How Top Gun Maverick Cinematography Took Audiences Inside Fighter Jets

DP Claudio Miranda helped develop a lightweight camera system, which will be refined as he reteams with director Joseph Kosinski on their upcoming Formula One drama. Miles Teller (far left) and Tom Cruise speak to director Joseph Kosinski (standing at right) on the set of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick. Courtesy of Scott Garfield/Paramount Pictures When Joseph Kosinski took on the aerial scenes in Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick, he wanted to capture the experience of being a Navy fighter pilot. “The actors certainly behave differently when they’re experiencing that for real,” he says, describing how the filmmakers created that energy with some unique camera technology that was mounted inside the jet cockpits to film the actors while they were aboard. It worked so well that now Kosinski and cinematographer Claudio Miranda are aiming to use similar technology to capture the experience of driving a Formula One car for their upcoming untitled Apple racing movie starring Brad Pitt. An Oscar winner for Life of Pi who has been collaborating with Kosinski since 2010’s Tron: Legacy, Miranda explains that he consulted with Sony on the initial development of its Venice digital cinematography camera, which was used to shoot Maverick, and more recently, he
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