![]() ![]() The application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, which was written in 2015 and published last week, included a number of drawings of drones flying in and out of tall cylinder-shaped buildings that Amazon wants to locate in central metropolitan areas. The company has filed for a patent for so-called “multi-level fulfillment centers” that would accommodate the landing and takeoff of drones in dense urban settings, the latest example of Amazon’s futuristic vision of reshaping the way people receive packages. “If Amazon has its way, cities around the US will have vertical drone centers shaped like giant beehives in the middle of downtown districts, allowing the online retailer to coordinate speedy deliveries by unmanned aircrafts. ”So if we can help out with the shot and be creative in the meantime, I think it's a win-win all around.Amazon’s patented solution is multi-story, drone-delivery behive center warehouses smack in the middle of major cities. ![]() All the buildings that were burned made me really think that if there was a day where Bryant Lake Bowl wasn't here, that'd be a bummer for sure,” Christensen said. "It's been a tough year for Lake Street, and not just because of COVID. "Several well-known directors have been reaching out and saying that they like the footage and they'd love to have a drone operator on their movies, so it really escalated quickly,” Christensen said.Īnd as for why they decided to film at Bryant Lake Bowl? The video has now been viewed more than a million times on various platforms, and it even got shoutouts from some famous movie directors, including James Gunn, director of Marvel’s “Guardians of the Galaxy” movies. "It's got this little break on the protective casing, but it still flies perfectly and we flew it right after we crashed it into there." "It actually completely went into (the pins)," Christensen said. At the very end of the video, the drone flies down a bowling lane and strikes the pins. ![]() The only time Christensen did crash the drone, it was intentional. “I've been watching him fly for the last six years and the guy is incredible, so you build trust over just seeing him accomplish awesome drone shots." “I've got total faith in Jay as a pilot,” Welsh said. ![]() Mike Welsh, owner of Sky Candy Studios, volunteered to have the drone fly through his legs while he polished a bowling ball like a famous scene in the movie “The Big Lebowski.” There was another part of the video that was also pretty challenging for someone not flying the drone. I never crashed once on that move."Ĭhristensen said the hardest part turned out to be the beginning of the video, when the drone starts high above the bowling alley, descends to street level and sneaks through the front door as two people enter. I ended up going 15 for 15 on that (including practice). "I thought, that's going to be a hard move. "All morning I was like stressed about that part," Christensen said. "The first few, the timing was way off and we would get to a certain part and the bowler wouldn't be there, or maybe the drone was a little out of position, so it was cool to see, halfway through the process, how we had to kind of restructure everything."Ĭhristensen says most of the questions he has received is about a portion of the video when he flies the drone through a tight space where the bowling lanes meet the pin machines in the back of the bowling alley. "We probably did 10 takes with the camera running," Christensen said. It all looks effortless in the final video thanks to the work of drone operator Jay Christensen, who says it took about five practice runs, before the team started filming with the actors and movements. "I'm walking through the scene and I'm cuing each person to throw the ball, or it's coming back up," Jaska said. The only thing that was added in post-production was the audio and dialogue, due to the loud buzz of the drone. ![]()
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