It's time for part five of our behind-the-scenes look at the production of the recent road safety commercial that Java Post Production made with Phoenix Group for SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance). See the Related Project Video to watch the finished commercial. We're inside the Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina, shooting against green screen backgrounds. In this…

It's time for the fourth installment of our behind-the-scenes look at the production of the recent road safety commercial that Java Post Production made with Phoenix Group for SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance). See the Related Project Video to watch the finished commercial. When last we left off, our director Stephen Hall and our production crew had moved into the Canada Saskatchewan…

Time for part three of our behind-the-scenes look at the production of the recent road safety commercial that Java Post Production made with Phoenix Group for SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance). See the Related Project Video to watch the finished commercial. Our production has now moved into the Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina for two days of shooting. We're working with…

Welcome to part two of our behind-the-scenes look at the production of the recent road safety commercial that Java Post Production made with Phoenix Group for SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance). See the Related Project Video to watch the finished commercial. Prior to moving into the Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina for two days of shooting, director Stephen Hall and the Java…

There is a lot that goes into the making of a television commercial. It might even involve car dashboards and breakfast cereal. For example, take the recent road safety commercial that Java Post Production made with Phoenix Group for SGI (Saskatchewan Government Insurance). Directed by Stephen Hall, the commercial's climactic scene shows a mother and her young daughter involved in an…

If there's one thing our Java Post Aerial Photography crew enjoys almost as much as flying UAVs, it's talking about UAVs and their application in various industries. One area in which Java Post Aerial Photography has a great deal of interest is using UAVs for LIDAR mapping. LIDAR is short for "light detection and ranging." It measures distance by illuminating a target with a…

A couple of months ago, Java Post Aerial Photography purchased a new vehicle - a Honda Pilot, to be precise - and our boss "Java Jack" Tunnicliffe decided he wanted to go all artistic on its exterior. So, Jack drove over to SLEEK Imaging Solutions here in Regina for a mobile makeover. Working from Jack's design mock-up, the technicians at SLEEK fashioned a custom vehicle wrap to turn…

In a web post last week called "Little Dronies on the Prairie," we showed some still images of a test flight with one of Java Post Aerial Photography's newest UAV units. During these test flights, we put our UAVs through their paces and get a sense of their flight handling and capabilities. One photo (seen below) showed that we were having some leveling adjustment issues with the…

Our Java Post Aerial Photography crew recently headed outside the city to put some flying time on our new Freefly ALTA UAV. For our test payload, we mounted a Blackmagic Design 4K Cinema camera. As we do with every new UAV aircraft we acquire, Java Post Aerial Photography spends a lot of time conducting flight tests. Depending on the manufacturer, each UAV can have distinct flight capabilities and…