Berlin-based Insta360 X5 cameras shape bank-robbery movie scenes
Up to 20 cameras captured heist action, including footage mounted on money sacks.
In Berlin, filmmaker David Leitch used Insta360 X5 cameras to create key shots for the Hollywood action film "How to Rob a Bank". The movie hits cinemas with its bank-robbing set pieces built from footage captured in extreme multi-camera setups.
The production used cameras in money sacks, on motorcycles, and mounted on the actors. In some sequences, up to 20 Insta360 cameras ran at the same time, while heist moments reached 12 to 20 cameras on a single day.
The story follows a social-media driven bank robbers crew that streams its heists live online. As their viral attention grows, the plot brings them under pressure from an experienced FBI agent and a software developer.
To make the action feel continuous, the filmmakers combined traditional 35mm style shots with videos filmed from the robbers themselves. They developed two visual languages that could sit side by side, aiming for 360-degree footage to look as if the characters were filming their own crimes.
In post-production, the team could reframe new shots from the same 360-degree take. If a planned view focused on a weapon but later the director wanted to show the person holding it, the team could choose a new frame from the same recorded moment.
The approach also allowed camera positions that would be difficult with conventional equipment, including a perspective inside a money sack as the robbers stuff, spin, and throw it. The production tested stabilisation and horizon leveling while cameras were fixed to moving vehicles and the performers.
The latest verified status is that the film is now in cinemas.
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Source:
Swiss Police (Presseportal)