hey good people of the Internet my name's Jake Sloan and I make videos
here on YouTube all about how you can take your mobile phone and create great
cinematic videos using a few simple tricks and some simple tools and
accessories so if you would like to join me on the journey of learning how to
take this device and create some great cinematic videos then hit subscribe to
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join me on the journey of this mobile video filmmaking revolution so in
today's video I want to talk about and teach you how some simple movement will
really increase the cinematic quality of your videos and help you tell a better
story but to do that I think we have to go somewhere else this location isn't as
conducive to that as possible but before we go I want to show you two differences
one a static shot like this it can be the most beautiful coat location in the
world but people will get bored with that quickly so if you add a simple pan
from the bottom to the top or from the left to the right it adds a whole new
dimension of your storytelling because it's revealing more information to your
audience and the same with this shot right here if it's static it's fine it's
pretty but if you add a pan from the bottom to the top it really adds to the
cinematic quality it increases the storytelling value because it's
revealing more information to your audience so I think we need to go get
some footage and maybe explore some other options for how we can add to our
storytelling with just some simple movement
so one thing to keep in mind when you're trying to move your camera is keep your
arms tucked to your sides and keep yourself real still and then just pivot
with your wrists and your elbows or just on your body that way it'll keep the
motion nice and smooth if you don't have a gimbal or something like that
so another way to make sure that your movement is smooth and cinematic looking
is filming a higher frame rate like 60 frames per second or 120 frames per
second or even higher but that will help smooth out any movement little jitters
anything like that that you might have so and almost every phone now can do 60
or 120 frames a second but really help give you that smooth kind of dreamy
cinematic look
another thing to watch for is use different angles like a really really
low angle or a really high angle anything that's a different perspective
than the normal eye height will really add a lot of interest to your footage so
look for new ways look for new perspectives try new things to get
interesting perspectives so if you start really low and then pan up or you start
really high and come down close to the ground not really make a difference in
your footage
whoa that was a beautiful day up there it was a little windy but it was
gorgeous I think I got sunburned okay so so now that you've seen a little bit
just a little bit of motion will do to make your videos a little bit more
cinematic I filmed all that on my phone using 4k 60 frames a second it was a
little windy so some of the audio was a little bit noisy and stuff but still it
doesn't matter I think the content is pretty nice and pretty good so now what
I want to show you is how putting those shots together to tell just a short
quick story of going to explore some ice ice caves on a glacier with my kids add
a little bit of music and voila you have this lovely little cinematic video that
you can share with friends family or you know your dog or something like that
anyway enjoy
so there you go you simple things you can do that add some really cinematic
effects to your phone footage if you want to join me on this journey of
learning to use your phone to a really high potential and take your footage to
the next level and create amazing cinematic videos in your phone then
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every time I upload a bill let me know in the comments below what you think and
ideas you have for making your phone footage more cinematic thanks for
watching thanks for subscribing and I'll see you again soon in the next video