DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY & VIDEO SERVICES
Elatre provides drone video services and aerial photography that help businesses show their properties, projects and locations clearly. We plan the shoot around the story, then bring aerial footage, ground-level filming and editing together into content you can use on your website, in sales presentations and across social media.
For example, a hotel needs to show more than its roof. A developer needs to show more than an empty plot. A business needs more than a beautiful clip that nobody knows where to use. Start with the result you want the viewer to understand. We will work backward from there.
For property, hospitality, construction, manufacturing and brand teams.
START WITH A REASON TO WATCH
The strongest aerial shot answers something. Where is this property? How large is the facility? What surrounds the hotel? How has the site changed? Why should a customer care about this location?
That is the difference between collecting footage and building a useful business asset. A wide establishing shot can explain the setting. A closer approach can reveal access, scale or design. Ground footage can show the people, product and experience that make the place worth choosing.
Our commercial drone services start with those decisions. We agree on the audience, the message and the places where the final content will appear before planning camera movements. You receive a clear brief rather than a shoot day built around improvisation.
Already planning a larger campaign? We can connect the aerial work with video production, photography and the marketing assets your team needs to launch it.
PLACES, PROJECTS AND PEOPLE
Different buyers need different footage. The shoot should follow the decision your audience is making, whether that is booking a room, viewing a property, selecting a supplier or understanding a construction project.
Real estate and commercial property
Show how a building sits within its surroundings, where visitors arrive and what the property offers beyond individual rooms. Drone photography services can support listing galleries, leasing presentations and development marketing. Combine aerial views with interiors and ground-level details so the finished story feels complete. Agree on the boundaries and features that matter before the shoot.
Hotels, resorts and destinations
A room photograph does not explain the experience outside the window. Aerial footage can connect a hotel with its grounds, pool, coastline or surrounding landscape. Ground filming can then bring the guest experience into focus. Plan the final film around the reasons someone would book, with versions suited to the property website and social campaigns.
Construction and development
Help stakeholders follow a project without relying on a handful of unrelated site photographs. Scheduled aerial visits can document visible progress from agreed viewpoints. A completed-project film can also support bids, investor updates and marketing. Visual documentation is a different scope from surveying or technical inspection, so the required outputs should be clear from the first conversation.
Manufacturing, logistics and facilities
Give buyers a sense of the operation before they arrive. An aerial sequence can show the site, access and physical scale, while interviews and ground footage explain the work inside. We can connect this with manufacturing video production to build a film for sales, recruitment or company presentations.
Restaurants, venues and retail locations
Help customers picture the place they are considering. The right exterior footage establishes the location and atmosphere, while ground filming captures food, service, interiors and people. A restaurant advertisement needs both context and appetite. Pair aerial scenes with food and beverage video production rather than asking one overhead shot to carry the entire campaign.
Corporate brands and campaigns
Use aerial footage to establish the setting for a company story, brand announcement or promotional film. It can introduce an office, campus, destination or event venue before the film moves into the people and ideas behind the business. Where appropriate, we combine it with corporate video production so the sequence supports a clear message.
WHAT YOUR TEAM TAKES AWAY
Your project can include a finished aerial film, edited photographs and versions for your website, social channels or sales team. Your proposal lists exactly what we will deliver. A business that needs listing photographs has a different scope from one commissioning a campaign film and recurring social content.
The film and photographs
- Edited aerial video: a defined film or sequence with an agreed duration, structure and finish.
- Aerial photographs: selected, edited still images covering the locations and views in the brief.
Versions for each channel
- Ground and aerial edits: one connected film when interviews, interiors, product scenes or people are part of the shoot.
- Channel versions: landscape, vertical or square edits, with framing planned for those formats.
Finishing and file delivery
- Finishing: color treatment, titles, sound, music and captions where the project calls for them.
- Organized delivery: clearly named files and versions so your team can find and use the right asset.
Raw footage, additional edits, photography quantities, revision rounds and usage terms should be listed in the quote. They should never depend on a last-minute assumption. If your advertising team has placement specifications, share them before filming.
Consider a venue that wants more bookings. An aerial opening can establish the setting, but the reasons to visit usually appear closer to the ground. The entrance, the welcome, the dining space and the experience need their own attention.
Show the complete visit
For this kind of brief, we would discuss a connected sequence: an exterior view that explains the location, an arrival shot, interiors, people at work and the details that make the venue recognizable. A restaurant may need food preparation and table scenes. A hotel may need rooms, shared spaces and the setting around the property.
Create content for each use
The main film can tell the full story. Shorter edits can concentrate on a single reason to book, with photographs supporting the website and campaign. Each version needs its own purpose, even when the assets come from the same shoot.
Start with your venue
This is a planning example, not a fixed package. The final shot list depends on your venue, audience, access and budget. The useful question is what a customer needs to see before deciding to visit.
Aerial footage often becomes less useful when each supplier works from a different brief. The camera team captures one idea, the editor has another, and the marketing team later asks for a format nobody planned.
Elatre brings photography, video production, editors and marketing into the same conversation. That means the creative decisions can reflect the actual use of the content from the beginning. A website film can include space for a clear opening message. A paid campaign can plan for short versions. A sales team can request a film that answers the questions buyers repeatedly ask.
We have worked with more than 1,000 brands across our wider business. For your project, the useful conversation is specific: the examples relevant to your sector, the deliverables your team needs and the people responsible for completing them.
Choose the scope that solves the actual job. More footage is not automatically a better purchase.
Aerial capture
Best for: A team with its own editor that needs particular footage or photographs.
Agree before booking: Shot list, capture requirements, file handover and usage.
Edited aerial film
Best for: A property, site or venue that needs a finished video built mainly from aerial scenes.
Agree before booking: Film length, story, photography, music, revisions and delivery formats.
Combined business production
Best for: A brand that needs aerial footage, ground filming, people, interviews or product scenes in one campaign.
Agree before booking: Crew, locations, shoot schedule, main film and channel-specific edits.
Our recommendation follows the brief. If a straightforward aerial shoot covers the need, the quote should say so. If the story depends on interiors, staff or customer experience, plan that work before choosing a package.
A useful process makes the creative work easier. Here is how we take the project from an initial requirement to footage your team can put to work.
1. Start with the viewer and the decision
Tell us what you are promoting and what someone should do after watching. We identify the main audience, the message and the channels. A leasing film, a hotel campaign and a construction update can involve the same location but require different shots. The brief gives everyone a shared reason for each scene.
2. Build the shot list around the location
We review the location, access, surroundings and production requirements before confirming the shoot plan. The aerial sequence should work with the rest of the content, not interrupt it. We also discuss practical constraints, weather arrangements and the ground footage needed to tell the story without depending on one type of shot.
3. Capture with the final edit in mind
On the shoot, the brief guides the footage. Establishing views, approach shots and details each have a role. When ground production is included, the crew plans transitions between the aerial setting and the people or activity below. This gives the edit a sequence to follow instead of a collection of unrelated highlights.
4. Edit for the message and the channel
Our editors shape the agreed footage into a film with a clear opening, useful pacing and a purposeful ending. For example, a website video may need more context than a short advertisement, while a vertical edit may need a different sequence. We prepare the versions listed in your proposal, then refine them through the agreed review process.
5. Deliver content ready for your team
We hand over clearly named files with guidance on how to use them. If Elatre also manages the campaign, our production and marketing teams coordinate when and where the content appears. If your team handles distribution, the files are organized so they can find the right version quickly. We can quote for additional formats or future updates when you need them.
KNOW WHAT YOU ARE BOOKING
The price depends on the location, access, shoot time, production requirements and finished deliverables. A short aerial capture at one accessible property is a different project from a multi-location campaign with interviews, photography and several edited films.
What we need to quote
To give you a useful quote, we need the location, intended use, preferred timing and the outputs you expect. We then separate the shoot requirements from the editing and delivery scope so you can understand what you are buying.
What the quote covers
Travel, additional crew, special production requirements, raw footage, extra versions and revision rounds should be discussed before booking. We also explain how scheduling will work if weather or site conditions prevent the planned aerial shoot. Send your project requirements and we can recommend an appropriate scope.
A SIMPLE STARTING BRIEF
You do not need a finished script. A clear starting brief is enough:
Your business and location
Send your business name, website and shoot location. Include any access restrictions we need to plan around.
The message and the audience
Tell us what the video or photographs need to communicate, where the content will appear and who will see it.
Dates and deliverables
Share your preferred dates, deadline and the films, photographs and versions you expect to receive.
Examples and existing footage
Send examples you like and any footage you already have. If you are unsure about the shot list or formats, tell us how you plan to use the content. We can help turn that requirement into a production brief.
ANSWERS BEFORE YOU BOOK
Practical answers about your location, footage, formats and delivery.
Yes. We can scope aerial footage, ground filming and photography as one production. This is useful when the viewer needs to see both the setting and the experience inside it. Share the full requirement before booking so the crew, schedule and final edits reflect the complete story.
Yes, short versions can be included in the agreed editing scope. Tell us which channels and placements you plan to use. A vertical video may need different framing and pacing from a website film, so it is better to plan those outputs before the shoot.
Recurring visits can be discussed as a separate project scope. Agree on the viewpoints, frequency, access and delivery format so the images are useful together over time. Construction progress photography documents visible changes; it should not be confused with a survey or technical inspection report.
Send the location and preferred dates with your request. We confirm production arrangements, access, travel and the feasibility of the proposed shoot before accepting the brief. The quote should make the service area and any location-related costs clear rather than assume that every site has the same requirements.
Weather can affect the planned aerial work. The proposal should set out scheduling arrangements and what happens when the shoot cannot proceed as intended. If ground filming is part of the project, we also discuss how it fits into the schedule. Tell us about any fixed launch date so filming, editing and approvals can be planned around it.
Raw footage is included only when it is part of the agreed scope. If your in-house editor needs it, mention that at the start. We can then discuss the required files, transfer method and usage terms alongside the edited deliverables, rather than leave the handover unclear.
We confirm a delivery schedule after reviewing the shoot, edit complexity and number of versions. A single short film and a full campaign have different production needs. Share the date you need the content live, along with review and approval requirements, so the schedule accounts for both production and feedback.
Yes. Elatre also offers digital marketing and video production, so distribution can be discussed alongside the content. Depending on the agreed engagement, that may include website use, campaign creative and social media versions. Filming alone does not guarantee campaign results; the offer, audience and distribution still matter.
Tell us which uses you need before the quote is finalized. Website, social media, paid advertising and other placements should be covered by the agreed usage terms. The same applies to music, people and any other licensed material included in the film. Clear usage terms help your team plan distribution.
Aerial photography can be included alongside video when it is in the brief. Agree on the number of edited images and the views you need. If photographs are a priority, plan dedicated still-image capture rather than assume that frames taken from the video will meet every requirement.
KEEP THE WHOLE CAMPAIGN CONNECTED
Official guidance for commercial drone operations and accessible video.
LET US PLAN YOUR SHOOT
Tell us what you want people to see, understand or choose. Elatre can help shape the aerial photography, filming and editing around that requirement. Request a project quote, explore our case studies, or see how production connects with our digital marketing services.