Drone Videography Services

Japan's airspace is one of the most tightly ruled in Asia, and we treat that as a feature, not a block.

Each drone operator on our roster holds Level 2 JCAB pilot sign-off under the amended Aviation Act. They file DIPS filings for DID overflight in Tokyo, Yokohama, and Osaka. For work near ruled fields, they line up NOTAM clearance with Haneda, Itami, and Fukuoka air traffic. Mount Fuji aerial work adds Yamanashi and Shizuoka prefectural sign-offs. For Setouchi marine scenes and Hokkaido sub-zero shoots, we plan launch points, battery swaps, and warming rules well before the call sheet locks.

Camera payloads scale with the shot. The Inspire 3 with a full-frame Zenmuse X9 handles most doc and commercial briefs. Heavy-lift Alta X and Freefly platforms carry the RED V-Raptor and ARRI Alexa Mini LF for feature aerial units. Kit comes from Hibino and NAC Image Technology rental stock.

Our pilots fly with a licensed visual observer and ¥5M minimum liability cover. They hold prefecture-set local sign-offs for shrines in Asakusa, temple grounds in Kyoto, or coastal launches in Okinawa. The result is footage that cuts in clean with ground-unit cinema cameras and clears broadcast and theatrical QC the first time.

Weather and the calendar drive every aerial schedule. Mount Fuji loses clean light fast once afternoon cloud builds, so we book dawn windows. We hold backup days for rain and high wind. Golden Week in May and Obon in August pack tourist sites like Asakusa and Kyoto, which makes safe launch zones harder to clear. We lock permits and flight slots early to protect the shoot date.

On delivery, footage lands in your post pipeline ready to grade. We shoot RAW or log on the RED V-Raptor and ARRI Alexa Mini LF, then hand off with frame-rate and color notes for a DaVinci Resolve finish. Aerial plates match the ground unit's Rec.709 or HDR reference, so the colorist needs no rebuild. English-language coordination runs from the first scout through the final file handoff.