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- When it comes to getting
more pro-looking footage with your drone,
the first thing that you can do
is set it into Cine Mode.
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So it really depends on what drone you're using
but with a lot of DJI drones on the controller,
you can set cine, normal or sport mode.
So when you set it into cine mode,
it's gonna do the movement a little bit slower.
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Whereas if you have it in sport mode, for example,
it's gonna ramp up the speed and it's gonna go really fast.
That's great if you just wanna get
the drone back really quickly or if you wanna get
to somewhere really quickly and then start filming.
But if you wanna get cinematic footage, then setting it
into the Cine mode is gonna give you a nice,
smooth, slow motion.
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The sport mode is also really good
if you wanna track a vehicle, for example,
or something that's going really fast.
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But literally, in any other situation,
Cine mode is gonna be the best one.
And if you wanna get even smoother looking footage,
then you can shoot in 30 fps
or 60 fps and slow the footage down later on.
So if you're editing on the timeline,
which is say 24 fps or 25 fps,
when you bring that footage in and you slow it down
from 30 fps or 60 fps, you'll create a slow motion clip.
But obviously, if you're shooting 60 fps,
the slow motion is gonna be that much more.
Whereas if you're shooting 30 fps,
there's just a really slight difference that you can see.
But it's actually a really nice difference
'cause it's not super slow motion
but it's also not really real time.
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So another way that you can make your footage
look really good as well is by using ND filters
because that's gonna allow you to shoot
with manual exposure settings.
So you can shoot with a 180-degree shutter rule,
which basically means that you're gonna be shooting
at a shutter speed of double your frame rate.
So that's just basically gonna give you more
natural looking motion blur.
It's not something that you would naturally consider
if you shoot in auto exposure a lot
but you can really tell a difference when something's shot
with a really high shutter speed,
which isn't matched to the frame rate.
The only time that you really shoot
with a really high shutter speed
is if you're shooting in a higher frame rate.
So if you're shooting in 60 fps and you're gonna shoot
at a shutter speed of one over 120,
whereas if you're shooting in 30 fps,
then you're gonna shoot with a shutter speed
of 1/60 of a second.
So if you were to shoot with a shutter speed of say 1/200
of a second and your frame rate was set to 30 fps,
then you're definitely gonna see
that motion blur doesn't look quite natural
as if you were to set your shutter speed
to be 1/60 of a second.
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Now, probably the biggest tip and the biggest takeaway
from this video is actually shooting in D-Cinelike
because this is really gonna give you more control
of your footage when it comes
to color correcting and color grading
and that's where today's sponsor comes in,
which is FilmConvert
because they have an amazing film emulation suite,
which allows you to take that digital look away
from your footage, and you can have more of a filmic look.
There are so many different film stocks to choose from.
So you can color grade your footage
to exactly how you want it,
especially by using the different adjustment tools.
So you can dial in the film grain as much
or as little as you want.
You can dial in the film stock as much
or as little as you want.
You can change the saturation, the levels,
loads of different stuff just to make your footage
look exactly how you want it to look.
And if you're filming footage
with your mirrorless camera or your action camera,
then you can actually match that footage
to the drone or match the drone to that footage.
But there are loads of different camera packs
to choose from.
So it's well worth seeing if your camera's supported.
You can get a free trial,
which basically gives you access to everything.
The only difference is that you'll have a watermark
on your footage, and once you buy a license,
then the watermark will be gone.
I've dropped links in the description
to both CineMatch and FilmConvert.
If you use those links, then you'll get 10% off.
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So one of the things that's quite easy to do
is kind of go off course for what you're filming.
You might see something in the distance and think, oh,
I'm gonna go and film that.
But as you're going to that location,
you might see something else and think, okay,
I'm gonna go and film that.
One of the best ways to get really good looking footage
is to just think about your shots,
film the shot that you wanna get
and then move on to the next shot.
So don't make sudden movements
whilst you're filming with your drone.
Just get the shot that you wanna get and then move on.
And then lastly, as you're filming each individual clip,
just try and give yourself a bit of a buffer
at the beginning and the end.
So don't start filming
at the point where you want to capture the clip.
So just have a little bit of footage
before that and a little bit of footage at the end of that
just so that you have something to play with.
It's also a really good way to make sure
that you're just capturing everything that you want to
and you're not missing anything.
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So these tips are gonna work with any drone that you have.
But if you're thinking of getting the DJI Mini 3 Pro,
I've dropped a link in the description to some test footage.
So you can download that footage
and you can download a free trial
of FilmConvert Nitrate and CineMatch, and you can just play
around with the footage and see how it works.
So the link's in the description to that.
And don't forget that you can get 10% off FilmConvert
and CineMatch if you use the link
in the description as well when you're ready to buy it.
So thanks again for watching.
If you have any questions, drop me a comment.
But I'll catch you guys on the next video.
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