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Chris Newman – Drone Pro Academy Professional
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Become a Drone PRO
What our members have to say…
The path to becoming an expert mountaineer and cliffhanger takes dedication and time, but if you put your mind to it, you’ll have no problem becoming one of the best. What are you waiting for?
Curriculum
Introduction
FYI : New Name! Drone Pro Academy
1.1 Welcome! 6 Steps to success. My Story
1.2 Drone Pro Academy Manual / Workbook (Download)
1.3 Join DPA Community on Facebook!
1.4 Where are you from? DPA Members Location Map
1.5 Join your local Drone Club
Module 1 | The Drone
1.1 Intro / Safety
1.2 Anatomy of a Drone
1.3 What Drone Should I Buy?
1.3.5 Beginner Drone options, Setup and Operation
1.4 Camera Drone Unboxing / Setup
1.5 DJI Flight Simulator
1.5.2 How to Fly – Flight Training and Drills
1.6 Intelligent Flight Modes
1.7 Best Camera Settings
1.7.5 Exposure Tutorial – Daylight and Lowlight
1.8 “Secret Sauce†Smooth Camera Settings
1.9 Advanced Photo Modes
1.10- Best Apps to use with Your Drone
1.11 How to Travel with your Drone/Create a Media Pass
1.12 Flight Log – Download – Update coming soon!
1.13 DJI App Auto Update Tip!
1.14 Maintenance – How to Deep Cycle DJI Smart Batteries (Important!)
1.15 Getting Started Quiz
Module 2 | Chapter 1 | Cinematic Drone Film School
1.1 Drone Composition / Framing
1.2 Drone Focal Length
1.3 The Effects of Aperture, Shutter speed and ISO
1.4 CAMERA SETTINGS EXPLAINED
1.5 Drone Shot Coverage
1.6 How to Film Real Estate
1.6.5 Panoramic photography Tutorial with DJI Phantom & Inspire
1.7 Tips for flying in Wind
1.8 Tips for Flying On a Boat
1.9 Choosing your Camera Operator for Dual Operator Setup (Inspire)
1.10 Top 5 Camera Operator Transmitter Settings
1.12 DRONE VR Camera Control Tutorial
Questions?
Module 2 | Chapter 2 | Cinematic Drone Shots
2.1 Top 11 Cinematic Shots (PDF)
2.2 How to Achieve Cinematic Camera Movements
2.3 Static Moving
2.4 180 Wrap Around
2.5 360 Wrap Around
2.6 Birds Eye View
2.7 Chicken Shot
2.8 Closeup & Pull Away
2.9 Drone Jib
2.10 Followed Shot
2.11 Forward Tilt down
2.12 Shooting the Gap
2.13 Tilt up Reveal
2.14 Twist ‘n Shout
Module 2 | Chapter 3 | Post Production (Editing)
3.1 Editing Software -Adobe Premiere VS Final Cut X
3.2 Final Cut X Overview w/ Taco Hornbaker
3.3 Adobe Premiere student discount!
3.4 – Editing – Premiere Pro – Getting Started
3.5 CineChopper Iceland Reel Practice Footage Download
3.6 Editing – Premiere Pro- How to Shorten Music
3.7 Editing – Premiere Pro – Editing to Music like a PRO
3.8 Editing – Premiere Pro – How to Export Videos in High Quality
3.9 Editing – How to Make an Amazing Demo Reel! (Most important!)
3.10 Editing – Premiere Pro- How to Color Correct and Make Looks
3.11 Nick Sales Drone Color Correction Look Tutorial ​
3.12 Editing – Premiere How to use a LUT in Premiere PRO CC
3.13 Editing Premiere Pro -How to perform a Time Remap
3.14 – Editing -Premiere – How to post stabilize using Warp Stabilizer
3.15 How to Conform a high frame frame rate on a clip for Slow Motion.
3.16 How to Post Zoom in Premiere Pro
3.17 Premiere Pro Smooth Zoom Transitions (Full time Film Maker Tutorial)
3.18- Before and After Fix, Rolling Shutter (Jello) with Mercalli V4! 🙂
3.19 Drone Music Resources
3.20- Build a Custom PC Computer to Meet Your 4K Editing Needs
3.21- Setting up a HDD RAID
3.22 After Effects 3D Title Tracking
3.23 After Effects Tutorial – Advanced Tracking – With Jonathan Harris
3.24 Lower Thirds/Info Boxes
CDU EDITING TEMPLATES FREE (Premiere Pro)
Adobe Creative Cloud Discount (Fulltime Filmaker)
3.25 How to create a Drone Timelapse
Module 3 | The Drone Business
0.1- Working on a Film Set Explained
0.2- Client Pre-Visualization
Module 3 | Chapter 1| Working with the FAA
1.1- How to Register your Drone to operate commercially
1.2- What to do before your shoot, and how to ask permission to fly!
1.3.5 How to apply for an Airspace Waiver
1.4- AIRSPACE 3D MAP!
Module 3 | Chapter 2 | Drone Insurance
2.1- Verifly The “UBER†of Drone Insurance
2.2- CDU Member Liability and Hull Insurance!
Module 3 | Chapter 3 | Building your Brand
3.1- How to Setup your LLC! (Limited Liability Corporation)
3.2- Building an online Presence
3.3- Building a Website (Squarespace)
3.4 Setup Google Business Account
Questions?
Module 3 | Chapter 4 | Advertising / Finding
4.1- How to Get Started with Your Aerial Business
4.2- Business Call Script for UAV Business
4.2.5 First Call with your Client / Email
4.3- Drone Sales Email Templates
4.3.5 Drone Quote Calculator
4.4- Real Estate Call Script for Drone Business
Module 3 | Chapter 5 | Working with the Client
5.1- How to Determine Day Rate
5.2- INVOICE SOFTWARE (Update coming)
5.3- Contract Proposal Download
5.4- Invoice Software
5.5- Pre Production – Shot Direction
Questions?
Module 3 | Chapter 6 | Drone Jobs
6.1- Drone Job Websites (To help you find work!)
6.2- Part 107 Holder Database
Module 3 | Chapter 7 | Travel and Storage
7.1- HOW TO GET DISCOUNT BAGGAGE FEE’S
7.3- How to make your own Custom Travel Case
7.4- Choosing a Case for Travel (My custom cases)
7.5- Travel Checklist Download
7.6- Risk Assessment Document for AERIAL FILMING
7.7- How to Make a 3D Model of a structure using Drone Deploy
Questions?
Module 3 | Chapter 8 | CDU Member Interviews
Interview #1- Jonathan Harris (Real Estate)
Module 4 | Virtual Job Shadow (BTS)
BOXER COMMERCIAL -TERRY O’ QUINN-PUERTO RICO BTS
CORRIDOR DIGITAL -SHADOW OF MORDOR BTS
THE PIANO GUYS – BATMAN EVOLUTION BTS
PARKOUR BTS
DEERVALLEY HOUSE BTS
SKIING CINECHOPPER BTS
SONY HAWAII – BTS
MERCEDES DAY 01 BTS
MERCEDES BTS DAY 02
PERU MIRACLE BTS
Olympic Park Panoramic Photos- BTS
HOSPITAL AND LIFEFLIGHT BTS
PIANO GUYS ONE TAKE BTS
MOAB WATERBOTTLE SHOOT – BTS
LARRY H MILLER RACEWAY BTS
CineChopper featured on Discovery Channel Canada
WINDMILL BTS-HD
DEVINSUPERTRAMP HOTAIR BALLOON ROPE SWING BTS
NATIONAL FOREST MAIZE MAZE- PHIL HARRIS BTS
Marriott Basketball Arena w/ Inspire 1 BTS
Venturi Salt Flats – Inspire
IMAX Dogs- BTS
Netflix Bobsledding
Lexus Salt Flats Commercial- BTS
VALVT Boutique BTS w/ Phantom3 & Inspire1/X5
Nuskin Conference and Building BTS
Devin Graham- Paintballing @ Ice Castles- BTS
New Zealand- Sandboarding
New Zealand – Rock Slip and Slide
New Zealand – Hobbiton- BTS
New Zealand Zorbing- BTS
New Zealand Rafting- BTS
New Zealand – Hobbit Mtn Biking
New Zealand -Gravity Canyon Ziplining, Bungee jump
New Zealand – Milford Sound – BTS
Ski Do Aerial Photos BTS
Fly Fishing Kickstarter- BTS
IMAX Haiti- Day 1 and 2
Haiti IMAX- Day 3
Haiti IMAX- Day 4
Haiti IMAX- Day 5
Haiti IMAX- Day 6 and 7
Haiti IMAX- Day 8
Haiti IMAX- Day 9
Haiti IMAX- Day 10
Iceland BTS- Day 1-5
Iceland BTS- Day 7-10
Iceland BTS- Day 11-14
KTM Motorcycles- Utah- Day 1
KTM Motorcycles- Utah- Day 2
Titleist Golf-BTS
DI (Deseret Indesteries) BTS
LDS Conference Center-BTS
Drone Bowling BTS
Subaru – Slip N’ Slide Basejump
Feedback Friday
Submit your Demo Reel to Feedback Friday!
Feedback Friday #18
Feedback Friday #17
Feedback Friday #16
Feedback Friday #15
Feedback Friday #14
Feedback Friday #13
Feedback Friday #12
Feedback Friday #11
Feedback Friday #10
Feedback Friday #9
Feedback Friday #8
Feedback Friday #7
Feedback Friday #6
Feedback Friday #5
Feedback Friday #4
Feedback Friday #3
Feedback Friday #2
Feedback Friday #1
Part 107 Boot Camp
Welcome
Part 107 FEEDBACK
Part 107 Cheat Sheet
Airman Knowledge Testing Supplement (Download)
Chapter 1: The Part 107 Rules
1.1 Part 107 Eligibility
1.2 Night Operations
1.3 Maximum Speed and Altitude
1.4 Right of Way Rules
1.5 Pre-flight Checklist
1.6 Certificate of Waiver
1.7 Operations From a Moving Vehicle
1.8 Contingency Planning-Flyaways
1.9 Operations Over Non-Participants
1.10 Drone Maintenance
1.11 Lost Link Procedures
1.12 Accident Reporting
1.13 Battery Fires
1.14 Abnormal and Emergency Situations
1.15 NTIA
Practice Quiz #1
Chapter 2: Crew Resource Management
2.1 Crew Roles
2.2 Task Management : Hazardous Attitudes
2.3 Hyperventilation and Stress Management
2.4 Drugs and Alcohol
Practice Quiz #2
Chapter 3: Aircraft Performance
3.1 Load Factor
3.2 How to Calculate Load Factor
3.3 Center of Gravity Performance
3.4 Weight and Balance
3.5 Performance
Practice Quiz #3
Chapter 4: Weather
4.1 True North vs Magnetic North
4.2 METARS
4.3 TAF’s
4.4 Weather Briefing
4.5 Visibility and Cloud Clearance Requirements
4.6 Thunderstorms
4.7 Stable vs Unstable Air
4.8 Fog
4.9 Surface Friction
Practice Quiz #4
Chapter 5: AIRSPACE / VFR CHARTS
5.1 NOTAMS & TFR’s
5.2 AGL VS MSL / Towers
5.3 Longitude and Latitude
5.4 AIRSPACE
5.6 Sectional Chart Symbols Part 2
5.5 3D AIRSPACE with GOOGLE EARTH
5.6 Sectional Chart Symbols
5.7 Airport Traffic
5.7.5 Astronomical Chart Download
5.8 Airport Legend
5.9 Locating an Obstacle
Practice Quiz #5
Chapter 6: Time to Take Part 107 Practice Exam
Final Remarks
IACRA FORM – You must do this after you PASS the Exam!
Part 107 Practice Exam
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