Antoine
- Production Company
- Drone Operator
Yaounde, Cameroon
$800 - $1200 / Day
Request QuoteAfrica visually, has not always been well represented in media. The images on TV, in book, magazines and online don't always tell the whole story. Junior studied Politics and Media Studies at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield Connecticut. After 25 years, Junior left the US where he grew up and moved to Yaoundé, Cameroon in Central Africa where he was born. His goal was to help change the perception of Africa abroad using imagery. He knew that there is no single approach to achieve this, so he took on mentors like African Filmmaker Jean Pierre Bekolo in order to learn different areas of communication that form what we see in media today. He quickly took a liking to being behind the camera and in looking for a competitive advantage in the arena, he fell in love with drones. He quickly began posting images of Cameroon from the air for his friends in the US to show how beautiful Cameroon was. This was the light bulb moment. Camairdroneboy was created to help the world discover parts of Africa you don't usually see. Created in Nov. 2015, Camairdroneboy became very active in social media with over 20,000 followers in the first year on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Camairdroneboy was recognized by Dronestagram in 2016 and was elected by Parrot drones as the Bebop 2 ambassador in 2017. Camairdroneboy is creating a website/ catalog where filmmakers would be able to visit beautiful locations across Cameroon and Africa using a combination of VR, 3D, 360 degree photos and video.
CNN Inside Africa follows Bidjima Emmanuel, a young Baka Pygmy boy who is receiving a western education in the capital city of Yaoundé which is unlike anything he experienced growing up in the forest. After 9 months at boarding school, CNN followed his 155 mile journey home for the summer; one which highlights the shifting life of the Baka.
Drone Shots of Yaounde, capital of Cameroon. Part of a series of videos ordered by the Communaute Urbain, (also known as the Mayors Office) for the jumbo trons all over town in view of the (AFCON2016) Women's African Cup of Nations
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