Get the Best, Fast and Cheaper Shoots Indoor While Filming With Drones

 When we consider commercial drone companies, we expect about flying over the treetops, chasing a car through the mountains and therefore the vast outdoor spaces they will capture.

But what if we said, you'll also save $300,000 worth of kit (or more) on your indoor shoots with a drone? What if we said, it can save time, maintain quality and sometimes deliver shots that no other camera accessory will allow you to?

THE FACTS

With technology getting smaller and more advanced all the time, drone technology is becoming more reliable and indeed preferable for several indoor shoots.

Drone movements can mimic many of the normal sorts of camera accessory. If you propose properly and have the proper Drone team, you'll get an attempt that effectively acts as a jib, slider and steadycam, beat one.

It’s also worth noting: this evolution of technology means you'll still operate at an equivalent level of safety which will be achieve outdoors.

As a licensed drone operator, born from an award-winning film-production house (filmsbynomad.com), we are really rather good at this new trend in production approach.

THE DRONES

We prefer two sorts of drone for this type of work:

DJI Inspire 2—Stabilised camera on a gimbal.

FPV drone—Fixed point of view , always moving forwards.

Our DJI Inspire 2 has a powerful output with its Zenmuse X7 camera, which provides us access to 16-, 24-, 35- and 50-mm lenses.

The reason for this drone’s success within the industry has come right down to its quality, versatility, reliability and simple use. Its arrival meant that for the primary time, getting beautiful aerial photography was made easy on a budget, without compromising image quality.

So how can this be used on your indoor shoot?

Imagine it being an unlimited-length Super Techno crane that takes under 10 minutes from arrival to first shot. And that’s just the beginning; the last word versatility of this 3D platform in an inside environment is yet to be realised. But here are a couple of unique ways in which we’re already putting it to use:

CRANE JIB

We’ll start with the most-simple shot we will capture in an inside space. It can take time to rig a camera to a crane arm; building it up, fixing the balancing weights, to not mention the physical size of a crane capable of jibbing above 6ft.

A simple increase tall , while keeping the drone still replicates that jib move perfectly.

A drone operator also can add an ‘Orbit’, circling around the subject as you increase tall , which adds a very interesting dynamic to your shot.

SLIDE

The drone’s horizontal speed are often controlled even as finely as its height to make a gentle track across your frame. this is often especially useful if you would like a reveal of an object at height, like a chimney top or the sting of a building.

Alternatively, by adding a gentle increase tall to the present move, you'll achieve vertical or maybe diagonal slides.

SPIDER CAM/CABLE CAM

Execute 90-degree downward tracks across the length of the studio with ease and precision.

You’d normally use a cable cam or spider cam for this move. These can take hours to rig and need an outsized team of operators and equipment to be found out correctly.

With the camera pointed 90 degrees downward, the Inspire 2 can get right top of the action at any height you would like .

And if you would like to form last-minute adjustments to the actors’ movements or action, fear not; the drone operator can adapt their movement to match this in seconds. a big saving in time from having to re-rig a cable cam’s wire to regulate its track.

STEADY CAM

With its dampened camera and stable gimbal, you'll also use the drone as a gentle cam to urge tight into the action.

The Inspire 2 is light and powerful enough for an operator to carry and carry throughout a studio, and focus can easily be pulled remotely to make sure you don’t miss any of the action.

MULTI CAM

If you’re a lover of Sam Mendes, you’ll know he’s famous for his long, single-shot sequences. These are often effortlessly achieved by drone, shifting from pillar to post as a jib, slider, steady cam, and wire cam—one after the opposite to make the last word cinematographic symphony.

Our imagination really is that the limit of what's achievable.

PREVIOUSLY IMPOSSIBLE SHOTS

With our indoor-specific FPV drone (first-person view), you'll get on the brink of the action, fly through tiny gaps and up flights of stairs in a moment .

The pilot wears a group of goggles, which are linked to the on-board camera. When the pilot takes flight, they see from the attitude of the drone. This creates an immersive feeling of flying around/above/behind a topic , during a miniature flying machine. 10 years ago, getting indoor shots like these would are next to impossible.

THE SKY’S THE LIMIT

Well, technically the ceiling is, since we’re talking indoor shooting. But the purpose is that there really is not any end to the flexibility knowledgeable drone company brings to in an inside space. And to feature to the list of bonuses, the prices from the Civil Aviation Authority and Ministry of Defence don't apply when flying in an indoor space. Pretty neat, eh?