Ahoj! I am back with more tips on how you can make any location cinematic B-roll look
even more interesting with certain clips. Without actually needing all these transitions.
How you can grab the viewer's attention. What am I talking about? Well, in today's video
I am gonna be using iPhone 12 pro and DJI OM4 gimbal but that really doesn't matter
because you can do this with any camera and any gimbal. If you are new here, welcome.
My name is Zdenka Darula. If you are interested in outdoor filming tutorials with cameras,
with gimbals, with action cameras, with smartphones, where I'll explain everything including settings
and gimbal settings, consider subscribing. We are going to be filming a cinematic B-roll
of this location but first, I am going to play a short B-roll, kind of like a beginners
style but not such a beginner like in the last video where something is missing.
Well, raise your arm if you know what is missing? Wait, did you actually raise your arm? Well,
the B-roll was plain. It showed a beautiful location with variety of shots. Wide, medium
and close ups but you can make it a lot more playful if you gonna be doing connecting shots.
Well, in today's tutorial I am gonna be doing few of those sequences of those connecting
shots so you get better understanding how you can actually use them in your videos.
I am gonna be filming in DJI Mimo in automatic mode because today is again advanced video.
It is not the pro. Pro is coming up and I am gonna be filming in higher frame rate.
60fps so I can slow down some of the clips if you I need to in a post. And I am gonna
make sure that the resolution is 4K. Now, because I am filming in automatic mode, I
cannot lock the white balance but every time I am gonna be filming before I'll hit the
record button, I am gonna make sure, that I lock the brightness and focus on the screen.
Just a quick tip. It's the best if you calibrate the gimbal before you start filming and if
your camera shows the motor in the shot, if you are using ultra wide angle lens, then
just turn it off, move little bit the phone to the left and then turn it back on. It's
gonna be not as balanced anymore but you are not gonna see the motor in a shot. I am going
to start with a revealing shot. So first one will be just showing off this line of trees
and I am gonna be selecting ultra wide angle lens. I am gonna be going from the ground
up very slowly. For that I am having following mode just to make sure that the gimbal kind
of goes smoothly up. And I am gonna be simply going forward.
The first revealing shot is here and it's to give the viewer an idea where we are. I am gonna do one more shot just like
that. Now, when you are selecting a lens to film you have to always look first how it
looks like in that shot in which lens. So what I do, I always try to look at it with
the ultra wide angle lens and then I try standard. Which one looks better. The side shot I am
going to do now looks way better with the standard lens.
I'll do one more shot to introduce even more of the location. And that one will be shot with telephoto lens.
I am gonna go from high up very low to the ground so for that I am using following mode on the gimbal.
And again, I am going to bring the Sun down because it is a bit over exposed. I'll make
sure I start at the top and I am gonna go very low to the ground. I might go little
bit closer to the trees here so I kind of get it.
First sequence of connecting shots is here and it's gonna be combination of shots in motion. And it get be going forward, it
can be going sideways, it can be going to the left or to the right but please make sure
you choose only one side so you don't end up being at the tennis court. The first shot
will be happening by this not so nice fence. But once you go very close to it and you select
ultra wide angle lens, you will actually see that the fence looks pretty good in a picture.
Make sure you are not shooting above the fence. It's not gonna do anything for you. And I
am purposely tapping at the end of the fence because that's what I want in focus. And I
am going to close to the fence.
Another movement shot will be right here. What I am gonna do,
I am just gonna be walking underneath the trees. I am gonna be filming the top of the
trees. How am I gonna do that? Well, I am gonna select tilt follow mode. Bring the gimbal
up, make sure I'll point the phone up, lock the focus and I am just gonna keep walking
forward. Obviously I am not gonna be looking up. I am gonna be looking down because the
ground is not really straight and I don't wanna end up on my nose.
I am going to stay with the green. This time I am gonna go all the way to the ground though. Grass looks
always good in a shot. Especially if you gonna slow it down. So for this one, I am just gonna
flip the gimbal upside down, the other way. I am gonna select tilt following mode. Again,
I don't want it to go up and down and I am just gonna keep walking sideways. I am selecting
just a standard lens for this one. And I am just gonna go very low to the ground so I
kind of see just the tips of the grass.
Last connecting shot, last movement shot will happen
right here. I am gonna be going down to the lake. For this one, again, tilt lock following
mode it is because obviously as I said million times, you don't want to go up. I am gonna
be going very low to the ground, very close to the ground to make sure I don't show too
much of a location but I'll still show a lot of the ground. And I am going forward.
First sequence of connecting shots is over, so it's time to actually reveal this place. Hopefully
I am not gonna melt by that time because we are on a heat wave here again and yeah, it's
getting little bit warmer. For this one I am going to select telephoto lens and since
it is really bright, I have to really pull the Sun down as much as I can. And again,
because it is a telephoto lens, you have to move very slow.
Now all I have to do is turn it around because this view is spectacular. I am gonna try to use the reflection. I am
gonna do just few shots here.
Last shot of this location will be right here. What I am
going to do, I am just gonna go little bit forward and then aim up to the sky. Then I
am gonna transition on the sky to another place. So with this one, you want to have
all follow mode set up on your gimbal because you need that whip to go up. I am shooting
just with a standard lens. I am finding that wide is little bit too wide.
Next set of connecting shots is here and in case you are wondering why the light has changed, well, because I
am shooting the next day. What happened yesterday, I finished the last shot, came here and unfortunately
the gardeners came. So they were cutting the grass, they were putting the plants in which
is a good thing. Now it looks good. I simply had to wrap it up. So I am here again, let's
keep going. The previous shot ended on the sky so now I have to go from the sky down.
Now, I could not find open sky where they were no trees so I will hide the transition
with a transition to get to this location. And again, I am starting from the sky and
I am simply going to go down.
Next 2 shots will follow just showing gazebo with ultra
wide angle lens just a typical shot like we would see from normal eyes perspective. And
all I am going to do is just tiny steps forward.
And I just do another shot with from a different
angle. And I'll make sure actually I walk under because I want to see again the structure.
I picked this structure because it has very very strong shapes. Whenever you are filming
a B-roll or you are planning on filming a cinematic video, you always want to surprise
the viewer with a shot he would not or she would not expect. Like right now when I am
gonna show you this beautiful morning shot. The same thing is with the B-roll. So what
I am going to do, I am gonna pull out my monopod. I am gonna do shot from above. I am gonna
do shot literally crawling on the ground. I am gonna do shot just showing those shapes
from different angle. Something you don't normally see from your eye level. You need
to go very high or very down or look up or look down. All we see is this. And that's
all we are used to and for us it's just like yeah, I've seen it. I've been here. I've seen
it. But if you gonna show them very, very different view, it's gonna be interesting.
I am gonna go very high on the top. Pull back. And again. I'll do it from a different view now.
For this shot I am going to simply go forward and leave this location by flying out.
Looking up to the ceiling I see very strong shape over here so I am just follow it forward.
To change the color porch would be another one. Get very close with it through
the lens. You are gonna get very different view.
I found this structure here and I am
looking at it from the top and I start kind of wiggling with the phone. It's gonna give
me very interesting look. I am leaving it in a tilt lock mode and you will see why.
Just I have to make sure my shoes are not in a shot.
And they are so I need to go backwards a lot.
As I was doing this kind of wave, the phone was kind of working with me. It's always
nice to try something from the top kind of waving and moving. You will get something
completely different than what's out there. Last scene is here behind me. I started with
trees so I am gonna end up with trees. The light is here coming from the side litting
up this whole area very nicely. And I am gonna be playing with more creative modes. FVP and
spin shot. Now, when it comes to those connecting shots, the spinning shots you want to do maximum
2 or 3 because you don't want your viewer to get sick and take Gravol. I have ultra
wide angle lens and I have FPV mode. I am gonna just first move forward and then I am
kind of gonna start the slow movement. And big movement. Time to do the spin shot. I
am just gonna do 2 clips or 3 clips but I am maybe gonna choose just 1 which one is
the best. I am gonna aim for the leaves. Now, when you are doing the spin shot, as you are
cutting it into the FPV, you have to kind of follow the movement. So if I went this
way, then I need to spin it the same way.
Now I am gonna finish it with spin shot of this tree line. Very tricky one. As I need to make
sure that I end up in a horizon level.
And closure, the last shot, going forward and
just kind of going down onto the ground. For this one I am using again ultra wide angle lens.
Do we have enough clips? I think so. Let's play the final B-roll.
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month is free. What you should take away from this video is to free up your mind. It's not
about the rules, about transitions and frame rates. Be a kid, explore, have fun. Play.
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