One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Float Over Los Angeles In This Amazing Quadcopter Video
A videographer equipped with a quadcopter and a GoPro captured breathtaking footage of the city from a raging rooftop party in Hollywood to the Silver Lake Reservoir.
Los Angeles is a city that we're used to seeing from above in aerial shots captured by helicopters in high-speed chases or in the establishing shots of movies and TV shows that take place here. But this video is different. The quadcopter doesn't get nearly as high as a regular chopper, so the shots feel much more intimate and dramatic. The druggy Tame Impala soundtrack only heightens the sensation that you're flying over the city and seeing it in a completely new way. (It reminds us a little bit of Spike Lee's famous, floaty dolly shots.)
The videographer Clay Folden captures a 360-degree view of a sunset, a Hollywood rooftop party at Drais on the Cinco de Mayo, the Silver Lake Reservoir and the Capitol Records building.
Since we're not well-versed in the nuances of FAA regulation on unmanned aircrafts, we're not sure just how legal this is. But it sure looks cool.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
