DUTCH OFFSHORE DRONE SPECIALIST
OFFSHORE AERIAL FILMING | WIND PARKS | CONTAINER SHIPS | SUPERYACHTS
We are a professional and fully certified drone company specializing in offshore aerial filming for maritime video productions. Over the past 14 years, we’ve had the opportunity to work on a wide range of drone and helicopter productions, filming across seas, oceans, ports, and inland waterways around the world. For offshore locations, port areas, and industrial zones, we hold full certifications and operate exclusively with professional drone crews and high-end equipment.
The risks above water and the environmental challenges affecting equipment are completely different from those on land. Filming from a moving support vessel, catching a drone in rough seas, and capturing a wind farm or a multimillion-dollar yacht leave little room for error. On this page, you’ll find everything you need to know about aerial filming in maritime environments, but feel free to get in touch if you’d prefer to speak directly with one of our specialists.
EUROPEAN CERTIFIED FOR HARBOR AREAS AND OFFSHORE WINDPARKS
PROFESSIONAL DRONES AND CAMERAS
Welcome to Kiwi Aerial Shots. A professional and fully certified Dutch offshore drone specialist that is specialized in offshore maritime drone video productions. In the last 12 years, we have worked on tons of different drone and helicopter filming productions and have flown our drones and cameras on all kinds of rough oceans, seas, and lakes. We only work with certified pilots and have some of the best cinematographers as camera operators.
OFFSHORE
Massive wind farms, dredging activities, pulling big ocean cables, we can film it all using our drones or a Cineflex setup underneath a helicopter. We have the experience to get you the needed shots!
SHIPS
If it is the biggest cargo ship in the world, a small boat, or a million-dollar superyacht, we know how to set up the best possible drone shots for your video production.
Watersports
Driven by our own intrinsic motivation we have been filming the most extreme watersports for over a decade now. This passion has brought us all over the world and gave us some spectacular shots!
Harbors
As Kiwi Aerial Shots is a fully European SPECIFIC certified Dutch drone company, and we work with registered drones and certified pilots we can get airspace exemptions for any location including prohibited harbors like the harbor of Rotterdam.
Nature
We can’t get a better assigmnet than going out into nature and filming the richness and beauty of our planet. We got our drones to some of the most remote places on the planet and are happy to do it a million more times!
THE RISCS OF AERIAL FILMING
ABOVE WATER
Making drone and helicopter aerial shots above open water brings certain risks and mitigating measures that need to be tackled and thought through in advance. For example the option to film from the vessel that is the subject itself or the option to film from a follow boat. The disadvantage of the drone team being on the vessel is that you don’t want the drone team to be in the shot and therefore the drone pilot can not go all out as it has to keep its eyes on the drone. This gives a limitation to some of the best flight lines so we always advise to work with the following boat. This has to be big enough for all the equipment (always more than you think) and needs to have space for a clear take-off of the drone. Next to the take-off, the landing is also quite tricky when filming from a boat. As the boat itself is always quite rocky because of the waves we have to catch the drone from mid-air to secure a save drone landing. This requires a lot of trust and experience between the drone pilot and camera operator and therefore we only work with our experienced drone teams!
DE RISICO'S VAN OFFSHORE DRONE OPNAMES
Bij het maken van helikopter shots boven zee of offshore drone opnames zijn er enkele zaken waar rekening mee moet worden gehouden. Bij drone opnames is er bijvoorbeeld de keuze om het drone team op het schip zelf mee te laten varen, of op een volgboot te zetten. Het nadeel van het eerste is dat het drone team zelf ook snel in beeld komt en de drone piloot voor de meeste extreme opnames minder goed zicht kan houden op de drone en dus minder opties heeft in het maken van vluchtlijnen. Wij raden dan ook altijd aan om een volg boot in te zetten. Wel is het dan belangrijk dat deze voldoende ruimte biedt voor de drone apparatuur en als het kan de mogelijkheid biedt om de drone vanaf te laten opstijgen.
Het landen van de drone is ook een risico bij maritieme luchtopnames. Dit omdat door de golven van het water de volgboot zelden stil genoeg ligt om de drone netjes op te laten zakken. Deze zal dus met de hand gevangen moeten worden. Dit is dan ook een van de redenen dat deze opnames enkel uitgevoerd kunnen worden door ervaren drone teams die goed op elkaar ingespeeld zijn.
How we work
- We talk about our main objective of the shoot
- We check the location and corresponding airspace
- Determine best camera setup for the shoot
- We send a quotation and talk things through
- We get the needed permits and determine all mitigating measures
- Production day!
- We send over the rushes / first rough edit
- We ask for feedback and wishes and make a final edit
- We finish the final version
NEEM CONTACT OP VOOR PROFESSIONELE LUCHTOPNAMES
Always welcome to give us a call with any questions about what’s possible for your video production. We’re more than happy to help you plan your drone shoot in a way that’s safe, fully compliant, and creatively executed to the highest standard.