Sebaldt, despite all the complications of the shoot, is particularly pleased with one shot: “Another shot I am very proud of and after working in there for a week never thought was possible, was an URSA Mini Pro 12K on a low profile fluid head with the fantastic ARRI Ultra Prime 8R lens on the floor in the back of the cabin. The On a Wing and a Prayer team were also able to use an additional URSA 12K unit at an airport to film sequences of the airport fire brigade sliding down the descent pole and capture the landing or movement of the plane.

Another solution deployed was a rail mounted on the ceiling to capture close-ups of the actors in the cockpit or the possibility of shooting at very high resolutions in order to resize the angle afterwards. After exploring various possibilities, the DOP’s team was able to deploy the Mini Libra head mounted on a 9-metre telescopic crane inside the cockpit, with the windscreen removed, allowing access to the back of the plane to capture close-ups of several passengers.

In order to capture Sean McNamara’s creative vision, Sebaldt decided on three Blackmagic Design cameras: a URSA Mini Pro 12K and two Pocket Cinema Camera 6K Pro. The very nature of the aircraft added layers of complexity to the filming: the distance between the seats was a mere 25 centimetres, and the cabin was a mere 150 centimetres high. One of these would be the use of the King Air 200 aircraft, which had to be adapted so that wings, tail, engines, cockpits and windscreens could be removed, giving more versatility in the choice of shots. The film would have several challenges that would make the production unique. Prime Video’s ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ shot with the Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro 12K Blackmagic’s URSA Mini Pro 12K camera was used to shoot ‘On a Wing and a Prayer’ ( Prime Video), Sean McNamara’s latest film.Ĭhristian Sebaldt (ASC) was the cinematographer appointed by Sean McNamara to head up the production of On a Wing and a Prayer, a film based on a true story of “faith and survival” that chronicles the experience of a family forced to make an emergency landing during a plane ride when the pilot dies in mid-flight.

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