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Hero plates for fashion, brand, and event-aerial cinematography.
Place + light first. Co-author the visual language. Cochiti mesa, Santa Fe rooftop, Albuquerque night sky.
Aerial plates for fashion, brand, event, and athlete chase. Choreographed shots — flown out of Santa Fe.
§ 01 — Use cases · 04 rows
Four working rows. Each one a real brief shape, flown more than once.
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Place + light first. Co-author the visual language. Cochiti mesa, Santa Fe rooftop, Albuquerque night sky.
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Day rate. Lensing matched to whatever cinema body the brief calls for — rented per shoot.
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Custom 5″ with a single-axis gimbal — the airframe scrubs through the line while the camera stays locked on the subject. Drift Week, Green River, Peak Skis.
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Radio cues, multi-actor coordination, one continuous flythrough. Get to one point, radio in — actors start doing their thing.
§ 02 — Process · 05 stages
Brief, scout, fly, grade, deliver. The same five stages on every job — one plate or twenty.
Stage 01 · Brief
Send the shape — lookbook, shotlist, mood, or a sentence. A rig list and a number back inside two business days.
Stage 02 · Scout
In-person or via permits + airspace check, depending on the site. Backup window scoped before the primary is locked.
Stage 03 · Fly
Sometimes alongside your director. VO pulled from the Southwest + Rockies network — can help direct if you don’t bring your own.
Stage 04 · Hand-off
Grade is a separate brief. Edit isn’t bundled into the base package; quoted on request.
Stage 05 · Deliver
Format depends on the body the brief called for. R3D from RED Komodo, BRAW or ProRes from Z Cam, H.264 / H.265 from the Mavic 3 Pro, MP4 from action-cam payloads.
§ 03 — Rigs · 03 platforms
Three of the five owned rigs handle the cinematography line. Cinema bodies rented per brief.
R1 · Sicario
7″ 8x frame · Z Cam / RED Komodo / FX3 · cinema-grade lift
The brief that needs Netflix-approved grade. Last flown at Zozobra. Hungry for the next one.
R2 · Custom 5″ FPV
5″ frame · single-axis gimbal · action-cam payload · daily driver
The airframe scrubs the line; the camera holds the athlete. Chase, slipstream, athlete pursuit. The differentiator.
R3 · Ducted cinewhoop
Prop-guarded · cinema near people · indoor / occupied spaces
Cinema near people. Choreographed sequences through occupied spaces — corridors, crowds, real environments.
§ 04 — FAQ · 04 rows
The four fielded most often, before they get asked.
Yes — general liability and umbrella coverage [confirm specific limits], additional insured on request. Part 107 certified; regulatory fluency is table stakes (TFR, airspace coordination, waivers when the site requires one).
Cinema bodies are rented per brief. The Sicario has carried Z Cam, RED Komodo, and FX3 — the lens package travels with the body. Send the look; the body and the glass get spec’d to it.
RAW footage to your editor. Format depends on the body the brief called for — R3D, BRAW, ProRes, H.264, MP4. Editing and grading are separate briefs with separate pricing; no 24-hour turnaround promise on either.
One day, one rig, one plate. No minimums. Honest scoping — if the brief is wrong-sized for what you actually need, you’ll hear that back. Bring a little structure (vision, deck, rough idea) and the work moves fast.
§ 06 — Brief · Intake
Send the shape of the project. Two business days back with a rig list, a crew, and a number.