Aerial Photography & Cinematography
Broadcast-quality aerial footage and stills, shot on stabilised cine payloads and graded in our Bengaluru suite. From a single hero shot to a full multi-day production unit.
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The shot that sells the story
A ground camera shows a building. An aerial camera shows where the building sits, what it overlooks, and how it fits the skyline behind it. That difference is why every launch film, tourism campaign and brand story in India now opens from the air.
We fly stabilised three-axis gimbals carrying full-frame and Micro Four Thirds cine bodies, recording 5.4K ProRes and 10-bit D-Log. Our pilots fly to a shot list agreed before mobilisation, so you are not paying for a crew to improvise over your site.
How we shoot in Indian conditions
India is a hard place to fly a camera. Bengaluru's afternoon thermals, Mumbai's coastal salt haze, Delhi's winter AQI, monsoon humidity that fogs a lens in ninety seconds – all of it changes what comes back on the card.
So we plan around it. Golden-hour blocks are booked at both ends of the day, not just sunrise. Coastal shoots carry a second body sealed in dry-box between setups. Winter north-India work is scheduled for the two-hour window after the inversion lifts. It is unglamorous scheduling work, and it is the reason our footage is usable.
What you get
DGCA-certified remote pilots
Every pilot on a Udrone camera job holds a valid Remote Pilot Certificate and flies only the class of aircraft on their licence. Certificates are available for your file on request.
Stabilised cine payloads
Three-axis gimbals with full-frame and MFT cine bodies recording 5.4K ProRes and 10-bit D-Log, so your colourist has real latitude in the grade.
Shot list agreed before mobilisation
You approve a written shot list and a site risk plan before we travel. No crew standing around a locked gate deciding what to shoot.
Airspace clearance handled
We file the Digital Sky permission, check the zone status and secure venue or authority NOCs. Yellow-zone clearances typically take four to seven working days.
Graded, delivery-ready masters
Footage comes back colour-matched across every camera on the job, cut to your aspect ratios, and delivered in the codecs your editor actually asked for.
Raw footage always included
Ungraded originals ship with every project on an encrypted drive or via a private link. The material you paid for is yours, permanently.
Deliverables
- Graded 4K master (H.265 and ProRes 422 HQ)
- Social cutdowns – 16:9, 9:16 and 1:1
- 40–120 retouched aerial stills at full resolution
- All ungraded original footage
- Signed pilot certificate and flight log copies
From enquiry to handover
Brief & recce
We take your brief, study the location on satellite and zone maps, and tell you honestly whether the shot you want is flyable.
Clearance
Digital Sky filing, zone check, venue and authority NOCs. You get written confirmation before we mobilise.
Shoot
Certified pilot flies the agreed shot list. You see the feed live on a ground monitor and can call changes on the spot.
Post
Cut, graded and sound-mixed in our Bengaluru suite. Two rounds of revisions are included on every project.
What it costs
Prices below are indicative for a standard scope in our four base cities and exclude GST. Every project gets a written fixed-price scope before we mobilise - no hourly surprises.
Single Shoot
- One certified pilot + one aircraft
- Up to 4 hours on site
- Graded 60–90 second film
- 25 retouched stills
- 7 working day delivery
Production Day
- Pilot + camera operator
- Two aircraft, redundant payloads
- Up to 3 finished films
- 60 retouched stills
- Licensed music and titles
- 5 working day delivery
Campaign Unit
- Full aerial unit, multiple cities
- Dedicated producer
- Ground + aerial integration
- Grading in our suite with your DoP
- Rush delivery available
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Ready to get your project in the air?
Tell us the site, the deliverable and the deadline. We will come back with a written scope, a clearance timeline and a fixed price - usually within one working day.