ShotNew

Flyover of the town

The camera flies a straight or gently curving line over the town at a height, looking ahead and down: an opening or a shore reveal.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default	Range	What it does
place	choice	promenade	door, across, street, green, promenade, sand, waterline, bench, pond, roof, point	the place the line passes over, halfway along it; point uses `over`
over	vec2	-70, -207	-3000 to 3000	the point the line passes over when place is point: along and inland, in metres
bearing	number	120	-360 to 360 deg	the compass heading it flies (120 along the shore, 30 inland, 210 out to sea)
length	number	240	30 to 6000 m	how far it flies: under a third of the height for each second of the shot (a quarter if pitch is over 30)
height	number	90	10 to 3000 m	the camera height over the ground where it starts (over roofs keep it above 25)
endHeight	number	90	10 to 3000 m	the camera height over the ground where it ends (the same as height flies level)
pitch	number	16	-10 to 60 deg	how far below the horizon it looks, ahead along its heading
turn	number	18	0 to 120 deg	how much its heading changes along the line, a gentle curve; over 60 wants a shot of 15 s or more
turnRight	bool	true	–	which way the line curves, seen from above
fov	number	62	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
ease	choice	cruise	cruise, inOut, linear, in, out	cruise holds a steady speed with soft ends; inOut starts and ends at rest

film.js

move: element('flyover', { place: 'promenade', over: [-70, -207] })

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