Before filming with actors taking real G-forces in Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jets sporting Imax-grade cameras, cinematographer Claudio Miranda climbed into the cockpit himself. Running months of camera tests and experimenting with in-cabin rigs, the Oscar-winning Vita di Pi (2012) director of photography was searching for the right combination of technology, precision and artistry to capture the visceral effects of high-intensity aerial flight on the human body. He wanted to put the audience in the pilot's seat like never before as Tom Cruise's Maverick took to the skies again, decades after the original Top Gun (1986). So he strapped into an L-39 Albatros jet, the same aircraft Miles Teller, Glen Powell and their castmates trained in to prepare their minds and bodies for the real thing. "I only went four Gs," said Miranda, smiling at the memory of his own flight missions, "and that was enough for me." He watched how his own body reacted in the test film and learned some invaluable lessons. "Because we were doing experiments with cameras I was reading menus and I realized that's a terrible idea -as you're spinning, I'm in the plane trying to reset the camera," he said. "Anyway, I didn't feel very good after that." The experimentation proved how filming actors practically in actual flight could create a sensory, visceral connection with the audience. He even got his pilot's license in the process. Speaking with The Times over videochat from Australia, he dove into how (and why) the "Top Gun: Maverick" team went to such great lengths to push the limits of action cinema.
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