The route
A typical boat plan gives ten minutes to each reel. Reel one, the arrival: you walk from the stern to the bow in one gimbal move, the camera rising past your shoulder as the islands open up ahead, finished with a slow turn back to camera. Reel two, the transition: three or four matching cuts — sunglasses on, hat off, an outfit swapped below deck — each landing on the same spot at the bow, timed so it can be cut to a beat. Reel three, the water: if the captain okays it, a jump from the side filmed twice, once from the upper deck and once from the swim ladder at water level, plus the slow-motion surface break as you come up. Every reel gets a few seconds of close detail — rope, teak, a splash — for the edit to breathe. On a hill instead, the three reels become a walk-up reveal, a sunset silhouette sequence and an afterglow mood piece.












