- This
is
my
top five
POV
angles
to master.
But stay tuned 'til the end,
'cause there might be a little shred edit
with all of these cool angles.
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Right, everyone loves to film themselves
shredding their local trail,
or shredding a trail with their buddies
and capturing the whole day.
But there's a few little mistakes that people
do get into when filming themselves.
Especially with POVs,
on your helmet, on your person,
on your chest, on your bike.
A lot of little common ones, especially the chesty.
When you're riding the trail, you're super excited,
you click it in, you press record,
get down to the trail head,
and you watch your footage,
and it's all of the handlebars.
It's the worst one.
It's the most common mistake I see out there.
So I'm gonna help you overcome all these little mistakes
and help you get the right angles for you to film yourself.
Right, the most common place that everyone
puts their action camera is on their helmet
on their head where this is a natural gimbal.
Your head's a natural gimbal,
your head's gonna be super stable,
so you are gonna get some good footage.
So when you click it in, you get it ready,
all good, you press record, and you're like yeah.
You get down there, and you see
just the trail in front of you.
So to overcome that,
especially with a camera like this one
where there's no screen on the back,
you don't know where it is facing or pointing.
But a lot of these little action cams
come with applications for your mobile phone.
So this is a slave unit for that,
so you can see where this is looking,
so you can adjust it accordingly.
When you get on your riding position,
you're gonna be riding like this,
you're not gonna be riding like that, obviously.
So what you wanna do is put your helmet like this,
and you can point it, so if it's like that,
you can see it's just gonna have your peak
and the trail in front.
So give it a move up or down
to get the right riding position.
I think that's pretty good.
Right, another great position where I prefer
to put the GoPro is under my peak.
It's out the way, and it's definitely
gonna give you a bird's-eye view
of what you're looking at out on the trail,
so that is my favourite.
Look how slick it looks. Don't look like a Teletubbuy.
Right, this one is the bomb.
This is a great one to show off
how rough a trail can be
because it's not gonna be super stable,
but it's gonna show you how rough it is.
So you can have it facing forward to see what is
coming up on the trail from the bike's view,
or face it backwards and you can see yourself,
how you react in a rough situation.
It's a great way to mix up your footage.
Right, this one is called the chest mount.
This is a great way of capturing
good action out there on the trail,
but can be set up very wrongly
and I've seen it happen loads.
I've seen a lot of downtube action
and handlebar action, but nothing in front.
So, super easy way to get it wrong,
I know, but to overcome this issue,
get into your riding position like this.
You can see if it's flat against your chest,
you're definitely gonna just get your top tube.
So overexaggerate it because higher is a bit better.
So if you're in your riding position like this,
move it up just like that.
You can see kind of where it's going, like that.
That's gonna give you a better angle
of the action happening, your bike moving around,
your friends in front, all the dust coming past you.
You're gonna be super stoked
when you get down to the bottom.
That's good, that could be a little bit shaky,
and there's a great way of getting rid of that,
and that is one of these.
It's a little bit more expensive,
but if you want super smooth footage, this is what you need.
This is a gimbal, and this is gonna capture
all your footage so, so stable.
This looks like you're gonna be floating down the trail.
You've probably seen this on YouTube all around.
Loads of people like BKXC and Skills with Phil,
they all do this, and Seth's Bike Hacks.
They all have one of these, and their footage
is super smooth and it looks good.
And what about this? Selfie Stick.
Anything that is telescopical just like this one right here.
You duct tape it to your head.
That's the key, you duct tape.
You're gonna need duct tape for this,
that stuff right there.
You duct tape it to your mount.
Especially when you've got a camera
that's super wide angle, you can capture a lot.
You can capture your whole body
and your bike moving underneath you.
But if you set it off 90, like this,
you can capture yourself
and your buddy behind you in a train.
It looks so good. It's a perfect angle.
Right, I know it doesn't look smart,
but that's not the thing.
You're not gonna see this, only someone that's like
what the hell is that guy doing?
But the end result is insane.
It looks so good.
Just feels a bit weird on your head.
Just for a few minutes, you know you just capture
that quick angle, take it off.
But you've got some real cool footage
for the boys to watch.
Just remember if you're using your dad's duct tape,
make sure you use your pocket money
to buy him another role because you do use
a lot of duct tape in this situation.
Look at that!
Yes!
Right, number five.
This is a bonus one for you,
'cause I'm gonna let you in to a little secret of mine.
You can find it on the internet, but it's super hard.
This, my dear friends, is what I call the helimount.
This thing spins on your head, and it looks nuts.
It does add another dimension to your edit,
and it definitely puts a little bit more spice in there.
But it's super easy to set up,
you just screw this on.
It's all homemade.
You get your GoPro, you put your GoPro on the end like that.
What this end does, 'cause you gotta counterweight all that.
One side's definitely gonna be heavier than the other.
Screw it in, done.
Put your helmet in there, done.
Click it in.
Hey, presto.
Look at that.
You've got a helimount.
Look at that.
Spins round your head,
captures loads of cool, cool angles.
So there you go, my top five POV angles
and how to set them up properly.
And here's a little edit from all of these angles.
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Yeah, sick!
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Aw, yeah.
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Woo hoo hoo!
All these turns right here.
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