Car-to-Car Filming Denmark: Mercedes-EQE with U-Crane and Drone
For the launch of the Mercedes-EQE, schwäble + wolf (today Wolf Film Production) filmed on the Danish coast – in Klitmøller, at Feggesund and on Funen. Car-to-car with a U-Crane delivered the dynamic tracking shots, the drone the big pictures. The biggest challenge: the wind.
Project details
- Client: Mercedes-Benz
- Production: schwäble + wolf (today Wolf Film Production)
- Location: Klitmøller, Feggesund and Funen, Denmark
- Shoot date: 2021
- Deliverables: Launch film
- Setup: Car-to-car with U-Crane for the tracking shots; DJI Inspire 2 with Zenmuse X7 for the aerials – pilot and camera Jochen Riehm
- JRJR on set: Jochen Riehm – drone pilot and aerial camera
The Danish locations in detail
- Car shooting Funen – EQE Edition One on country roads near Helnæs, with Russian Arm, drone and boat
- Car shooting Klitmøller – EQE and AMG EQE 53 on the coast road Route 181
- Car shooting Feggesund – AMG EQE 53 and EQE Edition One, interior ride-alongs and evening flights
The shoot
Coast, dunes, open roads: the EQE was to be shown in landscapes that suit an electric car. The U-Crane worked close to the car, the drone placed car and landscape in one move.
On the Danish west coast it is almost always windy, and on the shoot days it was extreme. For car-to-car that means even tighter radio discipline between crane car and hero car; for the drone it means reserves and angles where the image stays steady despite the gusts.
How JRJR supports automotive productions
JRJR was founded by Jan Radt and Jochen Riehm. On productions like this, we bring the two of us and our network around the car:
- Direction and camera
- Car-to-car filming – on schwäble + wolf productions often alongside a Filmotechnic U-Crane
- Precision drivers who hit marks and speeds take after take
- Car prep that keeps every car camera-ready
- Drone and FPV for aerial and close dynamic shots
More on the aerial side of this shoot: project page at VR-Copter · All projects: automotive projects
Book JRJR for your production
Tell us shoot date, location, cars and the shots you need – we come back with crew, setup and a quote. Phone +49 151 22840959 · hi@jrjr.film