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Slow movements create cinematic footage.
Practicing at low level first getting your controls well in hand will do a lot to save you time and frustration once you get to your higher elevation shots.
Start behind an object then slowly rise to reveal the landscape.
Fly in a circle around a subject to create dynamic motion.
A beginner mistake is to orbit in place. Unless you are or unless you are orbit closeups really slow, I found it is really choppy and not effective.
Check out KickAss Tutorials for more on this:
Follow a moving subject smoothly from above.
