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FAA 333 Exempted with the Motion Picture and Television Waiver     
Part 107 Certification     
Local 600  
Our Chief Pilot has almost 30 years experience as a professional Remote Control Helicopter Pilot with the US Team and now 20 years working in the film industry providing high end aerial video with Drones.
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HeliCam's 2023 Demo Reel is finally up and running.  Looking forward to a great year.

                                                                                               
                                                                                                       DJI Inspire 3
HeliCam has added another drone to our fleet of drones.  Happy to now have the DJI Inspire 3 in the fleet.  What a major upgrade from the Inspire 2.  It flies like it's on rails and some of the new features make it such a powerful tool on set.  Finally being able to overcrank and do slow motion is a wonderful thing.  You get up to 75 fps in 8K and 120 fps in 4K...so cool.  The new three channel follow focus unit combined with DJI's High Bright Monitor also allows the focus puller to do iris pulls when flying from bright conditions, like above the forest in direct sunlight to below the forest canopy in the shade.  There were so many times with the Inspire 2 that we needed this feature and it just was not possible.  The image quality coming from the new 8K sensor is amazing and the dual native ISO of 800 and 4000 now gives you excellent low light capabilities.  The last new and very exciting feature that has everyone talking is the repeatable moves that are now capable with waypoints and 3D dolly.  With the RTK unit the drone can perform the same preplanned flight route, with camera moves as many times as necessary.  Check out the photo below of the Inspire 3 along with the two RC controllers, 3 channel follow focus unit and the RTK station.  It looks great sitting on top of my Diamond Professional Pool Table.

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Happy New Year to everyone.  HeliCam is gearing up for a great 2023.  A couple months ago we purchased a new Canon R5 C 8K Cinema Camera along with the very impressive Canon RF 85mm f1.2 lens.  We just finished our first shoot with the Canon R5 C a couple weeks ago for a Japanese Company.  First shoot with the camera and we were shooting 8K RAW and 12K RAW with the Black Magic Ursa Mini 12K.  I hope to have a link to that footage shortly.  More cool production toys are coming to help add a lot of new creative ways for us to move the camera in exciting ways.  Stay tuned.
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Black Adam.  A very cool movie that we recently worked on with Dwayne Johnson and Pierce Brosnan.

A rather disturbing movie that we worked on.  Dark Waters.

Trailer for a feature film that we worked on last summer called "Stuber" staring Karen Gillan, Dave Bautista and Betty Gilpin.  It was filmed in Atlanta and a few other locations.

A spot that we just finished for the South Carolina Ports Authority.

Kia Telluride 2018 Super Bowl Ad.

A spot for Norfolk Southern Railroad that was shot with our Alta 8, Movi Pro and the Alexa Mini.

Yellow Wood Commercial that we worked on in Atlanta with our Alta 8 and Movi Pro.  The camera of choice was of course the Alexa Mini with Prime lenses.  There will be other edits released later with some cool river stuff and heavy VFX work.

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​One of our Drone services is flying 360 VR cameras.  This is a video that we worked on for Airbus Helicopters at the AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.  This was shot with the Insta 360 VR camera.  Cool Note; the camera was engineered into a Movi Pro gimbal so that the camera was stabilized.  Make sure you choose max resolution.  We did the approach shot to the stadium and the one descending into the stadium.  Don't forget to click and drag the video to change the view.

HeliCam is Currently on the Approved Vendors List and Meets the Insurance Requirements for:

NBC Universal Studios
20th Century Fox Pictures
Netflix
​AMC
Sony Pictures
ABC Disney
ESPN
Discovery Channel
FX Network
​Mercedes Benz Stadium

Film and TV Credits:

Film

​Black Adam DC Films
Fear Street  20th Century Fox
After We Collided
Uncle Frank  Uncle Frank Productions  Filmed in Wilmington, NC
LoveBite Iron Helmet
Circles  Jerry Keys
Love Bite  Iron  Helmet  Zombie Movie
Venom  Sony Pictures with Tom Hardy, Jenny Slate and Michelle Williams/ Feature Film/ Sony Pictures Entertainment/ Drone Operator with LED Light Panels
Night School with Kevin Hart, Tiffany Haddish and Keith David/ Feature Film/ NBC Universal/ Drone Operator
Little  NBC Universal Studios
Stuber 20th Century Fox
Superfly/ Sony Pictures 
Love Simon with Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Garner and Nick Robinson/ Feature Film/ 20th Century Fox Pictures/ Drone Operator
Edge of Fear (Bleed) with Robert Patrick, Robert Knepper, Jodi Lyn O'keefe/ Feature Film/ Hollywood Media Bridge and RRE Media/ Drone Operator
A Walk in the Woods with Robert Redford, Nick Nolte and Emma Thompson/ Feature Film/ Route One Films/ Drone Operator
Legacy of the White Tail Deere Hunter with Josh Brolin and Danny McBride/ Feature Film/ Rough House Pictures/ Drone Operator
Nameless  Feature Film with Lou Esteban/ Drone Operator
Beyond the Blue/ Peeping Toms/ Drone Aerials
One Last Sunset Redux/ Peeping Toms/ Drone Cinematography

Superbowl Adds

​2019 Super Bowl Ad for Kia

TV Series

The Walking Dead 3 Spinoff AMC
Hostile Planet  Netflix
The Resident  Season 1 20th Century Fox TV
The Resident Season 2  20th Century Fox TV
Night on Earth Netflix
The Passage Season 1  20th Century Fox TV
Homeland  Season 7  Drone Operator
Raising Dion Season 1 Netflix
Atlanta TV Series with Donald Glover / FX Network/ Drone Operator
Turn: Washington Spies Season 3-4 / Drone Operator
Untitled Morning Show Drama 2019 Apple original series
Ink, Paper, Scissors BET / Drone Services
Fast and Loud with Richard Rawlings, Kurt Busch and Joey Logano / Discovery Channel / Season 5 / Mega Race / Drone Operator
Revolutions Planes / BBC
Traxxas Torch Series/ History Channel / Drone Crew

Documentaries and Corporate

HubSpot Head Quarters Promo
Rollin Rookies Hyundai
Muhammad Ali Documentary What's My Name / HBO Sutter Road Pictures/ Drone Operator
Dirty Waters Documentary / ABC Studios / Sean M Stuart / Drone Operator
Monday Night Football with ESPN / Hyundai Genesis half time car commercial 
Airbus We are Lakota Helicopter Commercial / Kossover and Company/ Drone Operator
Aquarius / Verizon TV Commercial / Drone Operator
Dominate the Day: Siri X with Dwayne the Rock Johnson / Drone Operator
6 Lack Documentary with Apple/ Drone Operator
Microsoft How Fast is Fast-The Desktop Bridge for Windows/ Commercial/ Car Racing Video at Road Atlanta / Drone Operator
Audi TV Commercial FL Keys / Drone Rental
Because Nobody Else Would / Drone Pilot
YellaWood  Big Bang Pictures
​Facebook  Stink Digital USA 

Trailer for Sony Pictures Feature Film "Venom"
HeliCam Was the first to provide Drone LED lighting for a major feature film.
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What to Look for When Hiring a Drone Company

Hiring a drone rental company doesn't have to be a complicated process, but there are a ton of people trying to pass themselves off as drone professionals claiming decades of "combined experience" and you have to weed your way through them.  Multirotors or drones as they are now commonly called are, for the most part easy to fly.  I can't count how many times I have heard people say, even very experienced operators:  Drones are easy to fly, you don't need ex professional R/C (remote control) pilots to do high level aerial filming anymore.  To do basic filming...no.  To do it safely and be able to handle emergency situations in the event of an equipment failure, absolutely you need someone with a lot of experience.  To do complicated shots, long distance shots, shots where the drone is going to be hard to see because of mountains in the background, high speed at very low altitude shots, operating near obstacles and Talent; you can't have a drone pilot and camera mount operator with too much experience.  We have done work for a lot of production companies that have used drone rental companies that claimed "decades of combined experience", but they weren't able to get the shots that production needed or they wound up crashing on set causing major safety issues.  We also loose a lot of work to drone rental companies who will do work for really cheap rates and again production, nine times out of ten, doesn't get what they need and they wind up wasting time and money.  When it comes to drone rental companies, you really do get what you pay for.  Drone services companies that have been around for years should have several demo reels and finished client projects on their site for you to view.  If not move on.  Chances are if they don't have a shot very similar to what you need for your production, they probably can't get that shot safely if they can even get it period.  They should have a back up drone and camera mount as these things are mostly electronic and things will fail occasionally.  Do they have their FAA 333 Exemption or Part 107.  If they do not have either of these their insurance, if they have any is totally useless. Regarding insurance, if the PIC (Pilot in command) does anything illegal with the drone and something happens, their insurance is null and void.  There are a lot of operators doing a lot of illegal stuff with drones.  Hopefully this info will help some of you wishing to hire a drone rental company.

 

HeliCam Aerial Media Services, LLC has a drone services's office in Atlanta, GA, Charlotte, NC and one in Wilmington, NC.  Shooting aerial video with our Drones has taken us to exciting shoot locations like: Los Angeles CA, Savannah GA, Orlando FL, Omaha NE, Dallas TX, New Orleans LA, Jackson MS, Vancouver and Montreal Canada, New York City NY, Palm Springs CA, Atlanta GA, Maui, Kona and Hilo Hawaii, the Grand Canyon, Death Valley, Seattle WA, Dominican Republic and Santo Domingo  just to name a few.

                                           
HELICAM'S PHILOSOPHY IS SIMPLE

Create the highest quality aerial video and photos possible while operating in a safe manner.  If HeliCam does it's job to their full potential, the Client will be ecstatic at the end of the shoot and that, to us, is what makes the years of learning and growing to try and perfect our craft worth while.  Working this philosophy has gotten HeliCam a ton of referrals and repeat business, which is great advertising.