Quantum of Solace

A breakthrough film camera system called the Snakehead is immersing viewers more deeply than ever in hair-raising aerial action.

With the Snakehead, pilots can, for the first time, fly as aggressively as they dare without sacrificing the drama of a shot. SpaceCam Systems of Los Angeles debuted the Snakehead last month in the canyons of Baja, Mexico, for the upcoming James Bond film Quantum of Solace.

The month-long shoot was 'wildly successful,' according to veteran aerial cinematographer Dwayne McClintock, also a mechanical engineer who co-designed the system.

'We shot some astonishing footage, like nothing you’ve seen before,' he said. The Snakehead also worked 'flawlessly' on a TV commercial in which a Jeep rolled out the door of a cargo plane 10,000 feet above the desert sand.

With a 360^o remotely controlled spherical range of view, the patented Snakehead is the first plane-mounted gyroscopically stabilised periscope that is compatible with various movie and HD cameras.