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Featured Work

Selected Productions

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Percy Jackson and the Olympians

Disney+

Unstable

Unstable

Netflix

Inside Bill's Brain

Inside Bill's Brain

Netflix

Living Undocumented

Living Undocumented

Netflix

The Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards

NBC

MTV The Challenge

MTV The Challenge

MTV

White Rabbit Project

White Rabbit Project

Netflix

Baywatch

Baywatch

FOX

Germany's Next Top Model

Germany's Next Top Model

ProSieben

American Music Awards

American Music Awards

ABC

The Super Slow Show

The Super Slow Show

YouTube

Based on a True Story

Based on a True Story

Peacock

Production stills via TMDb. Aerial cinematography by Drone Tech Aerial.

Drone Tech Aerial operator running a gimbal-stabilized RED cinema camera on set

The Aerial Department

The Aerial Unit That Doesn't Create Overhead.

FilmLA permits, LAANC authorization, and COIs resolved in pre-production. Your 1st AD doesn't chase us. We show up ready.

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Equipment

Camera-Matched
Aerial Platforms

DJI Inspire 3 with Zenmuse X9

8K full-frame capture in CinemaDNG and ProRes RAW. Small footprint and crew. Flies tight areas and closer to talent, with an HD downlink for live broadcast.

Freefly Alta 8 with Movi Pro

Flies RED and ARRI Alexa Mini on the Movi Pro with full Heden lens control. Sky View shots look forward and up, unobstructed by the aircraft.

FPV Platforms

Immersive, high-energy flight at up to 80 mph. Quick setup, single pilot. Action sequences and tight spaces where conventional platforms cannot operate.

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DJI Inspire 3 staged on the drone cart on the Universal Studios backlot, with a studio tour tram and soundstages behind it, while shooting Based on a True Story
Night aerial coverage of an off-road race in Southern California

Process

How We Run It

Drone Tech Aerial operates as your aerial department. Before the shoot day, we handle FilmLA permitting internally. LAANC airspace authorization is pulled and confirmed. The COI goes directly to production and to the location manager. On shoot day, we arrive with a complete equipment manifest, pre-flighted rigs, and a safety meeting ready to deliver. Your UPM manages one department head. That is the whole relationship.

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Film, TV, and advertising production throughout Los Angeles and Southern California. We staff as a department, not a day-rate vendor.