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Drones 26 cgw m ay . j u n e 2 0 1 6 tions, from freezing cold and high winds to burning tempera- tures inside the volcano. But the results were well worth the effort. The footage showed the lava bubbling inside the crater and erupting into fire. The scene was broadcast live using the Inspire 1's built-in Lightbridge wireless HD transmission system, marking one of the rare times that drone footage had been streamed live on television. At the start of the year, GMA flipped the experience from fire to ice, again enlisting the services of DJI to explore an Icelandic glacier sinkhole. Using a pair of Inspire 1 Pro platforms, DJI maneuvered into the depths of the glacier, delivering never-before-seen images to millions of viewers. The onboard camera captured a team as they expertly descended thousands of feet into the icy caverns of the Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, switching between the two camera angles to show the depth of the crevasse. Stepping up its game, GMA followed up the Icelandic experience with a drone-filmed safari in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater, enabling viewers to watch the annual Great Migra- tion in that region. Employing a DJI Inspire 1 Pro RAW and Phantom 4, GMA was able to traverse the open savanna to capture the animals in their natural habitat, seemingly unfazed by the slight buzzing overhead. This time, the drone carried IM360's 360-degree vir- tual camera; as a result, viewers could immerse themselves in the VR experience during the live broadcast by using Google Cardboard or Samsung Gear VR head-mounted displays. M U S I C V I D E O S Director Gil Green first used UAVS, as he prefers to call them, approximately three and a half years ago for an international project. "The local production company bid the job out for shooting aerials of cars driving along a really windy road in Mon- te Carlo," he says. "Due to the budget and us having to get low shots, using drones as opposed to a helicopter made sense." Since then, Green has used UAVs for a handful of projects in the US – including two music videos for the same artist. "One was a really good experience, and the other involved lots of the obstacles that can occur with UAVs," he notes. For the Pitbull video "Fun," Green, along with co-producers 305 Films (Green's Miami com- pany) and Artists and Derelicts (Los Angeles), had to capture the look and feel of 1980s Miami during a one-day shoot. This in- cluded footage of Pitbull and his partner-in-crime, Chris Brown, in a speedboat –a segment that had to be filmed in just an hour. ""We were able to pull off some amazing shots with ease," says Green. In this instance, the group used a DJI Inspire with a 4k cam- GMA HAS BEEN USING DRONES DURING LIVE BROADCASTS. HERE, THEY GO ON SAFARI IN TANZANIA.