drone footage Best drone video footage There are a lot of different categories we can break the best drone videos into. Top-down drone footage seems like one of the most popular styles. So, let's begin there. Check out this video 2D RUN - MMP 3 by ilko 'ill' iliev:

Like a video game

This is some of the best drone video footage out there right now. By match-cutting top-down drone shots of various subjects, the filmmakers have taken viewers to a new place using drone footage. One really cool section in here is when the figure scales down a structure, upside down at around 1:35. We get some very unique, almost otherworldly looking drone footage:

Shots like this made 2D Run one of the craziest drone videos

At 0:37 we get the "2D video game" treatment. This introduces a new, retro video idea into the mix: augmenting the drone shot with animation. Opening up many possibilities for product tie-ins or a nostalgia trip.

Here's a view from a drone that evokes a top-down video game

Speaking of nostalgia...

drone shots for story Watch the entire narrative unfold A drone video can be more than a birds-eye-view or an awesome stunt. Check out the video Drone Star Wars by Corridor Digital:

Star Wars

Rigging Star Wars toys onto drones to create faux cockpits, Corridor recreates the iconic X-Wing/Tie Fighter sequence from the film. This creates a sense of scale and perspective. An entire narrative unfolds using some of the best drone video footage. By incorporating physical and visual effects into your drone shots, you can create something totally fresh and original.

Using scale models and miniatures in your drone video footage can lead to countless creative video ideas and possibilities.

watching from above A fly on the wall... or in the air... You’ve maybe heard the phrase “fly on the wall” as it applies to documentary filmmaking. It’s an attempt to take in what’s happening from a safe distance, without affecting it. Drone video footage is perfect for achieving this. Here’s an example of how the drone operators of the #NoDAPL gather some of the best drone video footage of the construction sites. This is #NoDAPL Drones Monitor North Dakota Police by AJ+

Drones in action

Drone video footage is a great way to gain visual access to something that would otherwise be difficult to reach.

Drone videos can serve a political purpose

The #NoDAPL got some of the best drone video footage and used it to provide a look at what was happening with the hotly contested construction site. How else can you use the camera to establish story, theme, even political purpose? Check out some different viewpoints and camera angles below.

hard to get places Where no drone video has gone before The best drone video footage often features hard to get places. Or places you wouldn't want to get at all. This drone video, Postcards from Pripyat, Chernobyl by Danny Cook takes us to a place few will ever go. The drone footage here has the unique ability to give us a look into this frozen abandoned world.

The Drone Shots provide a chilling look at a devastated world

What else can a drone show us that we can't see any other way? This video DJI Phantom - Niagara Falls by questpact gives us a rare angle of the majestic waterfall:

The insanity of Niagara

From this angle the waterfall starts to look abstract; almost alien. Something that has been seen many times by many generations can suddenly be seen in an entirely fresh way.

This is one of the more epic drone videos out there.

The natural world provides many strange and inspiring looks. Not all of them are easy or affordable to reach, but they can add a new element to content that truly pops. Take a look at this video Dj Phantom flies into Volcano by Shaun O’Callaghan:

Volcano in action

Another dramatic and hard to get look at nature, creating more of the most unique and flat out best drone video footage available.

best drone video footage Capture breathtaking landscapes Drone footage can pretty much replace the 'helicopter shot' at this point. Australia - The Eagle Eye from Wild Pacific Media provides breathtaking landscapes. Take a look below: