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List of french certified drone companies members of HOsiHO Drone Pilots Network and also offering film production services in France (aerial + ground shooting)

The production of films mixing aerial and ground images

Today, most films are made with different shooting techniques. Until now, aerial images required a large investment (renting a huge crane or helicopter). With the arrival of professional UAVs on the market, aerial shots have become more accessible from a financial point of view and the demand for films with mixed shots has increased.

What is a film with mixed ground/air shots?

As the name suggests, a mixed ground/air shot film contains an alternation of different sequences of ground shots with aerial shots. From an aesthetic point of view, this technique brings dynamism to the image. This type of shot is not only used in the audiovisual and cinema field, but also in videos related to architecture, construction or also industry.

What are the prerequisites to produce films mixing aerial and ground images?

To begin with, the production and direction of your film is a joint effort. In small structures, the teams are small and it is necessary to combine various skills: shooting with a classic camera, interview technique, shooting with a steadicam, handling a traveling cart, piloting a drone, video editing and sound mixing. For the technical part, there are specialized schools for training in video directing and editing. For the creative part, there are art and design schools. The realization of aerial photography with UAVs requires a theoretical training of 7 days and the obtaining of a practical exam from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC).

What are the qualities expected of professionals?

Audiovisual production combining aerial and ground images requires rigor and creativity. It is often necessary to be versatile and master different skills in order to use the appropriate technique for the realization of a plan. Aerial photography obeys strict regulations that require administrative authorizations. It is therefore necessary to have a perfect knowledge of the legal framework of the profession.

Almost all the drone pilots of our network have an audiovisual background (see their references). All have a long experience in the footage and/or photography industry, and therefore have the needed qualities and skills to offer you the production, from A to Z, of your presentation film, your video-clip or your next video greeting card !

The network's operators and their creative teams will then take care about all the production steps of your next movie, no matter how complicated it is :

Conception, script writing and realization
Shooting: either by drone and on ground, with few options like timelapse, hyperlapse, crane, ...
Post-Production: Editing; Grading; X-effects; Text; Sound mixing, ...

The diverse experiences and backgrounds of each of our pilot-filmmaker is a great source of inspiration, which they will be happy to put into your aerial/ground film project. All our drone operators are declared to the DGAC (Direction Générale de l'Aviation Civile) with a unique ED identification numberand shown on their page. All are duly insured to provide aerial audiovisual shooting services with drone in France. (drone photography, aerial video, cinema and series).

All of them have been selected by the aerial image bank

for the high quality of their audiovisual services and their professionalism in terms of aerial imagery.

The connection with a drone pilot from the HOsiHO Drone Network is free of charge.

To learn more about French regulations concerning Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV or Drone), please read our Regulation page.

AERO7 (drone Perpignan, Carcassonne, Toulouse)

66 - Pyrénées-Orientales 65 - Hautes-Pyrénées 31 - Haute-Garonne 11 - Aude 09 - Ariège

AIRbuzz (drone Versailles, Nanterre, Hauts-de-Seine)

92 - Hauts-de-Seine 91 - Essonne 78 - Yvelines 75-17 - Paris 17e 75-16 - Paris 16e 75-15 - Paris 15e 75-14 - Paris 14e 75-09 - Paris 9e 75-08 - Paris 8e 75-07 - Paris 7e 75-06 - Paris 6e 75-02 - Paris 2e 75-01 - Paris 1er 28 - Eure-et-Loir

D COM DRONE (Paris, Saint-Denis, Seine-et-Marne)

95 - Val-d'oise 94 - Val-de-Marne 93 - Seine-Saint-Denis 89 - Yonne 77 - Seine-et-Marne 75-20 - Paris 20e 75-19 - Paris 19e 75-18 - Paris 18e 75-13 - Paris 13e 75-12 - Paris 12e 75-11 - Paris 11e 75-10 - Paris 10e 75-05 - Paris 5e 75-04 - Paris 4e 75-03 - Paris 3e 10 - Aube

Dragonfly-Production (drone Limoges, Limousin)

87 - Haute-Vienne 36 - Indre 23 - Creuse 19 - Corrèze 18 - Cher 15 - Cantal 03 - Allier

Drone Pictures (drone Marseille, Avignon, Cannes)

84 - Vaucluse 83 - Var 34 - Hérault 30 - Gard 2b - Haute-corse 2a - Corse-du-sud 26 - Drôme 13 - Bouches-du-Rhône 06 - Alpes-Maritimes 05 - Hautes-Alpes 04 - Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

FlyUp Drone (Nantes, Brest, Vannes)

56 - Morbihan 44 - Loire-Atlantique 29 - Finistère 22 - Côtes-d'armor

Grenoble Drone Vision (Lyon-Chambéry)

74 - Haute-Savoie 73 - Savoie 69 - Rhône 63 - Puy-de-Dôme 43 - Haute-Loire 42 - Loire 38 - Isère 01 - Ain

ILARA Drone (Rouen, Caen, Le Havre)

76 - Seine-Maritime 61 - Orne 50 - Manche 27 - Eure 14 - Calvados

L'ATELIER DU CIEL (drone La Rochelle - Vendee)

86 - Vienne 85 - Vendée 79 - Deux-Sèvres 17 - Charente-Maritime 16 - Charente

LET'S FLY PRODUCTION (drone Lille, Calais, Amiens)

80 - Somme 62 - Pas-de-Calais 59 - Nord 51 - Marne 08 - Ardennes 02 - Aisne

Macareux Productions (drone Rennes, Laval, Angers)

53 - Mayenne 49 - Maine-et-Loire 35 - Ille-et-Vilaine

SKYPIC (drone Strasbourg, Metz)

70 - Haute-Saône 68 - Haut-Rhin 90 - Territoire de Belfort 88 - Vosges 67 - Bas-Rhin 71 - Saône-et-Loire 57 - Moselle 55 - Meuse 54 - Meurthe-et-Moselle 52 - Haute-Marne 25 - Doubs

SPIRITPROD33 (drone Bordeaux, Gironde, Aquitaine)

64 - Pyrénées-Atlantiques 47 - Lot-et-Garonne 40 - Landes 33 - Gironde 32 - Gers 24 - Dordogne