ShotNew

Free fall toward the ground

The camera falls from a great height, speeding up as a falling body does up to a terminal speed, then eases out above the ground.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
place	choice	promenade	door, across, street, green, promenade, sand, waterline, bench, pond, roof, point	the place it falls over; point uses `around`
around	vec2	-70, -207	-3000 to 3000	the point it falls over when place is point: along and inland, in metres
seconds	number	10	3 to 120 s	MUST equal the shot's length in seconds: the fall lasts this long and starts as high as it needs
endHeight	number	30	2 to 1500 m	its height over the ground where it comes to rest (over roofs keep it above 12 m)
terminalSpeed	number	55	0 to 400 m/s	the top speed of the fall (55 belly-down, 90 head-down, 8 under a canopy); 0 is no air, so no top speed
gravity	number	9.81	0.5 to 30 m/s2	the pull of gravity (9.81 on Earth, 1.62 on the Moon, 3.7 on Mars)
flare	number	4	1 to 10 s	how long the last part lasts, when it eases from full speed to rest above the ground
heading	number	30	0 to 360 deg	the compass bearing it looks toward (30 inland, 210 out over the sea)
pitch	number	-60	-89 to 30 deg	how far above the horizon it looks while falling: -89 straight down, 0 ahead
endPitch	number	-12	-89 to 30 deg	how far above the horizon it looks at the end, as it levels out
spin	number	30	0 to 120 deg	how far the view turns about the vertical over the shot
spinRight	bool	true	–	which way the view turns, seen from above
fov	number	72	8 to 110 deg	the lens where it starts
endFov	number	0	0 to 110 deg	the lens where it ends; 0 keeps the lens

film.js

move: element('fall-down', { place: 'promenade', around: [-70, -207] })

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