Wake Forest, NC Fireworks - 2014 Drone

For details about this video go to wfncnews.com.3966/
From beautiful Wake Forest, NC. #wakeforest
For those that might be interested, the video production was no small feat and took quite a bit of prior planning and scouting flights to find the best and safest places to film from.
The aerial shots were captured using two DJI Phantom Vision 2 Plus quadcopters. Both were parked in fixed GPS locked positions in the sky. One was placed at the level of the average shell burst, about 125 feet. This quadcopter was at risk for the entire show since one errant shell could have taken it out. However, the quadcopter was positioned so it was not flying above people and was inside the exclusion zone, with permission, so in case it was struck the quadcopter would fall harmlessly to the ground.
The second quadcopter was placed in hover about 150 feet back and 300 feet up to capture the larger view. This position was interesting because it was above a number of power lines and woods.
Both quadcopters were within visual range at all times.
During the 20 minute long show each quadcopter had to land for one battery change. It was uncertain if flying would even be possible because of the light rain. In the end the quadcopters showed no wear from the rain.
Prior to the night of the fireworks several night flight tests were conducted to try and find the right technical setup for capturing the night video. The problem is in low light situations the video can be quite grainy and noisy.
For those that may be flying similar quadcopters and looking to capture a similar event I discovered the best setup was 1080i, ISO 100, WB Day, App -2, and AWB Average. Those are the settings I used to capture the video.
The time lapse videos were shot at 1080 using a GoPro Hero 3+ Black.
Still photos were shot with a Canon 5D Mk II at full raw resolution (25 MB per picture).
The final video was edited with Final Cut Pro.
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[@Jordonwilson]

Amazing Show.THANKS!!

[@btpearce]

Thats awesome. I think you should have buzzed the crowd though lol