(upbeat music) - In this video,
we're gonna go through a bunch of different drone shots
that work well when you're filming vehicles.
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Now, my goal with this video is
to show you a variety of shots that you can use
with any drone that you are flying with.
Some drones will have more advantages over others.
However, for the majority of these shots,
you can perform them with any drone.
Now, before we get into the specific shots,
there's a couple things we need to have a discussion about.
What is the purpose for the footage that you're creating?
I've talked a lot about different drone shots
on this channel, and they're all great,
but ultimately, they're only useful
if they work for the project that you're working on.
Now, if you're just cutting together
some cool shots and putting it to music,
well then, having some variety and having
all these different styles of shots will look really cool.
But if you're telling a story, a lot of times,
just a simple drone shot of like a vehicle moving
through the scene is all you're gonna need.
You don't need to go out and shoot 15 different shots
and grab all of these different angles
if it's just a quick transition from one scene to another.
And when we're out flying,
obviously we wanna get as much footage as possible,
but you really wanna think about that story
because if you're spending half your day
getting cool drone shots of your vehicle
moving through some different scenes,
but when you get down to the edit,
you're only using a few seconds from each section,
well, you're gonna waste a lot of time
because time is important and you don't wanna shoot
a ton of footage that you don't end up using in the edit.
So if you're using these shots for more of a story piece,
well, think through what is the purpose of these drone shots
in this specific video that you're creating, and then,
come up with a list of shots that you wanna use.
Grab a few extra here and there, but don't overshoot it.
But if you're not shooting a story
and you just wanna capture a bunch
of different awesome shots of your vehicle,
well, these shots that we're gonna discuss
in this video will give you a ton of ideas
and variations that you can use so that you can change it up
and not use the same shot over, and over, and over.
And another good reason to use these shots
is to sell them as stock footage.
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a special thanks to our sponsor of this video,
which is Wirestock.
And Wirestock is a tool that allows you to sell your videos,
photos, and vector art as stock.
How Wirestock works is that you can upload
all of your videos that you're shooting
with your drone to their website.
And they'll distribute it to a bunch
of different stock footage agencies
like Shutterstock, Pond5, and Adobe Stock.
The best part is all you have to do is upload your footage
and use the easy submission feature.
And the team over at Wirestock will do
all of the metadata for you.
So what that means is that all you have to worry about is
shooting awesome footage and uploading it to the site.
Now, Wirestock gives you an entire backend
so you can see all of your data in one place.
You can see what shots are selling
and you can see where they're selling,
which makes it super simple to keep track of everything.
And it will give you some ideas on what to sell next
based on what has sold out of your library.
Now, Wirestock gives you a portfolio page
so you can display all of your photos and videos,
which is a great thing to share
if you wanna send it out to potential clients.
Now, how Wirestock works is every time you make a sale,
Wirestock takes 15%.
So Wirestock's not getting paid unless you're getting paid.
So there's no reason that you shouldn't try
to use Wirestock.
Next time you're out filming some content,
well, just grab a few additional shots
that you could upload as stock footage
that someone might need to use in their project.
So if you're ready to start selling your footage as stock,
I'll put a link down below in description
where you can sign up for your free account right now.
All right, so now, let's dig into some different drone shots
to give you some ideas of what to use in your next video.
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This first one is the raise up and tilt down.
This is a great one to use
whenever I just wanna get a shot of my truck
and I wanna show a dynamic background.
And we're gonna be using parallax,
but it's a vertical parallax versus a horizontal parallax.
And so what that means is the background
is moving faster than the foreground.
So to perform this move,
you're gonna pull down on the left joystick
while tilting up on the gimbal.
And you can also do this in reverse.
So you can push up on the left joystick
and tilt down with the gimbal.
This shot not only shows a ton of movement,
but it also could be used as a reveal
to show the scene behind.
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Now, to take this shot a step further, add a longer lens.
So if you're filming on a drone like the DJI Mavic 3,
well, you have access to that super zoomed-in lens.
It's a 7X zoom which is equivalent
to like 160-ish millimeter lens.
It's wild.
But if you're shooting something like the Mini 3,
well, you could just punch in on your footage
two times in 4K or four times in HD.
So you could use the same drone movement
but on a zoomed-in lens and just accentuate
the background movement even more.
You're really gonna see a ton of this vertical parallax
when you zoom in your lens.
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Now, the next move is an epic landscape orbit.
And to perform an orbit,
there's a few ways that you could do it.
You can pull left on the left joystick
while pulling right on the right joystick,
or you could pull right on the left joystick,
and then, left on the right joystick.
And that's gonna move the drone
in a circle around the vehicle.
When you're doing this,
you wanna just keep that vehicle centered the entire time.
And another way to do this in a DJI drone
is to use Focus Track feature,
so you can lock onto your subject.
And then, you could put it into the Orbit mode
and it will keep that vehicle centered the entire time,
and spin left or right.
And to really sell this drone move,
you wanna have just an epic landscape in the background.
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And another variation of this is using a zoomed-in lens.
So just like the last move,
if you punch in the lens and you do an orbit,
you're gonna be more focused
on the vehicle versus the background.
However, what you're gonna see in the background
is gonna be moving so much faster.
So it just gives you a completely different look
to your footage when you're filming in this way.
And when you're zoomed in,
you could see a lot more of that parallax.
And a good thing to do is when you're filming in this way
is shoot at double that of your frame rate.
So making sure that you have proper motion blur
so that when you're doing these movements,
you actually see the background blurring a little bit
versus having less motion blur
and it's gonna look a lot more choppy.
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Now, the next movement is, well, no movement,
and it's a tripod in the sky.
And what you'll do is fly your drone
to a unique perspective,
and then, just let the drone sit there.
And then, you wanna have the vehicle
move through the scene.
You don't always have to have motion with your drone.
I think one thing that we are always trying to do is add
more motion and just make it more dynamic.
When in reality,
sometimes just having the drone up in the sky
with a cool angle and looking through the trees
or seeing just the landscape, that's all you really need.
And it just varies up the shot
so that your camera's not always close to the ground.
And the same type of movement looks great
when you're looking just straight down.
So if you're looking down on the ground
and you see the patterns and textures of the earth,
and then, you see the vehicle interacting with that,
well, that creates a really dynamic-looking shot
and you don't always have to move the shot.
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However, if you do add some top-down motion,
there's a few things that you can do.
And the first is just move with the vehicle.
So wherever your vehicle moves, you can move the drone.
And so if the vehicle turns, you turn.
Then if it's moving forward, the drone's moving forward.
So it's stuck on the vehicle.
And it's kind of like looking down at that map view.
And so how you do this move is
you're gonna be pushing forward on the right joystick.
And then, you're gonna be using your left joystick
left or right to follow the vehicle.
And if you're keeping at the same pace as the vehicle,
well, you'll be able to just use that left joystick
and steer the drone around wherever the vehicle is moving.
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Now, another top-down variation is moving the drone
in one direction while the vehicle moves through the scene.
So if you're on a road,
one of the things you could be doing is going down the road
and the vehicle moves faster than the drone.
So it comes into frame, and then, it pops out of frame.
One thing when you're working with vehicles is
play with the different styles of motion.
So vehicles can move faster or slower than your drone.
And you'll wanna have some shots
where you're moving at the same pace,
some where you're moving slower,
and some where you're even moving faster
and overtaking the vehicle.
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Now, this next one's one of my favorite.
And that is where you fly in front of the vehicle
and the vehicle's coming towards you.
Now, this shot looks really cool
because it's gonna show a ton of movement in the frame.
And if you can fly in a way where you're safe
and things are moving past the frame,
it's gonna just give it a super dynamic look.
So to perform this move,
you pull backwards on the right joystick
as the vehicle's moving towards you.
And ideally, you wanna have the vehicle
and the drone moving at the same pace.
And so you're essentially gonna be glued to the vehicle,
but you're down low right in front of that vehicle
and just flying backwards.
Now, be careful 'cause you could hit something
or if you're going too slow,
well, the truck or something could hit you.
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Now, the next one is super useful for vehicles,
and that is a side-tracking shot.
So you're gonna get to the side of your subject
and you're gonna pull left or right on the right joystick.
And you'll wanna be moving at the same pace as the vehicle.
Now, to amp up this shot, use a zoomed-in lens.
Whenever you wanna make these movements feel faster
and more impactful, you can zoom in the lens,
especially when you're focused on a vehicle
and moving fast through a landscape.
But again, with this shot, you're gonna be down low.
You're gonna wanna be cautious
to what's to the side of your drone.
If you're flying with a Mavic 3,
you have those side-to-side sensors,
but a lot of drones don't have those side-to side-sensors,
so it's very easy to run into something.
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Now, the next one is a reveal.
So you're gonna be moving sideways with the landscape.
You're gonna be pulling left or right
on the right joystick while tilting up on the gimbal.
So this is a great way to just start a scene.
So you just kind of see this landscape
moving through the frame.
And then, as the gimbal comes up,
you reveal the scene that the car is driving through.
Now, these shots when you're moving the gimbal up
revealing from just nothing to actually seeing the scene
are a great way to start action
in the video that you're creating.
So if you're in a new scene, if you're in a new location,
well, this is a great introduction shot to use.
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Now, one of the shots I like to use all the time is
get to a corner of the vehicle,
and then, just move at the same pace.
And the idea of this is that you're seeing the landscape
and you're moving at the same pace
as the truck or car or whatever you're filming.
So when you're flying,
you see this big landscape-style shot,
and you'll see the truck small in the frame,
and both you and the drone are moving at the same pace.
Now, this isn't like some of the other shots
where you're focused in and you're super close up.
This one is more of a landscape shot,
but you're moving at the same pace.
So if you're flying in one of the corners,
you're gonna be pushing your sticks in one of the corners.
So your drone is gonna be turned
at a 45 degree angle at the sky,
and you're gonna be pushing into one of the four corners
to be able to follow the drone forwards, the top two,
or backwards, the back two.
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Now, another good shot to use
with the vehicle is the reveal.
So flying with just an empty frame, you see a big scene.
Maybe there's a road down low.
And then, the car is driving faster than the drone
and it enters into frame
and keeps moving through that frame.
So the drone is moving slowly.
You're just seeing a little bit
of creeping motion in the shot.
And then, the vehicle moves fast and pops into the frame.
And so this is what I was saying earlier.
You wanna play with the different speeds
of your drone to your vehicle.
Sometimes you'll wanna go super fast
and sometimes you'll want the drone to go super slow.
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Now, a fun one to use once in a while is the dolly zoom.
And that's where you're gonna be adding a zoom
when you're in the editing software.
Some drones do allow you to do this in camera,
but I found that it's just easier to do
in your editing software.
And so to perform this move,
you're either gonna be flying towards the vehicle
or flying away from the vehicle.
And then, you're gonna do the reverse
in your editing software with a zoom.
And so when you move forwards,
while zooming out in your software,
you're gonna create this stretching effect
in the background.
Now, this is an effect that can be overused,
but if you do it subtly in different scenes,
it just gives you a different style of motion
that might make it feel a little bit different
than the other shots that you're capturing.
Now, make sure you head down to the description
and check out Wirestock so you could start
uploading your footage as stock.
But next, you need to check out this video right here,
which is gonna go through even more drone moves
that's gonna help you when you're out flying.
I'll see you over there.