In the event called “Sector Meetings: Bird's Eye Turkey with Ekrem Doydu”, an interview was held on drone piloting and aerial photography in the light of Turkey's biggest drone shooting project, Bird's Eye Turkey movie project. At the event, a speech was made on the documentary film project "Bird's Eye Turkey" directed by Ekrem Doydu. Doydu talked about the story of the emergence of this project and why it was carried out with drones and said, “We always saw the beauties of our country from the angles we are used to. With the developing technology, the idea of seeing from the sky like a bird excited me. I went over this idea and it came to life.” Stating that the idea of seeing Turkey from the air dates back to before the emergence of drone technology, Doydu stated that no one had watched 81 cities from the air before this film. In addition, he stated that 81 provinces are also beautiful and must be seen from a different perspective, and said that there are usually aerial images of tourist places taken with drones, but that the whole of Turkey has not been seen this much before.
“It was the first job where the whole of Turkey was shown so much in a single project”
Doydu drew attention to the fact that this documentary, which offers insatiable images to those who are curious about the beauties of Turkey, is the first work in which the whole of Turkey is shown in a single project. He stated that the footage shot with the drone in the documentary allows watching all over the country with a bird's eye view from the living room, and added that the documentary, which was projected in 2014 and brought to life in 2017, was shot with a giant team of 90 people.
Doydu said that he had personally seen all the cities and decided on the images they preferred to feature as showcases while shooting, as a result of an intensive research process, he collaborated with tourist guides and worked to identify places with historical and natural beauty that would give people beautiful visuals from above. He said that as a result of this research, they had an average of fifteen regions from each province.
“It Was Very Difficult To Get Permission”
Doydu continued his speech by talking about the difficulties of drone piloting and aerial shooting. At this point, he stated that even having permission could not prevent difficulties in some shootings: “Even though we got permission, we faced a special challenge for each city. For example, a village guard in Iğdır misunderstood us and shot down our drones with a rifle. We were also detained by the police special operations teams in Elazig for security reasons. Then, when our intention was understood, we were sent off nicely. Again, our drone fell into the water because our signal was affected by the Osmangazi Bridge. We had problems like this," he said.
The event of Ekrem Doydu, who stated that he would continue his projects, ended after the questions and answers from the students.
Thanks to Ekrem Doydu.
