‘The Blue Angels,’ filmed for IMAX, puts viewers in the ‘box’ with the elite flying squad

Using IMAX-certified cameras mounted on a helicopter, the filmmakers were granted unprecedented access to the U.S. Navy’s Flight Demonstration Squadron, both on the ground and in “the box,” the tightly guarded performance airspace. Unlike in a Hollywood movie, there were no staged recreations, second takes or computer-generated shots. And they had about “5% of the budget" “Top Gun” had, those involved estimated.

Abrams, who also produced, had grown up living across the street from a former Blue Angel pilot and wrote in an email that he'd “always been intrigued by their skill, bravery and heroism.” This film would take that fascination to the next level. “When Kevin said, ‘let’s do this’ my eyes got as big as saucers," Wooldridge said."I led the on three occasions and I said, ‘I’m not sure I would allow this to happen."

LaRosa had done such a good job flying the helicopter that they were able to inch even closer to the jets by the end of the shoot. Crowder also used a Phantom camera, which can shoot 1,000 frames per second , to get spectacular shots of the vapors coming off the jets.

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