We were recently invited to help with some aerial filming in Scotland by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The film is being produced by director and filmmaker Peter Naylor focuses on the lives of crew members based in the town of Tobermory on the Isle of Mull in Scotland.
AERIAL FILMING IN SCOTLAND – THE CHALLENGES
Scotland offers some wonderful locations for aerial filmmakers and the Isle of Mull has to be one of the most stunning places we’ve had the pleasure of operating to date. The rugged landscape does provide a few challenges to operating the drone, not least of which are the incredibly irritating little insects called “midges” who did their best to distract us from the task at hand.
Midges aside we absolutely loved aerial filming in Scotland, the landscape is magical and the people who live in Tobermory made our visit and our work a lot of fun.
Working with the RNLI was a real honour. The RNLI is a charity that saves lives at sea all over the UK. The RNLI’s volunteers provide a 24-hour search and rescue service in the United Kingdom and Ireland from 238 lifeboat stations, including four along the River Thames and inland lifeboat stations at Loch Ness, Lough Derg, Enniskillen and Lough Ree. Additionally the RNLI has more than 1,000 lifeguards on over 240 beaches around the UK and operates a specialist flood rescue team, which can respond anywhere across the UK and Ireland when inland flooding puts lives at risk.
The station in Tobermory sits on the end of the colourful Main Street and operates a Severn class all-weather lifeboat, Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey which responds to a wide range of shouts up to 100 nautical miles offshore.
We can’t wait to see the finished film and will share it as soon as it’s published by the RNLI. For now here are a few teaser clips.