Topsail, NC - Aug 2018 - Our Drone Vacation - Mavic Pro
Channel: Ned Frankly
Date: 2018-09-04

Shot a few hours of footage during a short but terrific vacation in Topsail, NC. Genuine folks and a great weekend getaway.

The video was shot over one weekend. Topsail is remarkably drone-friendly, and it was a pleasure to fly there. Plenty of open spaces where your only danger is losing your drone in the marsh. And it would be lost if you went down there, believe me. 

It was too windy for pontoons (we do have pontoons) so we decided to trust the technology and took her out over some dangerous waters... I flew carefully and returned her home in one piece. 

In other news, family (Amy) insisted that we name her, so we did. The drone's name is...

Zelda. Like the video game heroine. Ned's 55, I hope you understand. :)

All video and music were shot, produced, edited, recorded, and mastered by Ned Frankly. Mrs Ned made sure we stayed fed and hydrated, pointed out places Ned would have missed (like the marsh park with the cool basketball court) because he doesn't look at scenery when he drives, and most importantly, she warned Ned about that tree he was about to fly into... and the building, and the wire, and the truck...

We're using a new audio mastering tool my son found. It's a kinda pricey (but worth it) software plugin called Vulf Compressor that is simply amazing. 

Technical details:
Drone: Mavic Pro 
Camera: 2.7k, ND8 filter
Editor: Adobe Premier
Audio: Ableton 9 / Vulf Compressor
Music: Originals by Ned Frankly c.2012-2018