hey guys in this video i'm going to share with you what it takes to go from an
absolute fpv noob to a somewhat decent pilot and get cinematic images like these
all right while i'm here in iceland waiting for more favorable lighting conditions
and shoot this location of geothermal activity where the eurasian and american tectonic plates
are drifting apart let me share with you how you as a filmmaker can go from
zero knowing nothing about fpv drones to using them in your videos
just a few years ago drones allowed you to add this wow factor to your work and up your
production value but these standard drones are absolutely table stake these days fpv drones
on the other hand still allow you to add this special flavor to your productions and add images
that you don't see every day thanks to their maneuverability and speed
now fpv is synonym with soldering tinkering and cobbling together your own quadcopter
and honestly that was the biggest hurdle for me to get into this because i simply don't have the
time to spend on this until dji released a dji fpv drone now in the fpv community this drone
is seen as a little bit of a joke but for us filmmakers who just want to use it as a
tool and tap the toes into the fpv world it is actually a great way to start out thanks to its
reliability its safety features like return to home its range as well as ease of use because
you can fly right out of the box though flying is a little bit more of a different conversation
now while you can get around building these drones flying takes a whole lot
of practice because you fly these things completely manually or in fpv speak acro
i personally despite being a decent drone pilot if i say so myself spend countless hours in the
simulator like the one that dji provides and i absolutely recommend you doing the same thing
in the sim i had multiple crises where i despaired and thought that i could never fly
the drone as i wanted and intended it to
because i actually just got it specifically for this trip to iceland and had so many
dope shots planned out in my head and was like oh my god no i can't make it i can't do that
but don't get discouraged keep practicing keep trying it out at some point it clicks
and then you feel ready to go out into the real world and fly manually there and this
is where your journey continues because you want to train train train in the real world
because you have external factors like the wind as well that you need to factor in
it's such a nice warm sunny day in iceland who would have thought
one of the things i changed very early on are the controller settings because out of the box
most fpv drones fly rather abruptly especially in the hands of beginners to get smoother shots more
easily you want to change the sensitivity expo and rates of your controller sticks if you're flying
the dji fpv i recommend checking out this video by fpv unlocked he shares how to change the settings
and i adopted the settings that he recommended and i'm really happy with those actually
now great this is where we all talk in the same language yes there are drones that can carry a
cinema camera like the red komodo but most commonly you will find gopros hero 8 hero 9
on fpv drones yes the dji fpv drone comes with a 4k camera that gives you footage
but if you're considering using it for any serious work use a gopro not only does a gopro give you
better image quality but it also provides you with a wider field of view which is very important
in the world of fpv where you want to transmit the speed and the thrill of close flybys the
secret to good gopro footage on fpv drones is in the post stabilization through a program called
we steady it's 99 and it uses the gopros gyro data to stabilize the footage and it's doing
a way better job compared to the hyper smooth in the gopro or the rock steady in the dji fpv
to use real steady with your gopro just set it to the widest 4x3 field of view and disable all hyper
smooth or stabilization in camera and you're good to go and lastly you definitely want to
use nd filters on your camera to get that natural motion blur through the 180 degree shutter angle
so as i've been editing these fpv videos i've been reminded over and over again how important music
and sound effects are in these drone compilations these videos are usually dominated by wide shots
of landscapes and cityscapes and music is really what gives your video emotion now over the years
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bonus months on your one year subscription and you support this channel now let's go back to iceland
quick fpv bonus tip always back up your footage whenever you can because you never know when
it's your last flight these things are prone to crashing not that that ever happened to me
filmmaker joe joey helms attempted to record a close-up view of the volcano which is erupting
in iceland at the moment he got a little bit more than he bargained for so joey captured this
remarkable footage from his drone soaring just meters above the mouth of the volcano but
unfortunately the pictures came to a prepped end as his brand new equipment actually
went directly into the lava and that was the last image
all right to round this all up let's talk about three basic cinematic moves
that you can specifically achieve with an fpv drop
banking swerving from one side to the other chasing an object or
following a point of interest really gives you this fighter jet kind of feel
close flybys get comfortable with the field of view and what close means to you i'm personally
frankly still a little skittish to get close to subjects and the ground because this is
the most common cause for crashes and yes i crashed my drone into a volcano point in case
the split does reveal and dive now this is the move that i really wanted to get a hang on before
coming to iceland with those waterfalls but what you do basically is you approach a subject gain
altitude by accelerating and then once you're above the subject you tilt it to one side
and just kill all motors and just drop to the ground until you basically almost hit it however
comfortable you are and then pull up again and that way you can get really cool shots of just
like flying down a waterfall building whatever is around you whatever you want to dive down
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much for watching have a good morning have a good night whenever and wherever you are
around this freaking beautiful planet i'm i'm gonna fly now that was the last image