![]() It would also utilize additional programmable cockpit gimbal footage to help craft the final shots. The visual effects team would, after meticulous tracking and attention to lighting detail, ‘re-skin’ the stand-in planes with the necessary ones, or animate CG ones from scratch for certain scenes. However, given the number of planes required for the story, the insane maneuvers many of them make, and the fact that some of them simply don’t exist or were not in operation–including the hypersonic Darkstar, the F-14 Tomcat, and the Su-57s–visual effects and CG animation were always going to be part of the storytelling in Top Gun: Maverick. ![]() In addition, cameras would be hard-mounted on the outside of planes for acquiring footage. Oftentimes this was not the aircraft that would be in the final frame, but instead it might be a stand-in or it might be the jet that was used for filming aerial plates itself. ![]() Furthermore, a significant effort was made in photographing real aircraft, like the F/A-18s, in the air. ![]()
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