Drone Cinematography and Aerial Videography in Los Angeles
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Aerial
Drone Tech Aerial is a Los Angeles drone cinematography company. Our FAA Part 107 operators fly camera-matched aerial platforms for film, television, commercial, and music video production across Southern California, from Hollywood soundstages to the Malibu coastline. We run as an aerial department: FilmLA permits, LAANC authorization, night waivers, and COIs are handled before call time. Netflix Approved Vendor, with credits on Disney+, HBO, NBC, and FOX productions.
Aerial cinematography for film and TV, commercials, music videos, live events, and motorsports. FPV and aerial videography in Los Angeles for productions that need a smaller footprint.
Featured Work
Selected Productions
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Disney+
Unstable
Netflix
Inside Bill's Brain
Netflix
Living Undocumented
Netflix
The Golden Globe Awards
NBC
MTV The Challenge
MTV
White Rabbit Project
Netflix
Baywatch
FOX
Germany's Next Top Model
ProSieben
American Music Awards
ABC
The Super Slow Show
YouTube
Based on a True Story
Peacock
Production stills via TMDb. Aerial cinematography by Drone Tech Aerial.
Services
Drone Cinematography Services in Los Angeles
Film and TV Drone Cinematography
Second unit and aerial unit work for scripted features and series, matched to your A camera.
Television and Unscripted Aerial Unit
Reality, docuseries, and live broadcast with an HD downlink to video village.
Commercial Aerial Cinematography
Agency and brand spots, from tabletop-scale FPV to heavy-lift cinema camera moves.
Music Video Drone Cinematography
Performance and narrative aerials that cut with the rest of the video.
Motorsports Drone Coverage
Off-road, drift, and circuit racing with pilots who track fast subjects at speed.
Live Event and Concert Coverage
Crowd-safe aerials for award shows, concerts, and festivals, with waivers arranged in advance.
FPV Drone Services
One-take fly-throughs and high-energy chase work in spaces conventional platforms cannot reach.
Streaming and Documentary Drone Cinematography
Netflix Approved Vendor with documentary and docuseries credits across the major streamers.
Also: real estate aerial photography in Los Angeles and aerial documentation for wildfire and litigation work.
The Aerial Department
The Aerial Unit That Doesn't Create Overhead.
FilmLA permits, LAANC authorization, and COIs resolved in pre-production. Your producers and coordinators never chase paperwork, and your 1st AD gets a unit that's ready at call time.
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.
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.