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A phone call, jump on a plane, and land somewhere in the good old U.S. or even abroad to shoot commercials and stills of people having fun. That ain't so bad.
HERE'S A COOL COASTER, "GREEN LANTERN" AT SIX FLAGS MAGIC MOUNTAIN IN VALENCIA CALIFORNIA! Mark Underkofler, Director/DP Wild Horses. A Film Company TX and Vertigopost for Turnstile, Inc. Hartley Johnson, Producer.
Chi-town. Zero G. Wings to fly.
The latest thrill ride was X-Flight at Six Flags Great America Chicago. Fun Facts:
DESCRIPTION: A revolutionary wing coaster with no track above or below HEIGHT: 12 story drop (120 feet) TRACK: 3,000 ft. of high-speed drops and five inversions, including a zero-g roll SPEED: 55mph
RIDETIME: Nearly3minuteslong LOCATION: County Fair, at Six Flags Great America TIMELINE: Six Flags Great America is the first theme park to announce plans for a wing coaster in the U.S.
Each train holds 32 passengers. Riders sit in pairs, suspended on either side of the track with their feet dangling.
Nearly 3,000 feet of twisted steel with 5 inversions, including a zero-g roll, barrel roll and an in-line roll
Immediately after the lift hill, riders are turned upside down and dive into a half loop called a dive drop.
Boasts a zero-g roll that gives riders the feeling of weightlessness
Includes an extreme fly-through where the coaster speeds straight toward a structure, before making a last-minute vertical flip to fit through a keyhole cut-out.
Designed by acclaimed Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, who also designed Six Flags Great America favorites: Raging Bull, SUPERMAN: Ultimate Flight and BATMAN: The Ride.
DESCRIPTION: A revolutionary wing coaster with no track above or below HEIGHT: 12 story drop (120 feet) TRACK: 3,000 ft. of high-speed drops and five inversions, including a zero-g roll SPEED: 55mph
RIDETIME: Nearly3minuteslong LOCATION: County Fair, at Six Flags Great America TIMELINE: Six Flags Great America is the first theme park to announce plans for a wing coaster in the U.S.
Each train holds 32 passengers. Riders sit in pairs, suspended on either side of the track with their feet dangling.
Nearly 3,000 feet of twisted steel with 5 inversions, including a zero-g roll, barrel roll and an in-line roll
Immediately after the lift hill, riders are turned upside down and dive into a half loop called a dive drop.
Boasts a zero-g roll that gives riders the feeling of weightlessness
Includes an extreme fly-through where the coaster speeds straight toward a structure, before making a last-minute vertical flip to fit through a keyhole cut-out.
Designed by acclaimed Swiss manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, who also designed Six Flags Great America favorites: Raging Bull, SUPERMAN: Ultimate Flight and BATMAN: The Ride.
To see how it's shot and where cameras are placed....click the "Coasters" tab above.
Wild Horses. A Film Company Dallas, along with Turnstile, Inc. and Vertigo Post -all Texans-- are the masterminds of coaster shooting. Hartley Johnson is Producer.
Director Mark Underkofler and DP Allan Westbrook are acquisition geniuses. Tiny cameras and tech-y mounts, rigs, gyros, remotes...whew. See "Coasters" page for how they do it.
Shooting coasters is a "scream"!
Kenneywood Park, Pittsburgh This one is called "The Scream", and it's always a scream to shoot at theme parks. You know the admonition: "Don't ever shoot animals or children, and don't shoot in theme parks..." Well, we've ignored all that. We're always shooting the most difficult new rides, with the most innovative cameras... and we throw in a kid or two.
These last few years have been a roller coaster...
The new winged coaster X-Floght at Six Flags Great America outside Chicago.
No kidding. Six Flags continues to roll out new thrill rides and sets the bar in plunges, g-force, and one that even accelerates BACKWARDS up to a high point...then DROPS you back down. Not that I get on them, mind you.