Campaign imagery with a sense of place.
A commercial is often remembered for one image. Aerial cinematography can give a campaign that image: a road drawn across a hillside, the scale of a coastline, a city seen from a height most people never stand at.
What it involves
Sometimes we’re one part of a bigger production, flying for a director on a commercial set in the Valley or out on the Angeles Crest. Sometimes we’re helping a brand team plan the aerial side of a smaller film. Either way, the starting point is the creative idea and the edit it has to serve.
We plan against your storyboard and your deliverables, including vertical framings for social when they’re part of the brief, so the shots you need come back in the shapes you need them.
Who it’s for
Agencies and production companies
Looking for an aerial unit that reads the board, keeps to the schedule and delivers to spec.
In-house brand teams
Planning campaigns, launches or brand stories with a strong sense of place.
Automotive and lifestyle shoots
Where the road, the coast or the city is half the story.
Often used in advertising & agencies, brands & corporate, events & live experiences and tourism & destinations. Based in Ventura & Los Angeles Counties, and available wherever you’re shooting.
Typical uses
- Television and online commercials
- Automotive spots on coastal and canyon roads
- Brand anthem and manifesto films
- Social cutdowns in vertical and square
- Stills for campaign key art
What it brings to a project
A memorable image
Perspective that sets a campaign apart from everything shot at eye level.
Easy to work with
We fit your board, your schedule and your delivery specs, not the other way round.
Every format covered
Key shots can be framed for widescreen and vertical from the start.
How we approach it
Every project is scoped on its own. This is the usual shape of the work; see our process for the full picture.
1
Board review
We go through the creative and identify where aerials strengthen the idea.
2
Production planning
Locations, timings, permits and crew coordination get worked through with your producer.
3
Shoot
Aerial capture in step with the wider production and the talent.
4
Delivery
Selects and full media handed to editorial in the agreed format.
Getting ready
You don’t need any of this finalized to get in touch. Whatever you can share helps us give useful advice sooner.
- The creative brief, script or storyboard
- Brand guidelines or tone references
- Required deliverables and aspect ratios
- The production schedule and key contacts
- A budget range, if known
Questions about brand films and commercials
More answers in the FAQ.
Often, yes. We can frame and fly with both in mind, or capture dedicated vertical takes of the key shots. The best approach depends on the camera and the move, which we’ll agree during planning.
Both. We’re happy to plug into an agency-led production or work directly with a brand on a smaller project.
On most commercial shoots the production’s location team pulls the permit, through FilmLA for much of Los Angeles County. We’ll tell them exactly what the aerial unit needs included, and help with the FAA side ourselves.
Let’s talk about your commercial & brand films project.
Tell us what you’re making and where. The consultation is free, there’s no hard sell, and you’ll leave with a clearer plan either way.