- So one question I get over and over
is how do you get clean audio when you're flying your drone?
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Having a moving shot like this
just completely changes the look and feel of your video,
especially when you have super clean audio
and you just have all this motion going on,
and it looks like you have someone following you.
I'm up here by myself.
I have the drone tracking me,
and I'm just walking and talking,
and I get clean audio besides that wind that's hitting.
Can't really control the elements sometimes.
So the process is pretty simple,
and it doesn't take a lot to get good, clean audio
when you're out filming using your drone.
Now, some controllers do allow you to record the audio
from the controller or from the phone.
However, your phone would have to be
like this to be able to get clean audio.
And if you put it down or you're looking around,
like you're not gonna, it's not gonna be that good.
And also there's no microphone on the drone.
It's a flying camera in the sky.
There's no microphone on it.
So what you have to do is actually use an external recorder.
Now what I'm using right now is the DJI mic.
Now this has a backup recording feature,
and you can actually use it as a standalone recorder.
So all of my audio
is coming from this microphone right here.
Now the one thing that you do have to do
when you're out filming is create a sync point.
So I'm sure you've seen the traditional clapper board
when it comes to major motion pictures,
the black and white checkered thing.
Well, that is to sync sound to video in post,
because on bigger film shoots
they're recording the audio separate than video,
and then they use the clapper board as a sync point.
And this is what you need when you're out filming.
Now, you don't need to carry
one of these black and white checker clapper boards,
but you just need to create your own sync point.
So I took the drone up, I got it in the air.
I got a position where I can see myself.
I started recording the audio on my microphone,
and then all I do is make sure
that I see a clap with my hands.
And I make sure that it's audible for the microphone.
Now when we get into the editing software,
what you look for in the audio is that clap,
it'll be a big spike in the wave form.
And then you match up that point, that frame,
to where the actual clap hits your hands on screen.
So you're syncing the audio and video
in your editing software.
And as soon as you have those two lined up, well,
now you have clean audio from your drone.
And basically every time that you start recording again,
you'll need to do one of these sync points.
So it only is gonna work for that take
when you started and stopped recording.
Now personally, when I'm out filming with my drone
I make sure that I have plenty of battery.
I make sure I have plenty of storage in my audio,
my drone, and all the cards.
And I just hit record once,
do a sync point, and then let it roll for a long duration.
It's a lot easier to film in this way
where you just let things roll
and then you just cut out all the garbage in between.
And essentially it's as simple as that.
So this is a pretty cool way to talk to camera
and have a lot of motion.
If you have a drone like the DJI Mavik 3 or Air 2S,
you could use the active track, follow yourself,
and actually get these walk and talk shots
that you really can't get with other cameras,
especially when you're by yourself.
And that's the big thing.
Like this is a great way to get
some really dynamic-looking footage when you're alone
and be able to capture audio that's super clean
so that it's gonna fit perfect
for the video that you're creating.
Now to get rid of the sounds of the propellers spinning,
you can use noise cancellation,
which is built into a lot of editing softwares,
and that's gonna reduce any of these background noises
like the propellers spinning.
Now, Final Cut recently came out with a new plugin
called voice isolation,
and it actually is working super well.
Now this is using AI technology
to basically detect where your voice is
in the audio frequencies, and cut out everything else.
So here's the before.
This is a pretty cool way to talk to camera
and have a lot of motion.
If you have a drone like the DJI Mavik 3 or Air 2S.
And here's after with 75% of the voice isolation turned on.
This is a pretty cool way to talk to camera
and have a lot of motion.
If you have a drone like the DJI Mavik 3 or Air 2S.
And you can hear the difference how clear the voice is
when you turn on this isolation.
Now you don't want to put it at a hundred,
because it might start distorting your voice.
You really have to play around with this tool
and figure out where your audio sounds the best,
but it also is reducing enough of the background noise
that you don't even notice it.
And one other thing that you can do is you can add in music.
And as soon as you add in a little bit of music,
it's gonna help drown out some of those background sounds.
But I think this is a great method
if you want to get these dynamic shots.
It looks so much better
than always using a camera on a tripod.
And next, you need to make sure you check out
this video right here,
which goes through a few different drone moves
that you can use when you're out filming by yourself.