There was shot like this. I forgot what's the name, but it was a nature documentary where the scene shows a transition from a season to another season, shot in mid-air. It was about 6 years ago and I'm still wondering how they did that shot.
Since you can scrub the drone back and forth through the location keyframes, why not try a shot where someone is filmed in reverse next to someone who is filmed forward? Example: have Niko walk around the corner normally. Then have him walk backwards, offset to the side, as the drone flies back to it's starting point. It would be a great way to get some spooky uncanny character movement in the same shot as a character who moves normally.
Like most people are saying, this may be an AD but it is a good AD. Showing something awesome that has never been done before and having a good implentation of it for a product is sick. DJI is making moves in the film industry.
Agreed, who cares if it's an ad when you can tell they're 100% honest. It's such a good ad it almost doesn't feel like an ad. DJI is such a breath of fresh air. You don't need to upsell a product that's already insane as is.
The cool thing about the highway shot is, that each takes is done at a different point in time, so the traffic is not mirror when layered, so its totally natural and random.
@@Tredemptation I can now count four broken collarbones in Corridor's history. Adrian, Wren, Niko, and Wren again. Sucks that Wren has been OneWheeling for years without breaking his collarbone but then breaks it twice in a two year span while doing it.
I never thought I would spend quarter of an hour watching a commercial for a product that I have absolutely no need for while constantly going "yes, show me more. This is incredible". Brilliant move by DJI setting this up. This video isn't for regular schmucks like me; this is a fantastic pitch to all the visual creatives that watch Corridor Crew. This drone is an incredible feat and I can't wait to see all the crazy projects that people will be able to make with it. I just hope that part of the sponsorship is that you get to keep it!
The possibilities of what this tech can do is absolutely insane. Imagine a mo-tracked shot once a month over the course of 5 years, just having a seamless cut/transition to a season / time of day
There’s a company that’s been trying to build ground based gps that would mean that you basically had those stations everywhere. Years back they did a test with the US airforce where they tracked the X,Y,Z of a plane down to 13cm at a distance of over 100km. I honestly have no idea why it hasn’t been adopted.
@@theowainwright7406 it's not really a beacon on the staff. It doesn't need to be positioned in exactly the same spot. The way it works is that the staff has a second GPS on it and because it's stationary you know that any variations in it's position is due to GPS drift caused by atmospheric conditions. In the local area that GPS drift is similar for all GPS receivers, so you can take the GPS drift variations from the staff and transmit those to the GPS on the drone which it can use to correct it's GPS drift as well. As the drone and staff GPS get further away the system gets less accurate as the two GPS's experience different atmospheric interference so the corrections being sent get more and more error.
@@lamsmiley1944 there are basically RTK base stations offered as a service that transmits the corrections over a network which you subscribe to. You just need an appropriate system that can use them and to have one close enough to be relevant. It uses a system call NTRIP.
@@theowainwright7406 Just drive three pipes into the ground so a tripod can only fit in it in one position. Unless you're trying to do it on concrete then just leave them there in the ground for later in the year.
I don't think a real camera looking like it's 3d rendered is a good thing? I think it's the concrete wall looking completely flat with fake-ish vines growing that makes it look '3d'.
I know what you mean, it kinda looks like it's a photo scan and the camera is moving in the imported environment, but it's all real and not a 3D model at all.
@@professionalshitposter6897 No human operating camera can get this shot, that automatic curvy arc around the corner looks like it was animated in 3d software. Not the wall or environment look 3D, the unnatural precision and robustness in movement of camera do
This new technology is incredible but, Wren's use of mathematics to enable that multiple highway shot was the real show here, that's CREATIVITY, and its the difference between using a new tool, and creating WITH a new tool. Awesome!!!
common guys. Is that your takeaway from OP's comment? The emphasis is that a tool is only a tool. Coming up with an idea/method is the real challenge. With a lot of creativity and the right tool, awesome stuff can be made
love how in 0:46 he's showing the simplest effect but still made it a step further, by shooting the takes in the opposite order from what it looks like - he moved the camera on the "first take", but then it was perfectly in place on the "second take" - that wouldn't be physically possible if it was shot in sequence.
I mean it really wouldn’t matter which order they shot this part in, as both videos start with that angle, the scene starts with him turning around, not walking like we see in the previous shot. We are all over analyzing though
This is genuinely one of the biggest technical advancements in cinematography and image capture for VFX... all for less than the price of most cinema cameras. Endless possibilities. This was a perfect demonstration. Cheers.
As an aerospace engineering student and someone who is deep into control systems, this drone is insanely interesting to me and like something I’ve been wanting to as a pet project for ever but just never could because of consumer GPS and cost/complexity. So cool to see y’all get to implement one, and I hope we get to keep seeing creative applications for it!
My brain just sort of short-circuited for a moment when I actually realized what the drone was doing. Holy crap that is some impressive tech. I'm so curious as to what that station is doing exactly.
@@markjacobson4248 That is RTK-GPS base station, surveyors has been using same tech for couple of decade. Static base station will calculate cordinate corrections to moving unit. Base-station has some cordinates and every cycle it calculate position from GPS and and compare it to the known cordinates.
For such an advanced tool & equipment and a $15,500 price tag, that's a steal! Keep in mind that motion control robots go for around 50-500k and they are limited to the ground. This is just mind blowing, which is why Wren and Nico are so hyped up. Can't wait to see what wonders they'll create next!
and there is the magic pole/stick that emmits the signal to this be possible. =/ seens not to be cheap either. but... i had the same thought, a robot arm for less than 50k!!! its awesome.
@@fshimage the "magic pole" is not that new. It have been used in building industry for almost 30 years. Even some of the newest robotic lawmowers use the same tech.
@@larion2336 well.. sort of. This system still use GPS as one of the reference signal.... this way it just need one more reference. VR headset have no exterior reference so it need multiple.
@@larion2336 Ground station is based on old RTK-GPS tech ( it's even in the product name, D-RTK 2). Because cround station stays at known position, it can calculate positional corrections for moving unit. Both units need to see same satellites.
It's an amazing deal. It's one thing to get an advert from a drone enthusiast with some nice shots, and a completely different thing to get a VFX artist to make a full video where he can exploit the potential of the technology.
I can't tell you how super excited I got when I found out I couldn't take off without logging in six times and uploading photos of my children. But you're right, you can choose to use a blood sample instead. Just make sure you update your battery firmware. That's my favorite part.
I wonder how many in the audience can afford a drone that costs US$16,499. This is really more of a halo product or technology demonstrator that people are supposed to look at, but then buy a much cheaper drone from the same manufacturer. Not that this won't find some use for niche applications where money is no object.
@@amarissimus29 I wish your comment was pinned. Perfect send up of DJI and their spyware attitude to everything and terrible customer service. No thanks.
This is awesome! So cool watching Wren embracing flying the drone so much despite his injury because it’s his passion! Also, I was curious, what do you all think about the VFX in Prehistoric Planet? It’d be cool to see you guys watch and judge it, maybe even make your own realistic dinosaurs!
@@kingxerxes-so3kk which ones? I couldn’t find an episode title about it. I watched an episode about caustics, but that’s it and it didn’t indicate anywhere it was for Prehistoric Planet, I just happened across it haha
I don’t care if this entire video was basically a commercial, because this stuff is actually very impressive, and it’s clear Wren and Niko are genuinely excited about the tech.
Yes very much feels like a shilling video for the paycheck!! Being sponsored by the company who makes the product is not a smart move because it feels like a advertisement!! Yes the tech is fkn cool 😎 but this is a sales pitch paid in full to be as the company want's. Witch sux to be honest.. I can't trust a video review that's sponsored by the company who wants the review..
@@michaellegg9381 it definitely feels like an ad but let's be real, 99% of us regular people are never gonna buy one of these cinema drones, so it's pretty easy to tune out the ad and enjoy the vfx
@@michaellegg9381 I find it interesting that people cant trust paid reviews, theres a difference in a paid review and an ad. A paid review doesnt come with an expectation that its all good, it is a genuine review, ads are not, they straight sell you on features without giving it a real review. If you read/watch reviews online at all, a large amount of those products were given to them for free to get a public review. They're not scripted.
@@liepins444 this and many other videos are indeed scripted.. this video is so close to an ad it's ridiculous.. this entire video feels like a shilling video it's what I thought from about 10 seconds in.. many other tech channels refuse to be sponsored by the company who makes the product to avoid the people thinking it's not a biased review witch this 100% feels biased..
@@fatboi1095 I agree with you lol it's not a product that everyone will want. Especially when there's a million drones that are better suited for recreational activities..
I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw that. My brain has come to expect that this kind of sweeping precision movement is only possible in a virtual environment.
Man, I remember when Wren was making every one of the Corridor Crew videos. I love the new people that have flowed in in the last few years, but I really missed having Wren in a regular, unscripted episode. The guy is a pure ball of joy and excitement on camera!
With the reversible flight path, I feel like it wouldn't be too difficult to film something backwards and have some weird time manipulation where you chase yourself, one running forward and one running backward, or some similar concept. Or use the speed variation to have someone running in slow motion while the same person casually strolls past
This is revolutionary. I can see some indie studios making some sick action movies using this camera. Imagine the rewind feature in racing games but as an actual camera. The way it follows the line through the air like a camera on a track editor. Honestly blown away by this. Its like scifi tech in real life
That reverse Move actually felt like you guys had a CG background... It actually fell into that uncanny feel. Never before did a real scene feel soo CG
I had the same feeling about that viral ocean fire oil spill viral video a few years ago. It looked so fake. That's when I realized: A lot of CGI feels 'fake' because our brains just haven't seen stuff like 'giant aliens shooting lasers' before. It will _feel_ fake because our brains can't process it, no matter if it's actually real or perfectly realistic.
5:33 "A wizard's staff" I'll keep saying it: Electricity is our universe's version of Magic. It's wild and dangerous without proper study, experimentation, and tools. With the right combination and layout of materials (computer chips) we can enchant (program) the device to allow us to communicate with other people who have the same enchanted item from anywhere on Earth. Of course it's not perfect, sometimes the spells stop working or more powerful magic (lightning or EMPs) can interrupt the spells and sometimes physically destroy the magical pylons that boost the magical signal.
I love watching people loving what they do, and seeing how happy it makes them. And then seeing their creations for the rest of us to enjoy also. Awesome stuff.
Old tech. Doesn’t get much closer than that currently. I use RTK with a LiDAR drone and it gets 1/8” accuracy. The flight path and rtk have been in the industry for the last 5-10 years. It’s going to need one more invention to tie it all in.
more and more companies are realizing that it's better for business to showcase their stuff on youtube than use it on some big movie production, because yeah the movie pays well to develop new stuff but you can't beat the reach of showing stuff off on the internet
Dude, that mega-highway composite looked so realistic that I almost couldn't breathe once it started opening up. LA traffic is crazy but "megacrazy" is an understatement if describing the tech in DJI drones and gimbals these days.
I think you have found yourself another avenue to your channel. Loving these videos that are showcasing all the latest technology that are either being used, or soon to be used in the film making. Looking forward to seeing more of theses!
Wren my man, you and your admiration to entertain and push the limits is such an enjoyable thing to witness. Thank you for being apart of Corridor, making these beautiful videos, and being such a creative human!
I have an idea. As you can make the camera drone follow the exact same course but offset it as in the mega highway shot, could you film someone walking/running/one wheeling in a blue screen room, and have the drone fly along next to them, varying closeness and position, then film landscapes in the same motion in different settings like warehouse, street, park trail, desert… You could then blend the shots so they morph from one to the next. It would appear as if the walker/rider is essentially moving in a hologram room.
We use a DJI drone to do surveys of land, with the right benchmarks in place around the site it can give super precise measurements of the topographic layout of the land. Cool to see this sort of tech being used in the film industry!
3:20 Iso isn't sensitivity, it's the gain. You aren't making it take in more light, you're making what light it does take in become more intense. Like when you turn up the gain of your mic you aren't upping the sensitivity of it, that's a physical thing to do with the diaphragm, you're increasing the output voltage and thus the volume. -some random photographer
The amount of precision and accuracy is crazy, super impressed. Also featured the return of one of the greatest rivalries of our day: One wheeling and Wren's collar bone
I always love seeing more and more advance ways for shorts and shots looking like this. I hope new and more creators can use this to have an open mind to create many videos like this. ❤❤❤ 😊 I hope the future hold more for many videos to advance and chance.
This is actually insane!!! I've been doing clone shots since I was a wee boy, but that intro was just MIND BLOWING. Thanks for putting this together Wren, abseloutly love your videos!!
In 5 years you'll be able to describe the shots and effects to an AI and it'll do all the work. A platform integrating AI, drone camera, and post production, all in one. 🤔
So, a couple of things. 1. I'm really excited to see that you guys went to the abandoned water park the same one that they used to shoot two videos for BTS and the one that Bright Sun Films has covered the history of multiple times. 2. You can tell just by the look on Rene's face that he's really enjoying life. To that I say good on you mate!
As someone who has done research with RTK GPS systems, I screamed "RTK!" at my screen when you mentioned you needed more accuracy. Super awesome that DJI considered all of this in a easy to use package.
I've been watching this channel for years and 10:15 is my favorite special effect so far. Eat that drone! So cool that in the same video where they are showing off the bleeding edge of special effects they still love using the most simple special effect that we've all tried. So relatable!
The fact that scenes like that highway one are possible to pull of with no CGI whatsoever is incredible, great idea to show off the potential of this tech
DJI is such a fascinating company. They never sit on their built reputation and brand recognition. They are always innovating and bringing crazy cool new features to the market. I've never even owned a drone but they seem like such a hardworking company.
Thoroughly enjoy watching Wren's videos because his passion is infectious. And you can instantly tell how excited he is to share it with everyone else.
Not going to lie, just watching Wren having this much fun and his last speech made me tear up. Just enjoy life doing the things you love!!!! Amazing content!!
I don’t have any particular interest in Visuals Affects but always watch your videos just because they are so entertaining. Now I just witnessed history and have no idea how or why 😂
Wren is such a dope person, full of positivity. Just like everyone at Corridor. The content and VFX you guys do is amazing, but these channels wouldn't be as successful if you didn't have literally the BEST people for the job. Thank y'all for always putting a smile on this intro VFX artist's face. I get to learn and laugh at the same time.
Wow. That is really cool. I’m sure that others have been able to do similar shots before, but probably with high trusses. This is truly free. It’s not locked down by anything. That’s awesome.
Wren is one of the most creative vfx innovators out there. I have a feeling the impact he will have on the future of filmmaking is greater than he realizes.
the thing i love about the ads on this channel is it doesn't feel like your just doing it for some money (nothing really wrong with that we all need to keep the lights on and eat) but there is a genuine excitment for the product and honestly this just seems super neat. I don't do anything video editing wise or producing or anything like that but my god is this super cool
Combining this and photo scans is gonna create some INSANE videos in the future. Imagine what videos kinda like Wren’s AOT video could be like in the future with this technology.
Another very cool video by you guys. I really like that you don't HAVE to involve nearly every Corridor employee in your videos now. You can just have two of the Core Crew make a video and all good. The drone tech looks awesome :)
5:23 The "wizard staff" stationary ground GPS transmitter for the "centimeter" accuracy really is magic-level technology. I'm a pilot, and this technology translates into aviation as the WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System). It is basically this video's "wizard-staff" on a nation-wide scale, with these kind of ground transmitters at many hundreds of airports. Why is this also a big deal for aviation? Look up the ILS approach system; it is a big "relatively" bulky infrastructure system that can be blocked or interfered-with by other ground traffic, has higher maintenance costs, and is specific to only one direction of one runway (quite annoying when each runway has 2 directions, requiring unique vertical guidance systems for each direction). Multiply that times hundreds of airports, and you get the picture. The WAAS GPS ground transmitters are Not runway specific (just plop a few around the place and tell the GPS where they are), then the plane can draw the approach path itself (like in the video) for any runway. There is No ground traffic interference, it is silky-smooth guidance all the way in on the approach, and it has less cost than 4+ systems for an airport with 2+ runways (which opens--up hundreds of airports during heavy weather events that would otherwise be unusable. On the airplane instruments side of the system, it's called LPV approaches. Crazy cool stuff, … and amazing that it is cheap-enough to be viable for mobile drone projects now.
Its interesting seeing tech I've used for decades as a surveyor being implemented in this manner. While I don't know much about VFX my company has many RTK stations and RTK drones for ortho mapping and volumetric surveys.
At first I thought, when would you need to clone yourself in motion, but with the highway shot I thought that I don't even know where this stuff is needed. It's so awesome what the corridor team enables. Thanks for breaking new grounds and inspiring everyone in the process! :)
Wow, that was just awesome! Crazy stuff! Thanks for all the fun work you people did on this! Looking forward to more. Now my question is, why are you guys not on major picture projects yet?
Not only have I learned so much from these guys, but they just put me in a better mood due to their positive attitudes and great friendships. Thanks Guys!
This video was exceptional in clarity and information, with interesting examples and all! Also Wren this could work really cool for shooting some sports track or one wheel course etc. with sick turns and stuff. You could shoot multiple participants individually then overlay their performance to compare!
I can imagine using this to get really detailed image scans for large objects easier too, get precise range control so getting a whole building in 3D from pictures would be easier and precise with less stitching in post
Programming in a route anytime of the day and executing it later at sunrise sounds incredible if wind conditions line up. You could use a cad model of a cruise ship to get a route figured out before filming on location. You could trace the route of a Rollercoaster without anyone on it!
I can hardly do more than take goofy nature photos but as excited as Wren gets I can't help but be excited about all this new stuff too. This really is sick.
Not gonna lie, I assume that controller has a pretty beefy arm chip to handle what it does so it could probably do quite some emulation. That'd be the most OP handheld when it comes to build quaiity lol Send it to Linus!
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One of the best ads I've seen honestly. I want the drone and I don't have a need for one. DJI should be happy with this one.
I just came away wanting to ship with FedEx like Tom Cruise
I wish my collar bone was broken... Stupid intact bones.
Good heads up 😩✊🏾
Exactly 💯
Donut give me a donutt
What's crazy is that you can totally save the positioning and come back at night and do some insane day to night fading transitions.
Aerial time lapse flyover of a city 😮
@@minetech4898 DJI already did this in their introduction video
You can see this implemented at 2:24 in DGI's "Introducing DJI Inspire 3" video.
There was shot like this. I forgot what's the name, but it was a nature documentary where the scene shows a transition from a season to another season, shot in mid-air. It was about 6 years ago and I'm still wondering how they did that shot.
Duuuuuuuuuude
Since you can scrub the drone back and forth through the location keyframes, why not try a shot where someone is filmed in reverse next to someone who is filmed forward? Example: have Niko walk around the corner normally. Then have him walk backwards, offset to the side, as the drone flies back to it's starting point. It would be a great way to get some spooky uncanny character movement in the same shot as a character who moves normally.
You could also vary the speed and have someone walking in real time next to someone running in slow motion!
I was thinking exactly this, a drone shot out of Tenet
That's a super fun idea.
I was thinking if you run the shot backwards after filming you could use that footage as a clean plate to do whatever you like in post.
TenneT 2.5 scene 😂
Like most people are saying, this may be an AD but it is a good AD. Showing something awesome that has never been done before and having a good implentation of it for a product is sick. DJI is making moves in the film industry.
the best indeed
Agreed, who cares if it's an ad when you can tell they're 100% honest. It's such a good ad it almost doesn't feel like an ad. DJI is such a breath of fresh air.
You don't need to upsell a product that's already insane as is.
I barely noticed. I'm just excited to try it some day
1000th like fuckyea. i hope 1000 of you enjoy this notification
Only the beginning felt like an ad, where it just sounded like they were reading off a marketing script. Everything after that felt genuine
The cool thing about the highway shot is, that each takes is done at a different point in time, so the traffic is not mirror when layered, so its totally natural and random.
oh thats what was happening? i was confused for that part, thank you
And not that different in time to move the shadows that much to make it obviously fake. Great tech!
If it wasn't for the traffic, it would look even better
New Corridor challenge: go an entire year without Wren breaking a bone.
(Impossible) difficulty
Wren keeps rolling a D20 it seems.
Other companies: It has been 83 days since our last accident
Corridor: It has been 1 day since Wren broke a bone
@@uzzislx23 And consistently getting fives or less
@@Tredemptation I can now count four broken collarbones in Corridor's history. Adrian, Wren, Niko, and Wren again. Sucks that Wren has been OneWheeling for years without breaking his collarbone but then breaks it twice in a two year span while doing it.
I never thought I would spend quarter of an hour watching a commercial for a product that I have absolutely no need for while constantly going "yes, show me more. This is incredible".
Brilliant move by DJI setting this up. This video isn't for regular schmucks like me; this is a fantastic pitch to all the visual creatives that watch Corridor Crew.
This drone is an incredible feat and I can't wait to see all the crazy projects that people will be able to make with it. I just hope that part of the sponsorship is that you get to keep it!
Quarter of an hour is a weird way to say 15 minutes
@@womp47 it is, half an hour seems natural but quarter of an hour is weird
@@womp47 I'd bet he is french or a french speaker who directly translated that into English 😂. We say that in french, sounds super weird in english.
@@RaphaelAguirre in German it's the same, prolly also in Italian and Spanish
@@RaphaelAguirre damn i guess english is weird
The possibilities of what this tech can do is absolutely insane. Imagine a mo-tracked shot once a month over the course of 5 years, just having a seamless cut/transition to a season / time of day
You would have to put the beacon in the exact same position it was last time, possible in some places but not in others
There’s a company that’s been trying to build ground based gps that would mean that you basically had those stations everywhere. Years back they did a test with the US airforce where they tracked the X,Y,Z of a plane down to 13cm at a distance of over 100km. I honestly have no idea why it hasn’t been adopted.
@@theowainwright7406 it's not really a beacon on the staff. It doesn't need to be positioned in exactly the same spot.
The way it works is that the staff has a second GPS on it and because it's stationary you know that any variations in it's position is due to GPS drift caused by atmospheric conditions. In the local area that GPS drift is similar for all GPS receivers, so you can take the GPS drift variations from the staff and transmit those to the GPS on the drone which it can use to correct it's GPS drift as well.
As the drone and staff GPS get further away the system gets less accurate as the two GPS's experience different atmospheric interference so the corrections being sent get more and more error.
@@lamsmiley1944 there are basically RTK base stations offered as a service that transmits the corrections over a network which you subscribe to. You just need an appropriate system that can use them and to have one close enough to be relevant.
It uses a system call NTRIP.
@@theowainwright7406 Just drive three pipes into the ground so a tripod can only fit in it in one position. Unless you're trying to do it on concrete then just leave them there in the ground for later in the year.
Wren is such a kind and welcoming soul. I love these kind of episodes. It's so heartwarming
the moment at 9:22 freaks my brain out too much. It just looks like 3d, it just does and the fact that it's not is mindblowing
I don't think a real camera looking like it's 3d rendered is a good thing? I think it's the concrete wall looking completely flat with fake-ish vines growing that makes it look '3d'.
what does he mean by it looking like 3d
I know what you mean, it kinda looks like it's a photo scan and the camera is moving in the imported environment, but it's all real and not a 3D model at all.
@@professionalshitposter6897 No human operating camera can get this shot, that automatic curvy arc around the corner looks like it was animated in 3d software.
Not the wall or environment look 3D, the unnatural precision and robustness in movement of camera do
It’s waypoints controlled using the joystick
The amount of cinematography that this sort of technology enables is insane. I'm looking forward to it. Show us something cool, Corridor.
I really want a full length corridor video made with that drone.
Yeah, like that sword fighting film they made with the "perfect camera"
Show us something cool? Did you not watch the video you just commented on?? What the fuck does it take to impress you?
This new technology is incredible but, Wren's use of mathematics to enable that multiple highway shot was the real show here, that's CREATIVITY, and its the difference between using a new tool, and creating WITH a new tool. Awesome!!!
Yes adding and subtracting is incredible.
Wow, 1st grade mathematics 🤯🤯🤯
@@subasurf he must be american
Peste, não esperava ver vc aqui kkkk
common guys. Is that your takeaway from OP's comment? The emphasis is that a tool is only a tool. Coming up with an idea/method is the real challenge. With a lot of creativity and the right tool, awesome stuff can be made
love how in 0:46 he's showing the simplest effect but still made it a step further, by shooting the takes in the opposite order from what it looks like - he moved the camera on the "first take", but then it was perfectly in place on the "second take" - that wouldn't be physically possible if it was shot in sequence.
Hahaha yup good eye!
"first take" as in it's actually the second yeah? :P that just made your comment confusing lol but I know what you mean!
I mean it really wouldn’t matter which order they shot this part in, as both videos start with that angle, the scene starts with him turning around, not walking like we see in the previous shot.
We are all over analyzing though
This is genuinely one of the biggest technical advancements in cinematography and image capture for VFX... all for less than the price of most cinema cameras. Endless possibilities. This was a perfect demonstration. Cheers.
As an aerospace engineering student and someone who is deep into control systems, this drone is insanely interesting to me and like something I’ve been wanting to as a pet project for ever but just never could because of consumer GPS and cost/complexity.
So cool to see y’all get to implement one, and I hope we get to keep seeing creative applications for it!
My brain just sort of short-circuited for a moment when I actually realized what the drone was doing. Holy crap that is some impressive tech. I'm so curious as to what that station is doing exactly.
@@markjacobson4248 That is RTK-GPS base station, surveyors has been using same tech for couple of decade.
Static base station will calculate cordinate corrections to moving unit. Base-station has some cordinates and every cycle it calculate position from GPS and and compare it to the known cordinates.
@@markjacobson4248 It's like the old TACAN waypoints before SatNav.
The fact that it can move forward and backward in a shot, shows how cool a time reversal shot would look
I can see Tenet 2.0 incoming......
For such an advanced tool & equipment and a $15,500 price tag, that's a steal! Keep in mind that motion control robots go for around 50-500k and they are limited to the ground. This is just mind blowing, which is why Wren and Nico are so hyped up. Can't wait to see what wonders they'll create next!
and there is the magic pole/stick that emmits the signal to this be possible. =/ seens not to be cheap either. but... i had the same thought, a robot arm for less than 50k!!! its awesome.
@@fshimage the "magic pole" is not that new. It have been used in building industry for almost 30 years. Even some of the newest robotic lawmowers use the same tech.
@@matsv201 I guess it's similar to the station things they use in VR headsets, the ones you put around your room.
@@larion2336 well.. sort of. This system still use GPS as one of the reference signal.... this way it just need one more reference.
VR headset have no exterior reference so it need multiple.
@@larion2336 Ground station is based on old RTK-GPS tech ( it's even in the product name, D-RTK 2). Because cround station stays at known position, it can calculate positional corrections for moving unit. Both units need to see same satellites.
That highway scene gave me chills.
As sponsored content goes? DJI got a bloody good deal. Well done, and looking forward to seeing more.
It's an amazing deal. It's one thing to get an advert from a drone enthusiast with some nice shots, and a completely different thing to get a VFX artist to make a full video where he can exploit the potential of the technology.
I can't tell you how super excited I got when I found out I couldn't take off without logging in six times and uploading photos of my children. But you're right, you can choose to use a blood sample instead. Just make sure you update your battery firmware. That's my favorite part.
I wonder how many in the audience can afford a drone that costs US$16,499. This is really more of a halo product or technology demonstrator that people are supposed to look at, but then buy a much cheaper drone from the same manufacturer. Not that this won't find some use for niche applications where money is no object.
@@amarissimus29 I wish your comment was pinned. Perfect send up of DJI and their spyware attitude to everything and terrible customer service. No thanks.
It looks like some dystopian nightmare where cars overtook Earth
The freeway shot could be a preview of LA traffic in a decade
This is awesome! So cool watching Wren embracing flying the drone so much despite his injury because it’s his passion! Also, I was curious, what do you all think about the VFX in Prehistoric Planet? It’d be cool to see you guys watch and judge it, maybe even make your own realistic dinosaurs!
They've already done episodes about it
@@kingxerxes-so3kk a season 2 recently came out, and imo it’s somehow even more immersive than S1
@@kingxerxes-so3kk which ones? I couldn’t find an episode title about it. I watched an episode about caustics, but that’s it and it didn’t indicate anywhere it was for Prehistoric Planet, I just happened across it haha
@@Shift2101 They talked about it in VFX artist reacts episode 80
@@kingxerxes-so3kk Awesome thank you! I will go watch that!
I don’t care if this entire video was basically a commercial, because this stuff is actually very impressive, and it’s clear Wren and Niko are genuinely excited about the tech.
Yes very much feels like a shilling video for the paycheck!! Being sponsored by the company who makes the product is not a smart move because it feels like a advertisement!! Yes the tech is fkn cool 😎 but this is a sales pitch paid in full to be as the company want's. Witch sux to be honest.. I can't trust a video review that's sponsored by the company who wants the review..
@@michaellegg9381 it definitely feels like an ad but let's be real, 99% of us regular people are never gonna buy one of these cinema drones, so it's pretty easy to tune out the ad and enjoy the vfx
@@michaellegg9381 I find it interesting that people cant trust paid reviews, theres a difference in a paid review and an ad. A paid review doesnt come with an expectation that its all good, it is a genuine review, ads are not, they straight sell you on features without giving it a real review. If you read/watch reviews online at all, a large amount of those products were given to them for free to get a public review. They're not scripted.
@@liepins444 this and many other videos are indeed scripted.. this video is so close to an ad it's ridiculous.. this entire video feels like a shilling video it's what I thought from about 10 seconds in.. many other tech channels refuse to be sponsored by the company who makes the product to avoid the people thinking it's not a biased review witch this 100% feels biased..
@@fatboi1095 I agree with you lol it's not a product that everyone will want. Especially when there's a million drones that are better suited for recreational activities..
9:19 That legit looks like a tour of a map made in Unreal Engine. The shots you guys can make with this will be insane.
exactly. it looked fake XD. the movement is so unnatural :)
I was thinking the exact same thing when I saw that. My brain has come to expect that this kind of sweeping precision movement is only possible in a virtual environment.
It looks like a nerf lol
Mfw reality looks fake (this) and fakery looks real (Unrecord)
2003: "Wow, this video game looks like real life!"
2023: "Wow, this real life looks like a video game!"
Man, I remember when Wren was making every one of the Corridor Crew videos. I love the new people that have flowed in in the last few years, but I really missed having Wren in a regular, unscripted episode. The guy is a pure ball of joy and excitement on camera!
while having a broken collar bone, one of the more painful ones I heard
I absolutely love his passion and giddiness with using the drone
With the reversible flight path, I feel like it wouldn't be too difficult to film something backwards and have some weird time manipulation where you chase yourself, one running forward and one running backward, or some similar concept. Or use the speed variation to have someone running in slow motion while the same person casually strolls past
Have you watched Tenet?
This is revolutionary. I can see some indie studios making some sick action movies using this camera. Imagine the rewind feature in racing games but as an actual camera. The way it follows the line through the air like a camera on a track editor. Honestly blown away by this. Its like scifi tech in real life
10:36 “One more lane will fix the traffic”
10:30 "just one more lane bro, we are gonna fix the traffic"
That reverse Move actually felt like you guys had a CG background... It actually fell into that uncanny feel.
Never before did a real scene feel soo CG
I felt the same way about the super highway! It felt fake even though they were all real 😂😅
I had the same feeling about that viral ocean fire oil spill viral video a few years ago. It looked so fake.
That's when I realized: A lot of CGI feels 'fake' because our brains just haven't seen stuff like 'giant aliens shooting lasers' before.
It will _feel_ fake because our brains can't process it, no matter if it's actually real or perfectly realistic.
I think 'cause of the lighting.
Yeah it really was uncanny
5:33 "A wizard's staff"
I'll keep saying it: Electricity is our universe's version of Magic. It's wild and dangerous without proper study, experimentation, and tools. With the right combination and layout of materials (computer chips) we can enchant (program) the device to allow us to communicate with other people who have the same enchanted item from anywhere on Earth. Of course it's not perfect, sometimes the spells stop working or more powerful magic (lightning or EMPs) can interrupt the spells and sometimes physically destroy the magical pylons that boost the magical signal.
Damn, now I want a video of someone explaining the history of computers but using fantasy magic terms
I love watching people loving what they do, and seeing how happy it makes them. And then seeing their creations for the rest of us to enjoy also. Awesome stuff.
The D-RYK 2 add-on having centimeter accuracy is a major milestone in drone motion capture. Can’t wait to see what new ideas come out of this!🎉
Old tech. Doesn’t get much closer than that currently. I use RTK with a LiDAR drone and it gets 1/8” accuracy. The flight path and rtk have been in the industry for the last 5-10 years. It’s going to need one more invention to tie it all in.
@@ethak23 If it is old tech, how come we haven't seen a motion controlled drone shot in any movie before?
@@ethak23 Fair enough! I'm not much up to date on hardware innovations. More on the software side
I love Wren centric videos! He is always so excited to do visual effects. I hope he never leaves Corridor.
How is it that Wren seems to be the leading person in Visual Effects. Man keep it up, your work is revolutionary. :)
Mind Blowing
Because he literally gets paid to use and experiment with all different kinds of technology
the leading person in visual effects and broken bones lmao
@@timli41 Collar bones specifically XD
more and more companies are realizing that it's better for business to showcase their stuff on youtube than use it on some big movie production, because yeah the movie pays well to develop new stuff but you can't beat the reach of showing stuff off on the internet
Best part was the ending montage of flyovers. Made it really personal. Great work.
Dude, that mega-highway composite looked so realistic that I almost couldn't breathe once it started opening up. LA traffic is crazy but "megacrazy" is an understatement if describing the tech in DJI drones and gimbals these days.
I think you have found yourself another avenue to your channel. Loving these videos that are showcasing all the latest technology that are either being used, or soon to be used in the film making.
Looking forward to seeing more of theses!
This is the most natural promo section ever.
Wren my man, you and your admiration to entertain and push the limits is such an enjoyable thing to witness. Thank you for being apart of Corridor, making these beautiful videos, and being such a creative human!
I have an idea. As you can make the camera drone follow the exact same course but offset it as in the mega highway shot, could you film someone walking/running/one wheeling in a blue screen room, and have the drone fly along next to them, varying closeness and position, then film landscapes in the same motion in different settings like warehouse, street, park trail, desert… You could then blend the shots so they morph from one to the next. It would appear as if the walker/rider is essentially moving in a hologram room.
saving this idea for future self
@@Bomkz You better deliver
@@tappajaav I better hope so as well, I.... don't have the budget right now due to both being a college student and not employed 💀💀
Different times of the day to simulate time over years or something works be cool too. And seasons!
Nice idea@@Chriskreepa, One wheel through six million years of evolution. Or slo-mo runner through hyper speed environment.
Wrens passion and love for what he does is so inspiring, he’s such a heartwarming soul. Wren please stop getting injured 😅
“Don’t get too close! demonstrate good drone safety!”
*Wren who’s already too close to hear anything* 😈
It's always great to see you guys geek out over stuff like this, your guys' passion is so infectious!
Wren seems like such a lovely, genuinely happy person who gets really excited about his craft.
We use a DJI drone to do surveys of land, with the right benchmarks in place around the site it can give super precise measurements of the topographic layout of the land. Cool to see this sort of tech being used in the film industry!
3:20 Iso isn't sensitivity, it's the gain. You aren't making it take in more light, you're making what light it does take in become more intense. Like when you turn up the gain of your mic you aren't upping the sensitivity of it, that's a physical thing to do with the diaphragm, you're increasing the output voltage and thus the volume.
-some random photographer
The amount of precision and accuracy is crazy, super impressed.
Also featured the return of one of the greatest rivalries of our day: One wheeling and Wren's collar bone
RTK in the local area of the base station can achieve around 2cm level accuracy.
I always love seeing more and more advance ways for shorts and shots looking like this. I hope new and more creators can use this to have an open mind to create many videos like this. ❤❤❤ 😊 I hope the future hold more for many videos to advance and chance.
This is actually insane!!! I've been doing clone shots since I was a wee boy, but that intro was just MIND BLOWING.
Thanks for putting this together Wren, abseloutly love your videos!!
That is an INCREDIBLE drone. WOW I didn't expect this technology this soon. Can't imagine what we'll have in five years.
In 5 years you'll be able to describe the shots and effects to an AI and it'll do all the work. A platform integrating AI, drone camera, and post production, all in one. 🤔
So, a couple of things. 1. I'm really excited to see that you guys went to the abandoned water park the same one that they used to shoot two videos for BTS and the one that Bright Sun Films has covered the history of multiple times. 2. You can tell just by the look on Rene's face that he's really enjoying life. To that I say good on you mate!
wren
@@jimsmith3715 *When. /s
I always love when Wren gets 15 minutes to just show us neat stuff
History in the MAKING!!. Congratulations Corridor Crew Team!
We don't get many "Oh ok this is cool" moments in filming technology these days, but this is one of them.
As a Land Surveyor I can say that RTK is tech which tuned drones from toys to proper tools, especially with DJI-s user friendly implementation.
As someone who has done research with RTK GPS systems, I screamed "RTK!" at my screen when you mentioned you needed more accuracy. Super awesome that DJI considered all of this in a easy to use package.
I've been watching this channel for years and 10:15 is my favorite special effect so far. Eat that drone! So cool that in the same video where they are showing off the bleeding edge of special effects they still love using the most simple special effect that we've all tried. So relatable!
The fact that scenes like that highway one are possible to pull of with no CGI whatsoever is incredible, great idea to show off the potential of this tech
The amount of accuracy in that localized GPS is incredible. Not just that but the drone's ability to correct in real time and compensate for wind etc.
DJI is such a fascinating company. They never sit on their built reputation and brand recognition. They are always innovating and bringing crazy cool new features to the market. I've never even owned a drone but they seem like such a hardworking company.
9:00 that almost could be a FedEx ad lol
Thoroughly enjoy watching Wren's videos because his passion is infectious. And you can instantly tell how excited he is to share it with everyone else.
Not going to lie, just watching Wren having this much fun and his last speech made me tear up. Just enjoy life doing the things you love!!!! Amazing content!!
Crazy how much drone technology has improved in such a short time span!
Dookie
What's even crazier is you can recreate that highway shot without CGI by going to Houston
I don’t have any particular interest in Visuals Affects but always watch your videos just because they are so entertaining. Now I just witnessed history and have no idea how or why 😂
"visual affects" lolz
Wren is such a dope person, full of positivity. Just like everyone at Corridor. The content and VFX you guys do is amazing, but these channels wouldn't be as successful if you didn't have literally the BEST people for the job. Thank y'all for always putting a smile on this intro VFX artist's face. I get to learn and laugh at the same time.
Wren's zeal for life can get me out of any bad mood, and then it turns out he's broken his collarbone again.
International treasure that guy
You guys have some of the coolest jobs, doing what you love, but also getting to teach people about it.
Around 5:58 you can see that one of the "clones" (the one on bottom-right, sitting) is jiggling a bit ;)
Literally every single video from them gets better and better
Wow. That is really cool. I’m sure that others have been able to do similar shots before, but probably with high trusses. This is truly free. It’s not locked down by anything. That’s awesome.
Wren is one of the most creative vfx innovators out there. I have a feeling the impact he will have on the future of filmmaking is greater than he realizes.
Bruh… wren didn’t invent the tech he just used it
What would've been way cooler? You can now do Day to Night transition with the same camera movement
the thing i love about the ads on this channel is it doesn't feel like your just doing it for some money (nothing really wrong with that we all need to keep the lights on and eat) but there is a genuine excitment for the product and honestly this just seems super neat. I don't do anything video editing wise or producing or anything like that but my god is this super cool
Combining this and photo scans is gonna create some INSANE videos in the future. Imagine what videos kinda like Wren’s AOT video could be like in the future with this technology.
Love the passion that Wren has testing out and explaining these cinematic shots and effects.
Being able to shoot this kind of content in very tricky environments is absolutely mind blowing. The best part is how cost effective it'll be.
Another very cool video by you guys. I really like that you don't HAVE to involve nearly every Corridor employee in your videos now. You can just have two of the Core Crew make a video and all good. The drone tech looks awesome :)
5:23 The "wizard staff" stationary ground GPS transmitter for the "centimeter" accuracy really is magic-level technology. I'm a pilot, and this technology translates into aviation as the WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System). It is basically this video's "wizard-staff" on a nation-wide scale, with these kind of ground transmitters at many hundreds of airports.
Why is this also a big deal for aviation? Look up the ILS approach system; it is a big "relatively" bulky infrastructure system that can be blocked or interfered-with by other ground traffic, has higher maintenance costs, and is specific to only one direction of one runway (quite annoying when each runway has 2 directions, requiring unique vertical guidance systems for each direction). Multiply that times hundreds of airports, and you get the picture.
The WAAS GPS ground transmitters are Not runway specific (just plop a few around the place and tell the GPS where they are), then the plane can draw the approach path itself (like in the video) for any runway. There is No ground traffic interference, it is silky-smooth guidance all the way in on the approach, and it has less cost than 4+ systems for an airport with 2+ runways (which opens--up hundreds of airports during heavy weather events that would otherwise be unusable. On the airplane instruments side of the system, it's called LPV approaches.
Crazy cool stuff, … and amazing that it is cheap-enough to be viable for mobile drone projects now.
I hope corridor got a massive BAG for this promotion. Because this is gonna sell like hot cakes.
Its interesting seeing tech I've used for decades as a surveyor being implemented in this manner. While I don't know much about VFX my company has many RTK stations and RTK drones for ortho mapping and volumetric surveys.
At first I thought, when would you need to clone yourself in motion, but with the highway shot I thought that I don't even know where this stuff is needed. It's so awesome what the corridor team enables. Thanks for breaking new grounds and inspiring everyone in the process! :)
Wow, that was just awesome! Crazy stuff! Thanks for all the fun work you people did on this! Looking forward to more. Now my question is, why are you guys not on major picture projects yet?
The thing I like best about this video, is just how positive it is. Your passion is infectious and is brightening my day :)
1 video por día ¡Joyita guys! Thank u, thanks Wren and Nico
Not only have I learned so much from these guys, but they just put me in a better mood due to their positive attitudes and great friendships. Thanks Guys!
This video was exceptional in clarity and information, with interesting examples and all! Also Wren this could work really cool for shooting some sports track or one wheel course etc. with sick turns and stuff. You could shoot multiple participants individually then overlay their performance to compare!
I love Wren and his enthusiasm!
Those shots at the end paired with the music sent chills down my spine bro
The future of filmmaking is now.
that highway shot was amazing!.. should totally try to do a day transition to night shot with that, would be so cool
I can imagine using this to get really detailed image scans for large objects easier too, get precise range control so getting a whole building in 3D from pictures would be easier and precise with less stitching in post
Bit like the recent 3D scan of the titanic.
The Inspire 3 is such an insane drone! Obsessed with how creative you got with it. Well done!
I can see how this is revolutionary. pretty cool
Programming in a route anytime of the day and executing it later at sunrise sounds incredible if wind conditions line up. You could use a cad model of a cruise ship to get a route figured out before filming on location. You could trace the route of a Rollercoaster without anyone on it!
I can hardly do more than take goofy nature photos but as excited as Wren gets I can't help but be excited about all this new stuff too. This really is sick.
"Hmmm, what mind blowing thing have the Corridor Crew done this time?" seems to be a question I ask myself weekly.
Not gonna lie, I assume that controller has a pretty beefy arm chip to handle what it does so it could probably do quite some emulation.
That'd be the most OP handheld when it comes to build quaiity lol
Send it to Linus!
OMG! The highway shot 🤯🤯
I just love the music and sound design in your videos. It feels so underappreciated at times.
10:40 Houseton be like