The operator has to wear Kevlar to protect themselves from the blades. This one is from Slow Horses, but I’ve read that they also used in technique in Hacks.

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    26 days ago

    In the clip shown I’m not understanding why someone had to grab the camera, why it can’t just be done the entire time as a drone shot

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      The full take is slightly over 2 minutes - it continues to track the woman get up and go to an ambulance whilst talking on the phone. It’s possible that the transition happened in the second minute, but there’s a limit on video length for imgur uploads. I guessed that it happened when the shot levels out, (at about the 40 second mark), because I imagine that there are restrictions on how close a drone can get to an actor.