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Need aerial drone shots of the car, i want to have the music fade from silence as the drone gets closer to the car, and for the drone to stop as it gets as close as it can to the back of the car. Because i cannot have myself in the shot, i will not be close enough to the drone in order to see how close it gets to the back of the car. To solve this i am going too start the drone off close to the car, and get the actor to reverse the car and then play it backwards so it looks like the drone is getting closer to the car as the car is driving forward.
As the drone gets closer to the car, the music will start to sound like it would if it were playing inside the car and the audience were listening from outside. Once the drone gets as close to the car as it can, i will cut to a shot inside the car, where the music will be playing as part of the soundtrack, full volume.

I will also get a shot of the drone following the car into the courtyard where the main character first discovers the tent. The tracking shot will be done relatively close so it looks like a crane or steadicam was used rather than a drone.
I also need a shot to explain why the main character is zipping himself inside the tent, to solve this i am going to add a character who comes out the back door of the house shouting the main characters name, he zips up the tent and the other character comes to look for him, but he is no longer in the tent.

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