Why Top Gun: Maverick Action Scenes Feel Unbelievably Real

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The runaway financial success of Top Gun: Maverick that makes it, at the time of this video, the sixth highest grossing movie in US box office history can be boiled down to numerous factors. This video will look at one of those factors: its aerial action scenes.

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0:00 Introduction
1:10 Practical Vs. CGI
3:23 1. On The Ground
6:48 2. Air To Air
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9:41 3. On Board
14:37 Conclusion

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41 thoughts on “Why Top Gun: Maverick Action Scenes Feel Unbelievably Real”

  4. I'm definitely in the minority but I really don't think Top Gun: Maverick is a very good movie. So much of it just doesn't make sense and as a whole it just felt really clunky. On the other hand, as someone who works in the film industry, I do agree that the cinematography is fantastic. I'm also a bit of a geek when it comes to how they managed to rig the camera packages and would love to see more about the design and construction of their mounting solutions.

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  11. 11:10 Trivia, on lower screen left in the cockpit is the back of the rear facing Sony Venice Camera with a dynacore onboard battery with the brand painted off. The filmmakers needed the camera here knowing it would be in all of the shots, so they did their best to remove anything that would make it look like a camera.

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  14. Great video. At 6:28 you say that the on-the-ground camera captured an "F-14 Tomact which was re-skinned or made to look like an F-18 with digital effects." Surely you mean the other way around. The F-14 is the aircraft from the original film, which the USAF no longer operates. The F-18 is what they had access to while shooting.

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  15. There is nothing comparable when it comes to creating true, visceral reality than Practicals. Be it environments, props or what have you. With that said today’s CGI utilised properly, is real the magic that takes the use of Practicals to the level of awesome and beyond.

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  16. You are simply producing the best content on the subject of cinematography. That is not only valuable and enlightening for aspiring and professional Cinematographers. But for Directors, Producers, Editors and VFX folks as well. CHEERS to you!

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  21. 06:30 "The on the ground scenes captured an F14 Tomcat, which was re-skinned or made to look like an F18, with digital effects. This is a great example of the kind of intersection between practical photography and digital effects which I talked about earlier."

    Wasn't it the other way around? An F18 Super Hornet was digitally reskinned to approximate an F14 Tomcat? They never shot an F14 in the air, since no flyable versions of the aircraft are in service with the US military. Only the Iranian Airforce still uses F14 Tomcats and the production did not have access to those. The production did have access to a static display museum piece F14 Tomcat, but it did not fly and was used as a static prop on the runway.

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  24. Joe Kosinski is, in my opinion, the best director doing big-budget action today, never had a miss, so good at working with music and world-building, can't wait to see what he does next…

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  26. As a director I always (when it comes to priority) go for Practice & optical effects as opposed to VFX. Exception can be the want of a specific set of controls either in visual terms or in audio terms or both that probably can't be achieved when shooting practically. By the way VFX & CGI are the main reasons for slowly vanishing of the star system & that's why Tom Cruise sir is considered by many as the last superstar.

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  27. Thank you for this video its filled with so much to learn, We all believe that despite of the great innovations in technology the old way of filmmaking is more effective since it brings out moments that people can relate with thus building a strong connection with the audience and the movie

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  31. This movie would have never been green lit without the existing IP from Top Gun and Tom Cruise who is legit crazy and had the sway to make this happen.

    I don't think we'll see many, if any, films done at this practical scale in the future.

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  36. THIS once again shows just HOW much goes into making a classic, a classic. All that knowledge that was needed to pull off a sequel to an iconic original is so needed. Props to the ENTIRE cast who made this film possible.

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