shoot. Most of them were even.
When it comes to the specific shots, what direction and method of shooting are needed, and how long the shot is required. The program team dispatched 16 manned helicopters and 57 drones, with a total distance of nearly 150,000 kilometers, which is equivalent to going around the equator.
4 laps. Just to shoot Xinjiang, there were hundreds of aerial photography points. The Communist Party of China dispatched a helicopter group and three drone groups, with a total distance of 66,000 kilometers, which can circle the earth one and a half times. The photography used in the entire documentary.
They are the most advanced ultra-high-definition 4K cameras in the world. This kind of machine has 16 times the resolution of ordinary high-definition TVs (720p). If you take pictures of people's hair, you can even count the dandruff!
The second season of the masterpiece "Pulse of the Earth" also uses this kind of camera. It looks cool and cool when flying a helicopter, but in fact the photographer has to put in unimaginable efforts - shooting at high altitude.
The photographer had to wear an oxygen mask to work; the plane shook violently, and after holding the camera to take the picture, a layer of skin fell off his hands; in the face of threats such as ice and snow, water shortage, high temperature, and wind and sand, the film crew faced challenges again and again.
The restricted area of ??life... When I was shooting in the ancient city of Loulan in July, the temperature was so high that even the tires of the car would melt. The raw meat would be half-cooked quickly after being placed on the hood of the car. Within a few hundred miles, there was no mobile phone signal and no life.
"As soon as the sun sets, even if you walk a hundred meters, you can never come back.
"After the on-site inspection, I realized that the local tour guide's words were not false.