Virtual production hands-on open day event for GTC members
31 Jul 24 @ Manchester, M50 2SN
KitPlus Show
15 Oct 24 @ SEC, Glasgow
This weekend saw the biggest annual event in the British horse racing calendar – the Grand National at Aintree. GTC sponsor Aerial Camera Systems (ACS) was there to film the live racing action with a range of specialist cameras.
The Randox Health Grand National Festival begins on Thursday and lasts three days, comprising 21 races in total. Aerial Camera Systems was excited to be there to capture action from the whole Festival, but especially the Grand National, for ITV Sport.
The Grand National is the most popular jump race in the UK calendar. Some forty runners and riders take on the daunting obstacles of Aintree's 30 Grand National fences over the course of four and a half miles. The event is an amazing horse racing spectacle, with Aintree Racecourse hosting more than 150,000 racegoers over the three days of racing and UK TV viewing figures of around 8 million for the Grand National.
The drama started on Grand National Thursday (12 April), a very high quality racing day with four Grade 1 races; Ladies Day (13 April) was full of fashion, colour and fabulous fun; while Saturday 14 April was the legendary Grand National Day.
ACS's experienced camera crew has been filming the event for more than 10 years and this year included 18 specialist operators and technicians, who provided a range of specialist camera, including:
See more about Aerial Camera Systems: www.aerialcamerasystems.com
Virtual production hands-on open day event for GTC members
31 Jul 24 @ Manchester, M50 2SN
KitPlus Show
15 Oct 24 @ SEC, Glasgow