Ahoj! This is Zdenka. Today's video is going to start series of videos I am gonna be filming
next 3 months to take the advantage of outdoors season which is pretty short here in Canada.
We will be doing lot of filming tutorials. I'll take you behind the scenes. Filming with
smartphones, regular cameras with small gimbals, large gimbals, action cameras, all that and
I will also do some photography sessions. Well, in today's video I am gonna be filming
with a smartphone and a gimbal. All those tips will apply to any gimbal but for those
wondering, I am using today iPhone 12pro and DJI OM4. In this video we are going to create
2 cinematic sequences. One as a beginner and the second one we will correct all mistakes
beginner would do, let's do more advanced.
Well let's say I like this place, this is
lake Ontario and I like the marina over there, I like little bit of the light house and the
lake, so I am going to start filming in 24fps in 4K and the mode I have selected on my gimbal
is just default mode, all follow mode because I am quite unsure which mode to really use.
So I am going to start with showing just a nice lake and it's taking a long time so I
am just gonna go little bit faster. And now I realized that I actually like that marina
over there so I am gonna select the telephoto lens and I am going to show off little bit
of the marina. And actually I'll do little bit of a less zoom in shot, and do ultra wide
shot. And now I moved to a different spot because I kind of like this path and I like
the water here with the trees and all that. So I am just gonna walk around and I am gonna
try to film little bit more of this. So I am just gonna go straight and I really like
the trees over here, so I am gonna film that little bit. Maybe these rocks are very cool.
And I'll just keep going because you know the video is stabilized, looks pretty good. I
think I've got enough of clips so let's just cut it together and play this b-roll.
Well the video was OK but it didn't lure me in. I didn't feel connected there so let's
do it all over again little bit differently though. Now, everybody will have different
style, everybody will have little bit different signature to their videos. It is all about
the ideas. It's all about choosing the right angles, choosing the right views and finally
how to edit the final B-roll all together. I am going to film in higher frame which is 60fps
because I might want to slow down some of the parts of the video. I don't want to shoot
everything in slow motion, only slow down the clips when it makes sense. Now, I am gonna
be filming in automatic mode in DJI Mimo because today it's just advanced video, it is not
a pro video. That's gonna be in the future down the road. But right now again it's gonna
be automatic and white balance will stay automatic as well because if you film in automatic mode
in DJI Mimo, you are not able to switch white balance which is too bad. One thing beginners
like to do is film everything from the same eye level. They don't like to move much. They
rarely move. I was moving only little bit so now let's change that. Let's actually do
lot of movement and change perspective. Let's not shoot everything in eye level, let's go
down, let's go high, let's look right and left and see how this location can look from
different angles. I am going to start with just walking away because I see this beautiful
path. Right now I am choosing just standard lens and I am gonna go from the ground up.
So I am choosing all follow mode because I want the gimbal react slowly as I am lifting
it up. So I am going to start from the ground and if I am slowly bringing the phone up,
I am revealing the whole location. In the next shot I really like the railing so I am
just gonna follow that very closely. For this one I am selecting tilt follow mode because
I don't want the tilt to go up and I am going forward. And I will go with ultra wide angle
lens.
I want to continue the movement so I am just gonna go sideways here between those trees.
As you most likely noticed, I am not shooting everything at once. I am not doing
one long take. I am actually dividing the sections into small different takes so when
I cut them together, it will have more impact. Now, I am moving on. I am gonna start little
bit details because I feel like I have lot of movement going on and I need to get much
closer. Show off particular objects, particular parts. First close up shot will be the obvious because there is lot of trees here. So let's just do the crown. I want to get as close as possible.
And what I am doing here, I am just aiming the camera straight up to slowly going down.
And sideways.
Another detail shot can be of this little object right here.
So again, I am gonna be selecting the telephoto lens for that.
And obviously again, you want to lock onto the object to make sure it is in the focus.
As I do have enough of this location, I want to show it from different angle. I want to go there so I need to transition
going away from this place so what I am going to do, I am focus on those trees there, tree
line and then just go down to the ground very quickly. On the next location I am gonna go
from the ground up. So let's do that. And for this one, I do have actually follow mode
because until now I had tilt lock which I don't want. I am going to choose telephoto
lens. This will help me to go down faster. So now I moved to the second place and I am
gonna continue the transition. I am gonna go from the ground up. Again, the telephoto
lens is selected to insure that I get a quick whip. I am going to try to get some cool shot
here, just going through the seats forward. For this one I am gonna try to slide from
the side to side with the ultra wide angle lens. And I am gonna go even lower to see
the view from there. And I am going to get few more last shots. One will be close up
of this light house as I am kind of walking towards it so I am gonna select tilt follow
mode. And then I am gonna do just little run around little circle around of the red top.
So locking the exposure, locking the focus and slowly walking forward. For this one I
need to do follow mode. I walked around little bit some more and I found different angle
to show this location off, just to give it little bit different perspective. So in this
one what I am going to do, I am just gonna go from top to the ground. Show off the waves.
Let's show off the waves little bit so I am gonna flip the phone upside down. I am gonna
do very low shot of the waves. Ups... and now I have water in my shoe. And now I think
that I have just enough of the shots, so let's edit it together and let's play the final B-roll.
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any questions, comments, leave them below. And I'll see you my friends in the next video.
Cau... Ahoj...