Thermal Imaging

Here is how this works in practice. We give thermal-imaging filming services for shoots in the Czech Republic, supplying radiometric and cinematic thermal cameras and the operators skilled in interpreting heat-signature visuals. Thermal imaging captures footage that the eye and conventional cameras cannot. Nocturnal wildlife revealed by body heat, energy and insulation surveys, search-and-rescue records, and the distinctive aesthetic that thermal cameras bring to factual and drama work. Our crews plan thermal shoots around the conditions that make heat signatures read clearly.

Here is the short of it. We set up thermal capture with standard camera coverage so a sequence cuts together. The Czech Republic gives strong subjects for thermal work, from the wildlife of the forests of Bohemia and Moravia and the Krkonoše Giant Mountains to industrial and infrastructure filming.

Here is the breakdown. Thermal-imaging filming in the Czech Republic often involves covered areas and wildlife habitats, specific for natural-history projects studying nocturnal species. Shoots in national parks and reserves need permits and conditions agreed with the park authorities and site-level bodies, and our teams manage that process. The Central-European land-based climate, with its cold winters and warm summers, affects how thermal signatures appear against the background, and we schedule shoots to suit the subject.

Here is what that looks like on the ground. Where thermal work is aerial, we set up with drone operators flying under Civil Aviation Authority rules. Productions drawn here by the Czech Film Fund's 20% cash rebates, administered by the Státní fond kinematografie, gain crews familiar with the rules and the tech demands of thermal capture. We set up thermal work with night-vision coverage where a sequence combines techniques, and budget the work in Czech koruna with 21% VAT.