Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Outdoor season is here, offering some of
the most beautiful locations. It's up to us to capture it in the most
cinematic way. In today's video I've got some tips and tricks and smartphone
gimbal moves for you so your video can look like this.
And for the new faces, welcome. My name is Zdenka Darula. If you want to learn how to
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Whenever I'm filming coming to a beautiful location, I'm just kind of
filming in just standard view before the big reveal. I mostly use just
a standard lens. I don't really shoot with wide lens yet or telephoto, I'm
leaving the best for the last and also when I'm filming, I don't always
film in my eye level, I generally hold the gimbal in my maybe waist level a little
bit lower level because most of us, we are tall and that view from our eye level
is just what we see all the time but whenever you film something in a low
level it's just more attractive.
When you see on the way very interesting plants don't be afraid to shoot through
them to create some sort of a mystery and don't forget to lock your brightness
so your footage doesn't end up jumpy. Bright, dark, bright, dark, bright, dark.
Pay attention what is around you, interesting colors, patterns, animals, if
it is a very windy day and there is a lot of movement, don't be afraid to film
in slow motion. Get very close, get all those beautiful close-ups and don't be
afraid to experiment with all your lenses if you have them on the
smartphone.
How about this for a location? If you happened to shoot on a sunny day and the
Sun is getting very nice and low and is getting that orange beautifully golden
color, try to shoot against the Sun through the leaves to catch the
occasional flare. That always looks super cinematic. OK, I gotta move because
I'm standing in the middle of red ants, I'm gonna get eaten alive today.
Look up if you see something interesting, maybe like a tips of the trees or some
interesting texture on the ground. Normally when you walk by, we just see
something in our eye level but we miss many, many cinematic views which can be
absolutely captured.
And if you find a stunning location try to find something, some structure so you
can actually shoot through it to make that grand reveal. And if you do have a
wide-angle lens on your smartphone, you will want to use that because all
beautiful locations are always very scenic with wide-angle lens. And if you
do have a monopod, if you happen to have a monopod, how about lifting it high in
the air to sort of pretend it's a drone shot.
If you happen to have a telephoto lens on your smartphone, then don't forget to
catch some of the most interesting areas of your location so you end up with wide
shot, the drone shot and also close-up shots from distance.
And you don't always have to shoot with a gimbal. In fact I'm finding that the
gimbal sometimes is limiting when it comes to certain moves, so how about
trying the handheld shot. If you haveppen to have a good stabilization on
your phone, hold it with both hands and see if he can come up with something
interesting.
And when you have enough, sometimes I have even too much sometimes and then you
edit it to your favorites piece of music then you might end up with something
like this.
All items I was using in today's video are listed below the video in the video
description and also if you like the music it is from Epidemic Sound. The
first month is free. The link is there as well.
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