Aerial footage has Fantastic Plastic flying high ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— FAA Registered Commercial Aircraft ————————————————————————————————————————————————————— At Fantastic Plastic we like to think we are pretty grounded. Some of our most exciting production tools, though, are not. We don't think the word "drone" says it all, because our DJI Mavic Pro and Mini 3 Pro are a lot more than that. They are full-featured aerial camera platforms — which is a pretty fancy way to say " powerful small helicopters with ultra-HD 4K cameras." The Mavic Pro and Mini 3 Pro's cameras capture beautiful sweeping images close to the ground, or hundreds of feet in the air for a true bird's eye view. We actually perform aerial cinematography with other drones too, including the DJI Inspire when when need the "big boy." But the Mavic and Mini 3 are so tiny (about the size of a shoe) and their pictures are so stunning they have become our go-to birds of choice and are convenient to travel on almost every shoot. The quadcopters themselves each have four quiet-but-powerful motors, radar positioning, and GPS guidance. They carry 14 Megapixel cameras for stunning still images and full 4K resolution ultra-high-definition footage. The cameras ride in gyro-controlled three-axis gimbals for perfect stabilized images, with footage as smooth as silk. Back on the ground the operator has full control of the flight, and full real-time control of the cameras... as the helicopters wirelessly broadcast the video back to the pilot's monitor. Great aerial footage can be tricky, but at Fantastic Plastic our creative director is a double-threat. His experience piloting "real" (fixed-wing) aircraft along with years as a cinematographer helps us create the one-of-a-kind shots you just can't get on the ground. Clients can be a bit gun shy about aerial work and "keeping everything legal," since you'll find some people simply buying cheap RC hobby drones and using them for commercial work on the sly. But at Fantastic Plastic our copters are fully registered with the FAA as commercial aircraft. Aerial footage isn't right for everything... but when it is, there's just no substitute.