Drone Storytelling for Social Media
This one-day course introduces visual storytelling techniques using uncrewed aircraft systems to support public communication and outreach. Participants learn to plan and execute flights that capture intentional, structured aerial imagery (photography and videography) suitable for social media and public information use.
DATE: Thursday Oct 1st, 2026
Course Objectives
- Capture intentional aerial footage with narrative structure
- Apply framing, movement, and pacing techniques
- Understand drone use in public information and outreach efforts
- Plan flights for consistent visual storytelling
- Build foundational editing and content organization skills
- Understand your deliverable to shape how, what and where you shoot
- Consideration of music choices with importance attributed to end product
- Optimizing drone settings for maximum success
- Location scouting
Note: Training session location/s may vary throughout the course. We may travel to different field sites throughout the day, to provide a diverse set of visual challenges and real-world scenarios, participants may be required to travel to multiple field locations (within 20 minutes of the main training site). Details will be provided prior to the training start date.
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