 This is incredible, this is something that probably wouldn't have been possible, I mean this entire video wouldn't have been possible without this guy's skills and his technology. How's it going guys? Kai Vertigo, full-time FPV pilot here. Today we're breaking down a game-changing, mind-blowing FPV short made by J-Bird Films called Right Up Our Alley. Before we start, I just wanted to talk a little bit about where I'm coming from. So I've been doing FPV for about one full year now and I've been making videos for over nine years. So this is a very special video because not only does it showcase incredible FPV skill but it also has an amazing amount of choreography, direction, and blocking. And so we're going to watch it through once, I'm going to react to it with fresh eyes because I haven't watched this for over 24 hours, and then we're going to go back and we're going to break it down and I'm going to help you guys see what made this video so incredible, how they did it. So here we go. Alright, that's not easy. It's a very thin gap. That's not easy. It's a very thin gap. How are you so good? Gosh! That was absolutely incredible. Okay, so let's break it down, okay? Well, first of all, without a doubt, great job. For those of you who are even wondering how a shot like coming from the sky into a building and being able to fly safely around humans and in such small spaces as even possible, let me introduce you to somebody that can do the exact same thing. I'm likely the type of drone that our guy used. So let me get him in here real quick. So this is an FPV CineWoop drone. And honestly, if I had to guess, this is probably along the lines of what our guy Jayberg used. It is a full first-person view, safe, protected, whoop drone. And that allows us to be able to go into small spaces, fly safely around humans and come up from any altitude in any part of the sky. So yeah, this guy is a beauty. And today we're going to break down exactly what James Bird might have done to set up this, because there's a lot. Undoubtedly, there is so much skill involved in what this guy just did. But on top of all that, there's incredible amount of blocking that even the best FPV pilots this date have yet to do. So let's go ahead and go through that right now. I'll leave the goggles on. I like to leave the goggles on just because it feels kind of ugly, you know? So it's always easy. So already we can see that he's coming in from the sky. That's incredible. So what they did was they made sure to coordinate with the actors in the front to make sure they open the door. The drone, as you can hear, is pretty loud, so they can tell when it's approaching, even if they can't see it. Everything, there's a really funny comment on the YouTube video that says the actual audio for this video was just like you could hear earlier. So all of this sound you're hearing is done in post with a quiet timeline, and they just layered all of this different sound over to make it feel so immersive. So that's just another huge amount of brownie points I have to give to these guys. So let's keep watching. So was he throwing the door? There's so much ambient noise that they added in the background to make it feel more real. You're not really thinking about when you're first watching it, but it's a lot of work. This guy made sure the time has throw with the drone approaching, so he could probably use his ears or they cued it somehow using radio. That was a great track, and then he managed to continue pulling through getting a lot of action in just this one sweep. There's a lot of dialogue and audio in the background of people talking, and it makes it feel so much more immersive, like you're actually in the bowling alley, and you're getting to see everything seamlessly in one shot. This is incredible. This is something that probably wouldn't have been possible, I mean this entire video wouldn't have been possible without this guy's skills and his technology. But seeing from the bowling alley, from the actual lanes, and then the ball is being able to go down and see everybody in the entire area going to hear the audience that's playing, into the background where the actual machinations of the bowling alley is working, this is a perspective I've never seen before. Wow. And then he flew through the background. Notice how it was still very visible, so it looks like they used natural lighting for the most part, which is amazing because everything exposed really well. So that's another 100 points I gotta give, especially when you're going from outdoors, which is complete black, except for that neon sign, into this building, everything is lit pretty dang well. So it looks like he bounced off the floor a little bit, that's fine. He flew through those guys' legs in one take. And then you can see right here, if you look at here on the left of the screen, they've got some lights set up, and I believe that's just to give the alley a little bit more even lighting, which allows for this entire shot to look way better. So lighting is a huge key, especially if you're trying to make films, right? So this is another thing that a few pilots like myself and others have to keep in mind is it pays to have good lighting. Of course, because it's one take, you can see in certain shots that you can see the silhouette of the drone here. And judging from the silhouette, it does look like this in a look. It's got the same form factor as this guy, where it's got more of like the thicker arms, which means that it's protected, and then there's like a GoPro on top or something, some sort of action camera. It's quite small. So it flies around. It is a little bit grainy probably because they allowed the ISO, which makes the exposure range higher, but also allows for just you're able to have a lot more diverse level of lighting within the entire scene. So it wouldn't be possible without the type of auto exposure. That was awesome. The fact that they came up with lines to superimpose over the people in the video, and I haven't watched the Big Lebowski unfortunately, but I've heard that these are all references to it. So they did an amazing job with the planning, right? There's a lot of pre-production going into this. This wasn't just really nearly like it flew in. Everything here is designed in choreographed. So you have to give it a click. And you're seeing that before this, he's actually finding a way to cover the entire venue in one sweep. Nothing is really repeated. And he goes and he times it with this throw and he becomes the bowling ball until we even get to see the inside of the machine like crazy. Absolutely insane. So freaking good. So yeah, I mean, there's not a lot. I have really no bad things to say about this. Sure, like he bumped the floor a few times. I'm sure they did this take multiple times. I'm curious to hear how many times it took to get this all in one shot, but just how dynamic he's moving. He's actually moving quite fast in a lot of these shots. And he's still able to thread the gaps and get close to the subjects. Like this is a pretty good wide shot of everybody. When he flies up, make sure he avoids them. Does he hit anybody in the face? There's a great orbit. You can see in certain shots, and it's very negligible because it's quite fast, but you can see that the shadow of the drone is getting cast. Unfortunately, that is something that we had to deal with as drone pilots and have to find a way to avoid, how can we light the scene so that shadows aren't being cast in the drone? It's a huge thing that we have to keep in mind. And this guy did a good job of mitigating that by adding lights, but at the same time, those same lights are casting shadows. So the best thing we can do in the future, when we're doing future projects as FPV filmmakers, is find a way to shoot lights to make sure that it avoids any shadowing. So he keeps going. Amazing. The sound design is ridiculous. I can't wait to see the timeline if he makes it behind the scenes. Jay, I really hope you make it behind the scenes of this. I'm just speculating and trying to figure out exactly what you did. It's a freaking masterpiece, but I would love to see also just like the onset effort that went into this because every single person in this video is choreographed. Everyone knows what's going on. Everyone is given a role. These guys were told to celebrate, maybe given some lines. This girl was told to use the bar at a certain time because nobody's actually looking at the drone, which means that if you're a regular human who wouldn't know what's going on, you definitely look at a loud ass, like fly ass thing coming your way. But everyone here is kind of, well, this guy's celebrating the drone. So maybe, I mean, I'm not sure if he was told to do that, but he's having a good time. And he was told to do something. And then throws. Yeah. I gotta give it to this guy, man. Oh, man. That's just a lot for a minute and a half. The amount of pre-planning, making sure that your flight path is understood and so comprehensive that it covers everything. It's timed properly with actors that are given roles to play. It's time for actions, choreographed actions, like throwing the balls, like clinking the glass, like talking, doing the emotions, ending modicons that actually match with the dialogue. The sound design that is so undervalued, which is just that ambient noise in the bowling alley that's playing throughout the entire clip, it just sucks everybody in. It's a huge lesson. And I've learned so much from watching this video. It's incredible. And yeah, flying through these small gaps, like this guy, these guys' legs, under these pins, or these, like, blame giver thingies, and then, yeah, making sure you capture this guy when he's walking back after he just threw his ball. This scene of these guys doing this and then these two talking and then adding the big Lebowski quotes, showing the bar and then showing the theater, and then finally ending with a bang, literally. So, Jayberg, a PV video of the year so far, man. I don't know what to say. This is the type of stuff that I am dreaming of doing. And I've heard that James Gunn tweeted to you that he wants you on the set for Guardians of the Galaxy 3. I really hope he sticks to that promise because if he does, that is a giant leap for FPV kind. And besides from that, your videos are going viral right now. You're on Unilad, you're on Instagram blowing up, you're on YouTube blowing up. So, I mean, it's been an honor to be a part of this craft that you're pushing forward. The one thing that blows my mind about this video and just the possibilities that FPV and these emerging technologies bring is the amount of fantasy that's being injected into real life. So, starting out, I was a huge... I am still a huge anime nerd. I love Boku no Hero, Naruto, all these guys, they inspired me to become what I'm doing now. The only issue is that with reality, there's a lot of restrictions unless you have a huge budget for VFX and all of this to do things like this. But now that we have these emerging technologies like flying cameras that can go in tight spaces and fly close to people and just do these dynamic movements all with one tool, it's making it so much more accessible and so much more possible to do crazy things like this. So, that is my mission, is to basically make the fantastic or the animatic real. And so, we're gonna keep doing that journey here on my channel, on my pages, on TikTok, on Instagram, check out my YouTube, and we're gonna keep breaking down these videos. I hope you guys enjoyed this and enjoyed walking through this video and learning a little bit more about filmmaking and FPV and storytelling as I did because this was a blast. If you want to see more stuff like that, leave a comment down below or let me know what you think about this video. If I was wrong about something, call me out, let's talk because I'd love to have a little bit more discussion about what's possible. Thank you for everybody who's watched this and thank you for everybody who's inspired me so far. I hope to catch you soon, it's been Kai Vertigo and I'll see you later, keep flying, peace.