Shiseido / Baum

Project: Shiseido — Baum
Role: Aerial Director of Photography / Drone Cinematographer
Aerial Platforms: Alta X (ARRI Alexa Mini), Alta 8 (Skyview mode), Inspire 2 (X7), FPV
Drone Pilot: Joshua Dunn
Director: Jason Evans
Director of Photography: Gaul Porat
Production: Exit Films
Producer: Declan Cahill
Location: Queenstown, New Zealand

Ben Ruffell was Aerial Director of Photography on this Shiseido Baum commercial, filmed in the forests and alpine environments of Queenstown, New Zealand.
Multiple aerial platforms were deployed to achieve a range of cinematic movement, from heavy-lift cinema drone shots through forest canopies to fast FPV tracking for dynamic transitions.