ground  communications. Finally, however, a proper system was devised to  allow the camera to be activated remotely. For tracking shots where  using the Mirage 2000 camera was not practical, a Lear jet was flown  in from Southern California in the United States, and used for about  a week at great expense. Due to all these concerns and  complications, director Gérard Pirès and his aerial photography team  had to carefully plan each shot with storyboards, something the  director normally does not do. However, he said in a question and  answer session after the films screening on at the City of Lights 