Ffestiniog Railway Bygones 2023

I had the privilege of working closely with the Ffestiniog Railway film team to help cover the recent Bygones weekend. The FR’s own film which I contributed into is here:    • Bygones 2023   As you might imagine a lot of material hit the cutting room floor as it would have made their film far too long. So rather than do something similar but different I decided to make an aerial only version. I make no apology for the Birds Eye View opener as Eddie Mirzoeff’s films were a great inspiration to me. Of course, they had Sir John Betjemen to narrate but here we have music as all you'd hear from above is whirring propellors. It’s infinitely more fun hanging out the door of a helicopter but modern drones are far more versatile. The aircraft I used for this has a three camera system, two of which are telephoto so although some of the shots appear very close, the drone certainly wasn’t. Best enjoyed in 4k on a decent size screen…