The filmmakers wanted to honor the original 1986 film and its director, Tony Scott, whom cinematographer Claudio Miranda had actually worked with before becoming a cinematographer on Allarme rosso (1995). I was only a gaffer, but I did understand the language that [Tony Scott] was always getting at with 'warm grads' and longer lenses," he said, "And we did pay homage to that in some scenes." He spoke with original "Top Gun" cinematographer Jeffrey L. Kimball about the challenges they'd faced on their production, and added a slight overall film grain "to give it a little bit of antiquing." It was while filming "Maverick's" opening sequence montage, replicating the original's opening in homage, that Miranda got an unexpected assist. He'd been told repeatedly that he would not have any control over the directional movement of the aircraft carrier and might not be able to capture just the right backlight. Dejected, he was walking through a hallway when someone asked what was wrong. "I go, 'It'd be great if the sun was 20 degrees to the left of the boat at 4:00,'" said Miranda. "I didn't think anything of it." Walking up to the set early, the ship began turning. "I was able to get the best light ever and I realized I was talking to, like, the captain." Only later did he think of the legend that Scott, faced with a similar dilemma on the first "Top Gun," had to cut a $25,000 check to change the course of the carrier he was filming on in order to capture his now-iconic backlighted opening sequence. "Because the original 'Top Gun' did so well, and a lot of the people that were on the ships were there because they saw the original movie, I felt that also gave us a lot more support than I think the first one had," said Miranda. "Tony Scott paved the way for us. I find it hard to believe that anyone else is going to ever get that kind of access again."

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