If your show is union, your aerial unit has to be too. That is not a preference, it is a condition of hiring.
New York is a deeply union town and Local 600 crewing is assumed on most scripted work shooting here. An aerial unit that arrives without it creates a problem for the UPM on day one. We supply Local 600 crews for New York shows as standard.
CineDrones supplies Local 600 crews for union productions and non-union crews where the show allows it. We know how the aerial unit fits into the camera department on a union call sheet, how the day is accounted for, and what production accounting needs from us. It is the least glamorous part of the job and the part that most often decides whether a vendor gets hired twice.
New York crews are fast, expensive and used to working in tight quarters. The logistical constraint is not people, it is parking, load-in and the fact that everything moves on foot for the last hundred yards.
New York shoots dense, fast and on the street. Blocks close for minutes, not hours. An aerial unit that needs a long setup does not get invited back. The premium here is on crews that can put a drone in the air inside a tight window and clear out.
We shoot the Manhattan skyline, the bridges, the boroughs, and the waterfront — and we travel. CineDrones works nationwide, so if your production is basing in New York and shooting somewhere else entirely, that is a normal week for us.
The same toolkit on union and non-union days — the crewing changes, the capability does not.
Our aerial units have worked on Ozark, Jack Ryan, Bosch, Mayans M.C., SEAL Team, NCIS: New Orleans, Fear the Walking Dead, American Horror Story, Modern Family, 9-1-1, Goliath, The Resident, Raising Dion, Castle Rock, Doctor Sleep and Chef's Table, for Netflix, Amazon, Apple, HBO, Hulu, Showtime, Sony, CBS, AMC, MTV and Bravo. See the work →
We supply Local 600 crews for productions that require them and non-union crews where the show allows. You do not need to source two vendors to cover both cases.
As part of the camera department, with the classifications and accounting your UPM expects. It is the least interesting part of the job and the part that most often decides whether a vendor gets a second call.
Yes. Plenty of productions run union principal photography and non-union second unit or promo work. We staff to whatever the specific day requires.
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