Flying high – Joe’s drone aerial videography company takes off
The first video Joe produced using his drone was an impressive aerial video of Castle Hill, a screenshot is pictured above and the video is below.
Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:02:00 BST
Graphic Design student Joe Warnes is a man in demand for his business’s graphic design, film production and aerial videography
FLYING drones and filming supercars, whilst getting paid for it, sounds like many a man’s dream, but this is all in a day’s work for Huddersfield student and entrepreneur Joe Warnes.
Wakefield born Joe, aged 22 years of age, is the Director of production company Wiisetree Creative, who are ‘a fresh and friendly creative company’ based in Huddersfield. It boasts of being able to offer their clients a complete package of graphic design, film production and most recently, aerial videography.
Joe officially registered the company in January 2015 with the help of the University’s Enterprise Team in The Duke of York Young Entrepreneur Centre. However, he has been producing high-quality films since he started University.
Joe’s first professional job for a client was a promotional video of the 2013 supercar rally Cannonball 2000. The rally took part over six days and to get the footage he needed, Joe travelled a total of 2,500 miles through London to Amsterdam, Geneva to Cannes and finally, Valenica to Marbella. It was also where Joe first witnessed a drone being flown and from then on he was determined to do it professionally.
“The aerial video industry was, and still is, a relatively new industry,” said Joe. “It gives you a completely different perspective on places and I wanted to be able to offer this to my clients as part of the Wiisetree package and to help us stand out from the competition,” he said.
Joe’s impressive work with Cannonball 2000 has led to him working with Redline247 who are a luxury supercar events team – view his latest video for them here.
Flying solo
The first video Joe produced using his drone was an impressive aerial video of Castle Hill (as shown on the left).
“I created the video at Castle Hill because it is one of my favourite places. I like the views and the peacefulness up there,” said Joe. “The video was featured on the website of the Huddersfield Examiner newspaper and the response was amazing, on the website and via social media,” he said.
One of Joe’s ongoing projects is producing footage for his cycling media channel Wonky Pedal, which he created because of his love for the sport. The video Winter Warrior was filmed using a drone and obtained over 5,000 views in just one night.
Rules and regulations
Shown on the right is a video Wiisetree Creative did for the launch of Redline247 at the McLaren showroom in London.
Not everyone can pick up a drone and start flying it around. There are plenty of new legislation and laws that need to be passed before you can fly a drone commercially as part of a business. It has taken Joe a total of eight months and plenty of financial investment to obtain the qualification BNUC-S, which stands for Basic National UAS Certificate for Small Unmanned Aircraft. Joe also had to complete the Civil Aviation Authority’s Health and Safety and Risk Assessment.
During the months of training, Joe learnt how to liaise with air traffic control when planning a filming project and the no fly zones so the drone doesn’t interfere with their control of the skies. Learning all of this has made Joe even more curious and in the future he says he might even try and go for his full pilot’s license.
Joe is due to graduate from his degree with a First Class Honours in Graphic Design next month and he is looking forward to running Wiisetree Creative full-time.
“I want to spend some time to fully focus on the business,” said Joe. “I have already pitched Wiisetree to prospective clients and can’t wait to secure more up and coming contracts.”
- To view Wiisetree Creative’s other videos go to their YouTube Channel.
