Austrian Couple’s Drone Video Wins Weekly Honor

A one-way ticket to Australia was the beginning of a new journey for an Austrian couple. It also led to an award-winning drone video.

  MINNEAPOLIS, MN - 08/02/2018 (PRESS RELEASE JET)

Raphael Faschang and his girlfriend, Jacky, bought their tickets to Australia to “take a break” from their usual lives. Knowing little about filmmaking, they put together a project called “30 Days in Australia” that took home this week’s top prize in the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week contest.

The video, shot on a DJI Mavic Pro and an iPhone, chronicled the couple’s journey along the east coast of Australia. The drone footage features the country’s coastline, waterfalls, cityscapes, sand dunes and more. Faschang said the couple tried to make the most out of what they had — a consumer drone and a smartphone — to put this film together.

Faschang’s video was one of five nominees in the weekly video contest, which awards $1,000 in cash each week on AirVuz.com. As the weekly winner, “30 Days in Australia” is automatically entered into AirVuz’s Drone Video of the Month contest.

The couple’s video is now part of the curated collection of drone videos of Australia, which is one of the most popular country collections on AirVuz.  Among other content, the Australia collection includes the most-viewed video on AirVuz.com.  In “Byron Bay,”  which now has more than 1.2 million views, filmmaker Jaxon Roberts filmed model Sally Mustang in scenic Eastern Australia. 

The Drone Video of the Week contest follows the success of the inaugural AirVuz Drone Video Awards, which selected the best drone videos and photos of 2017. Voters chose winners in 13 categories from a total of more than 33,000 videos. 

For more information about the contest, contact Tyler Mason, Director of Public Relations, at tyler@airvuz.com.

About AirVuz

Since its launch in 2015, AirVuz has become the world’s leading drone video and photography sharing platform and global community for drone pilots and aerial media enthusiasts. Drone enthusiasts worldwide can upload and share videos and photos in unlimited quantity and at no cost. Site users have free access to an ever-growing library of drone media content including easily browsable curated collections grouped into easy-to-navigate groupings such as Cities, Nature, and People.  AirVuz users also have access to original AirVuz content, including AirVuz News coverage of the drone industry, profiles of top content creators, product reviews, and how-to information for drone pilots on how to take and edit high quality drone video.