Socio-Political Commentary

Commercial Film Applications

Music Videos

Documentaries

UAS-specific film festivals and events

List of Drone Film Festivals: http://skytango.com/comprehensive-list-of-drone-film-festivals/

US-based film festivals

International Film Festivals

Documentary Films

Drones allow documentary filmmakers to capture their subjects from a variety of angle impossible only a few years ago.

The Ridge by Danny Macaskills is a cycling documentary using drones. For more information about the project, read: http://uavcoach.com/aerial-videography-danny-macaskills-ridge/ and  http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2015/11/drone-based-film-making.  

Travel documentary Koh Yao Noi by Phillip Bloom

Stylish Skateboarding, video by Skateboard Firefly.

 

Feature Films

Drones have been used in both indie and mainstream feature films. The James Bond film Spectre used unmanned aircraft systems in filming its opening. The indepent film Final Minute is first full-length feature filmed with a drone. 

Film Festivals

As with any medium, festivals have sprung up all over the globe celebrating the best and most inventive films made using drones. 

 

Music Videos

Drones can play a part in music videos, like in Nosaj Thing's video (featured in Unammed Aircraft Sysytems and Dance), but they can also be used to film music videos. OK Go, known for their creative single-take videos, employed drones in the making of the video for their single "I Won't Let You Down".