At a glance
One run up the river from the O2 to Westminster takes in most of London’s skyline in order: the O2 and Canary Wharf, the Old Royal Naval College and the Cutty Sark at Greenwich, Tower Bridge, the Tower of London and HMS Belfast, the Shard and the City, St Paul’s, Shakespeare’s Globe and Tate Modern, then the London Eye and the Houses of Parliament. Every one of them is seen properly from the water.
A film boat is more than a camera position. There is shelter for the crew and the kit, power, a toilet on most boats, and room for the director and clients to watch live. Between set-ups the skipper repositions while you reset, so the day keeps moving.
The same boat can launch the drone, so the aerials and the water-level shots come from one plan. Most of the river through central London sits inside protected airspace, and the airspace guide shows where.
Planning a shoot?Tell us where on the river and when. We reply within the hour, 8am to 8pm, 7 days.
Plan a Thames shootor call 020 3039 3931
