This video is sponsored by Epidemic Sound. Ahoj! This is Zdenka. I went through all
smartphone filmmaking tutorials uploaded on this channel in the past to help you to
find the most cinematic and creative shots with your smartphone whether you're filming handheld
or with a gimbal. 20 tips with many visual examples. So you can achieve the same.
We all know the typical panning shot revealing a beautiful location or typical walking forward shot
revealing a beautiful location. Well, what if we select an OK location like this one
and surprise your audience with backing up revealing even more interesting object.
If you are filming with a gimbal, make sure you are using tilt lock mode. That way the
camera is not going to move up and down. Make sure the horizon is leveled up and
then slowly back up while you're filming with ultra wide angle lens or wide lens.
The first clip coming up was filmed during the day if not closer to midday actually. Sunny day,
the worst light possible, especially if you film in the woods.
To get the most cinematic shots, you
will need to start getting picky about the light. That's one of the reasons I get up before sunrise
or I aim for a foggy day.
If I want to film during the day then I check the
Storm Radar app to find out which next day is going to be overcast.
Or I head out later on in the afternoon just before the sunset.
Pay attention to the time of the day, the weather and the light.
It will make an enormous difference. Perfect light is everything. A very eye-catching
shot is if you can find a location which is symmetrical, balanced, filled like these 2.
If you are going to be filming as you are walking forward,
use tilt lock mode on your gimbal and take advantage of leading lanes.
If you're going to be filming just a plain railing in the middle of the day,
it's just gonna be a plain railing. If you're gonna be filming the same railing
early in the morning or much later in the afternoon,
shadows will be your best friend. Always look for shadows. It will add drama and extra shapes.
Highly creative shots can be achieved with the help of reflections. This is the time
when you don't want to use CPL filter. Keep it RAW. Look for puddles and lakes.
Go very low, close to the water but not touching and certainly not dropping your phone into them.
Be careful. Make sure the phone lens is as close to the water as possible for bigger impact.
Other ideas would be mirrors like this mirror on a car.
It will give you very different surprising view.
Does your phone have multiple lenses? Let's talk about the ultra wide angle lens. There
are times when you want to shoot with ultra wide angle lens and there are times when you
want to stay away from it because the closer the object gets to the ultra wide angle lens,
it's going to look way bigger. So if you're going to be filming your girlfriend or wife,
don't film with ultra wide angle lens. You can get
creative if you get to tight spaces and structures with interesting shapes.
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Sound for making this video possible. Another lens which is quite important is telephoto
lens. If you're going to be filming a close-up of an object just with a standard, wide lens,
you're not going to get the same result as if you were filming with a telephoto lens.
Go as close to the object as possible, make sure it is in focus and lock the focus. The background
will end up nice and blurry. Very pleasant to an eye and your object will certainly stand out.
When the sun gets low enough, whenever you can,
film against the sun. If you're gonna be filming a close-up of an object when the sun will be
in your back, almost always it's gonna look flat. When you're filming with a smartphone
and if you're gonna be filming against the sun and get those light streaks...
If you're gonna be standing in the middle of the field with nothing, it's just gonna be very plain
shot. If you're gonna position yourself on the street in the middle of the path or close to
the railing and start walking forward, you will take advantage of leading lanes. It will draw
you in the center of the frame. It will look very dramatic. Look for those leading lanes.
Instead of making sure that your background is nice and blurry when you are filming an object,
reverse it. You can have your foreground blurry and everything in the back nice
and sharp. You can achieve that if you are filming with telephoto lens.
Tap on the screen to make sure your object is sharp, is in focus, lock it and then move
sideways. Tilt lock mode is on the gimbal. You will add a candid feel if you film a person.
If you are filming a location where all the main objects are sort of on just one lane,
you might want to think about making it more interesting like for example by shooting
through something like shooting through grass. But if you find a location which has multiple
lanes of objects, you won't have to really do much. For example this location. Notice the
first tree line, then the path, then railing, then water, then island and then water again.
We are all used to seeing everything from eye level and it's normal to us. But
bring the smartphone a little bit higher with the help of monopod like to a tree crown in the fall,
and suddenly you're gonna be staring at beautiful colorful leaves and sun shining through.
Or a simple shot of a scene where you're walking forward with your smartphone and the gimbal on
a monopod high in the air. Filming with an ultra wide angle lens can give an impression
that you were actually using a drone. We are going to stay with monopod and
ultra wide angle lens for some more. Make sure you are standing on the highest spot
possible and below you is a nice deep view. Start very low and bring it slowly high in the air.
If you are using gimbal, make sure you are using all follow mode.
Second shot shows a very similar situation. I purposely positioned myself as high as I could
above my friend Martina. Ultra wide angle lens will make the shot look super high. For shots
like these, use tilt lock mode. Position your smartphone facing straight down and just lift off.
So far we have seen some low angle shots and some very high shots but we haven't looked
straight up yet. And we miss many interesting opportunities like very interesting ceiling
or just a plain tree crown. Look up.
And by all means you can achieve a very similar result by filming flowers below them pointing up.
I hope your back is strong because you're gonna bend it a lot. Just like filming a reflection,
get very close to the ground as close as possible. Move forward or to the side. This is great for
filming frozen beaches or plants or grass or little puppies or babies crawling on four.
Do you ever see a wooden structure or gazebo or any other structure like that? Make sure
you do at least one walking through shot. Ultra wide angle lens will make it look
all moving around and spaced out. It will create a very full frame.
Another interesting view you get is by looking directly overhead. We cannot just randomly
climb up to see how it looks like from there so you have a guarantee for an eye-catching shot.
If you want to reveal a stunning location with an impact,
look for a starting point such as a boring dirt, broken wall, rocks, grass, something very plain.
Colorful contrasts stimulate our brains. There's just something about them.
Look for big bold objects which are bright and colorful. Choose contrast scenes.
Once you feel comfortable with just basic
moves, then it can start adding combination moves and very unusual moves like these.
I'm going to link a playlist to all smartphone filmmaking tutorials I've made below the video
in the video description. More tutorials are coming up so don't forget to subscribe to this
channel if you are not subscribed already. Hit the thumbs up and let me know in the
comment section below which tip was your favorite one. See you in the next video, Cau... Ahoj...