Ahoj! This is Zdenka and I'm not here alone. Guess who is back? Ahoj this is me, Janka! And we are in
Heber Down location in Ontario, Canada filming a short cinematic b-roll. Actually a tutorial how to
film with iPhone 13 pro. I'm gonna be trying to show you common mistakes people make when
they're filming their friends and then I'm gonna correct them and show you what you could be doing
better. Of course we're gonna edit it together, put some music and then play it at the end.
We have a little story actually. We were planning to shoot in different location just south of here,
also Heber Down but I knew that there is a whole bunch of construction going on but it was kind
of over, so we thought we're going to go to the beautiful lake because it's surrounded by trees.
And on the way there Janka was saying, I hope they didn't take the lake away from us! Well, guess
what? They did. It's still under construction. This is how it looks like there right now.
It's a location where you can't film right now. So we came here quite unexpectedly. It's gonna
be a real challenge for us. I don't really have a plan. Let's do this. Since iPhone has a lot of new
features, especially on this one, iPhone 13 pro, I'm gonna be filming in native camera app. I'm
gonna try to film as much handheld as I possibly can. For some of the shots I'm going to be using
just a gimbal to stabilize the footage and I know that some of you will ask me. Which gimbal are
you using? Today I just grabbed Zhiyun Smooth Q3 just because I can switch the modes on the
gimbal directly. I don't have to go to any other app so I can comfortably film in native camera app
without actually switching to the Zhiyun app. My plan is to put everything on 24 frames per
second timeline. I'm going to be filming in 30 frames per second because I want to slow down
the footage to have that kind of a dreamy look. So it's going to be slowed just a little bit 80%
Other clips I'm going to be filming at 60 frames per second if I want a little bit slower motion.
So that's the plan today. Maybe I might do even slower motion but
it depends if it's going to get windy or not. But right now 30 and 60. I'm going to
start with the first shot which typically would record your friend. So uh OK Janka you can go.
So the typical first mistake I was showing that a lot of people do is just they go right away on the
friend's face and they record them as they are walking by. What you can do definitely better,
you can establish your location. So I'm gonna do that again. This time I'm gonna be crunching
over there in the grass. I'm gonna lift and show the location as she's walking in entering the
location. So at the same time I'm gonna introduce the location but also my friend. Let's do this.
With the second shot, I'm just going to continue the same movement she was doing
the same action but I'm gonna film from different angles. So I'm not just gonna
leave it as one big shot as most of the people would but I'm gonna try to
take two or three shots from different angle of the same action.
I'm gonna go and finish the move as she's actually walking. She will end up here. And
this last shot will be very creative. So at the same time I'm showing the location.
I'm gonna be backing up. The gimbal mode I'm using is all locked mode because it's gonna be
way easier for me to frame the shot. The easiest way for me is actually to already get the framing,
the final framing like that and I'm gonna lock the brightness. Now,
because the gimbal is in lock mode, I can go forward and it's always going to maintain
the same position. So if I'm going to go back, I'm going to end up with the same view I want.
...and 1,2,3...
There are two mistakes which people can make at this point and I did this clip on purpose.
One was when she was just looking over without any emotion. She's not actually enjoying the location.
She's not in the mood and in the location. When you are directing someone like that,
you have to actually tell them because they won't know how to feel so you have to. I'm
going to show you very soon how to talk to your friend. The second mistake would be that
everybody is so crazy about the cinematic mode on the iPhone 13 pro but you can make it a little bit
way too milky. The background way too soft. You don't want that. When you are telling a story,
it doesn't matter. You can have a little bit of a sharpness to actually show the location
but at the same time, when they are going to make it way too soft, you will introduce these
very ugly edges around the person. So you need to bring the f-stop a little bit higher. So I'm
going to bring it instead of... right now it's 2.0... actually I'm gonna bring it all the way to
f/6.3 or even more. f/7.1 Now I'm still seeing the background a little bit blurry but I actually see
way better picture of her. It's no more
getting those edges which are a little bit smudged. So you're really enjoying and just
like... you can do this and look over and just breathe in. Close your eyes, head up
and just like really... and then just look around. You know and you can do Janka, you can do even
like one of those. Just look around and just like be in a moment, like really, really enjoying.
And as every single story has a beginning and middle and ending,
the middle.. I like to start always kind of slow and then the middle should be the most energy
and then it kind of goes down and starts, ends slow. This is the last shot. I'm gonna do it
right now because we're gonna move on to different location. It's going to be pretty similar as she
started. Now she's going to be actually going away from the location. I'm going to show the nice
landscape. I'm using ultra wide angle lens for this. Again filming in 30 frames per second and
using locked mode. 1, 2, 3..
Detail shots are next. I'm going to do them handheld. For this one,
I'm filming in 60 frames per second. I don't want too much of a slow motion, just slower motion is
fine. I'm actually using just a standard lens. I'm not using cinematic. I'm using this standard lens.
Generally on the iPhone 12 pro I was using telephoto but with this one now that the
close-up is even more close-up, to be honest not liking it that much. I'm back to standard lens
and I'm finding that I'm still getting the blurry background anyways.
Squish it as you're going up and let go. Perfect, again.
It's good to mix also environment with your friend as well. Not to only show your friend. So I'm
gonna do a few shots just of the greenery around. Well, the brownary or what would you call it now.
Just a close-up shots of the ... then we'll connect it together with some movement as well.
And I'm starting with a shot which might not be exactly the right shot. Most of
the people will grab their phone and shoot from the eye level like this and
perhaps even select the wrong lens. Right now I have ultra wide angle lens which is not doing
much of its justice. It's showing a lot of the plants. There's no intimacy whatsoever.
The friend is very little. If I switch to standard lens, she's closer but still there
is no intimacy. It's not really doing much of a cinematic feel. What you want to do instead,
you want to shoot through stuff. So I'm going to go very low and I'm going to shoot through those
plants. So she's kind of framed, surrounded and it shows like I'm not even here. I'm not
supposed to be here to shoot her. It's going to be very intimate kind of candid as somebody is
taking photo or video of you without you even knowing. OK Janka you can turn around spin.
Perfect. 1,2,3.
Make sure it'll be a little bit more of an action. She's gonna go actually down the hill. Hopefully
we'll both be good and not roll down the hill. And she's gonna try to be playful, having fun, turning
around, just enjoying the fall. I'm filming at 30 frames per second. This will be a dream
section. Again, it's not going to be slow motion. I made sure that the brightness is actually moved
down a little bit more. I'm shooting with just standard lens and let's go. So jumping around.
You forgot to look at me here and there.
We are back in the gazebo. I'm gonna do a little bit
of a movement shot so she will be walking in from this side and I'm gonna be walking from
the other side showing this, the ceiling a little bit, showing her and moving out. We'll see how it
goes. We'll do a few shots with the gimbal and then few just hand held just in case. OK, 1,2,3.
Excellent. OK I'll do it handheld.
All right, I'm filming in 60 frames per second so I should be able to hold it in my hands. 1,2,3.
Good. Four more shots were left to do. Very simple portrait of Janka. Again, it is all
about the communication between you and model or friend, explaining them clearly the mood and
expression you are looking for. Detailed shots of the structure were done with ultra
wide angle lens. The closer you get, the more massive it's going to look.
And some more close-up shots of nature. Now it's time to edit,
color grade and add music. Here is the final b-roll.
The whole shoot was filmed in the brightest worst midday daylight possible as this was
the only option. Just to give you an idea how the result can look like
in this lighting condition. If you liked the final color grade,
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Questions, comments, leave them below and I'll see you in the next video. Ahoj.... Ahoj...