Thermal Imaging

Thermal imaging in Italy draws on a rich film-ready set of heat subjects. There are the active craters of Stromboli and Vesuvius and the Etna lava channels above Catania. There are the wolf and brown bear of the Aspromonte, Sila and Gran Paradiso national parks. And there are the flamingo colonies of the Cagliari saltpans and the geothermal steam plumes of Larderello in the Tuscan Colline Metallifere. Our crews run FLIR cinema-grade thermal cameras and Thermoteknix sensors. These come with broadcast palettes, real-time HDMI/SDI display, and onboard recording.

Edit reference points sit close at hand. The low-light look of Gomorra, Suburra and Romanzo Criminale ties thermal work to a clearly Italian crime-drama style. Documentary briefs from Rai, Sky Arte and the National Geographic Italia desk often ask for thermal coverage of night-time Apennine wildlife and active volcanoes.

We source the camera package and brief a Direttore della Fotografia who knows thermal work. We then route the production through MiC and Soprintendenza sign-off for any heritage interior, such as Pompeii, the Roman Forum, or the Uffizi. At these sites, heat-signature work may overlap with conservation sensors. Field work in volcanic zones runs alongside INGV vulcanologists. We also cover Guardia di Finanza and Corpo Forestale liaison for off-limits forestry shoots in the Apennine wolf corridors.

We handle gear customs into Cinecittà and Lumiq Turin in advance, and we file the INAIL safety risk assessments. The whole spend is logged to the standard the Italian Cinema Plan tax credit needs for the headline forty per cent rebates. Industrial commissions get the same care. That goes for Maranello powertrain rigs, Genoa shipyard inspections, and Larderello plant tours alike.