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- Woo, what is going on guys?
You might notice that this image quality
looks a lot crispier, a little bit better,
it's mainly 'cause it's a much better camera.
Also we're gonna throw the light on right now
and my question for this week
is does the hair look better up or does it look better down?
I apologize in advance that that shot
was not in slow motion.
What's going on, guys?
If you're new to the channel, my name is Chris Hau,
I'm a videographer, cinematographer,
and creative business owner
and on this channel we talk about everything gear related
and creative business.
And today we're combining those two things, boom,
ow, that kinda hurt, combine those two things together.
We're gonna talk about how certain pieces of gear
can actually elevate your creative business.
Now to give you a little bit of a background,
I own a creative agency, we do video production work
for companies like Corona, Toyota, and Mercedes-Benz,
and today we're talking about my favorite piece of gear
that I own, the one that I pretty use on every single shoot,
that is gimbals and we're gonna be covering
some specific gimbal moves to elevate your video.
Now a few years ago, I purchased my first gimbal
and this was a huge game changer for our business.
Literally our videos went from being
like clients being like this sucks, this is horrible,
I would never pay you again, this is garbage, go away,
they're never that dramatic,
to actually hiring us over and over again.
So this is the one piece of gear that really elevated
our shots and our production quality to the next level.
So I actually purchased a brand new gimbal today.
Yep, I have it, I have it right here!
So we're gonna be doing an unboxing
of this bad boy right here
and thanks to my good friend Peter McKinnon,
we actually went knife shopping a few weeks ago.
So oh no, I can't, I'm getting slightly better at it.
I actually have a good unboxing knife.
If you do that to people, usually it freaks them out
but when we're doing an unboxing,
it's like, it's legit, so let's jump into
this little unboxing of this gimbal
and I'll explain why I purchased it right now.
Woo, so the gimbal I've been mainly using
is four years old now and it's obviously time to upgrade.
As the technology is just way better now,
the design is better, there's better motors,
max payload is 4.5 kg, so pretty much it supports
all DSLRs on the market including my Sony a9
with a 24 to 70 G Master lens,
it's a heavy setup so this bad boy can handle it.
It's got wireless image transmission
so we can frame shots better and just use an iPhone
or your smartphone.
Controls are built right into the gimbal
so you can change the F-Stop or the shutter speed
which just means you can get your shots quicker,
but mainly I wanted the dual zoom and focus control system
so I've got two motors on the gimbal
for more interesting and advanced gimbal moves.
Boom, so let's jump in to those gimbal moves.
Alright, my first shot up for grabs,
it's not up for grabs, well, you can use it,
everyone pretty much uses it,
that shot is the orbital or rotation shot.
I pretty much use this move on every single shoot
that we're on, I probably overuse it.
That's like a whole thing for like another video
so we'll jump into that afterwards
but basically how to do it is rotate around the subject,
you can do a full 360 move
or a more subtle 60 to 90 degree movement.
Pro tip, the longer the lens
or higher millimeter of glass that you have on it,
the more dramatic the movement in the background is.
This is called the parallax effect
so I would highly recommend that you guys
have something in the background
that's not just like a white wall,
something that can show
that there's actually a movement happening behind.
So find a great spot outside, find an area
where there's like a lot of poles or something like that
and then basically when you do your movement on a long lens,
it looks super dramatic and more expensive.
Cool, the next movement is a push in or a pull out shot.
Essentially what this is doing
is it is bringing in tension to the subject.
Now a little pro tip, this is a bit of an advanced move
but essentially when you're doing a pull out shot,
sometimes walking backwards is smoother
than walking forwards,
I don't know why so don't quote me on it
but me and my friends have noticed this.
So one of the things that we sometimes do
is we'll do a pull out shot, we'll bring that into Premiere
and then we'll reverse that clip
so that there's a smoother shot pushing in.
Just make sure that it's not a shot
that if it's somebody walking and then it's reversed,
and the client is gonna be like why is the shot reversed?
But then you're gonna be like oh, it's all steady now.
And they're like I don't understand
why you're focusing on the steady part,
the guy is going in reverse.
So just don't, just make sure there's not a weird thing
that's going in reverse in your shot.
Yeah.
If you guys wanna make your shots more interesting,
bring your camera lower to the ground.
As the lens is closer to the ground,
you get more movement going across the frame.
Additionally as you push through doorways
or natural framings, your shots will look more cinematic
so get creative with those shots.
And to bring the next level of advancement to that shot,
essentially you do a push in from a low angle
and then press the little joystick up
as your camera moves up to pan up at the subject
so you're basically combining all those movements together,
you're doing a push in and getting low
as well as pushing up at the subject
and then just look at, just looks badass, looks super dope.
So try all those things out but obviously work your way up.
Alright the next shot is a follow shot,
yes, it's the most obvious shot.
I feel like when you buy a gimbal,
you're like the first shot you wanna do
is I'm gonna follow somebody from behind.
Yes, it's a standard shot, it looks really good
but change it up, you can follow different subjects.
Let's say you have a hand running
across the edge of a window frame
or you wanna follow from the side or from the front,
so basically just try different combinations
of follow shots, you don't always to follow somebody
from behind or from the front.
Alright, one of the next movements
is a roll or Dutch angle shot.
Now guys be careful with this,
yes, it's a super cool effect,
you know your camera can do a full 360 as you move forward
but it has to be purposeful and for the right client,
not all of your clients are gonna be
club directors and club promoters
and you can do like full rotations
and they're like, yeah, more rotations!
It could be a corporate shot
and then the Dutch angle just doesn't work for that
so be purposeful for it, this is one of the main reasons
I did pick up the Crane 3
is because it has that new technology,
my old gimbals did not have that
and I want some versatility in my gimbal
but be purposeful with the shot 'cause it can be overused.
Alright the next movement is a crane or jib movement.
All you guys need to use is your arms and your legs
to create movements up and down.
You guys don't need a jib anymore
because you guys are the jib.
Additionally, Zhiyun also makes
a TransMount Telescopic Monopod
so you guys can attach it to that
and then raise the monopod up or raise the monopod down.
So that just takes your shot to the next level.
Secret pro tip to make your gimbal even more versatile
is to add the zoom motor to it.
Now if you guys can't afford the zoom motor,
also you can take your clip, shoot it in 4K,
bring that into Premiere Pro
and then have a digital zoom on the clip.
It just makes your shots more interesting
so yeah that's my little pro tip for you.
Alright guys so here's an overall tip for you,
I know we talked about specific camera movements
but if you guys just wanna like get more creative
with your shots, just add a bit of movement to them.
So whether you have a gimbal or not,
generally what makes shots look more cinematic
or expensive is when there's a bit of movement,
even if it's subtle.
So next time you guys are watching a movie,
pay attention to the shots, most cases,
there's gonna be a bit of movement.
So different ways to make that movement more obvious
is put different things in the foreground
so have something a bit closer to the lens
or bring your camera lower to the ground
or bring something closer to the wall.
Specifically let's talk about the wall for a second,
the main reason why I picked up the Crane 3
is that when I would hold the gimbal like this
and go through a door, I would always hit my elbows.
I didn't wanna do that anymore,
I wanna protect these elbows
so they look good in the future.
Also it makes the shots more interesting and cinematic,
I can get closer to the wall,
I can walk through frames a little bit easier
and with the top down handle, I can get lower to the ground.
So generally, because of the design of this gimbal,
my shots are gonna look more cinematic.
If you guys are interested in hearing more
about the Crane 3, you guys can check out the links below.
Yes, I do have an affiliate link
so if you do pick it up,
I get a little bit of a kickback for it
but I just genuinely love this gimbal
and that's why I picked it up
to incorporate it into our workflow moving forward.
Essentially, take all those tips, all those movements
and start incorporating that into your business
and I guarantee you're gonna start getting
more opportunities and more requests for work.
We saw it ourselves in our business
the moment we actually got a gimbal
and started implementing these shots,
we got more requests for business.
So it actually benefited us investing in this type of gear
so it worked for us,
it's probably my favorite piece of gear that we own
in terms of our video production company.
I would highly recommend it for you guys too.
So on that note guys, that is it, that's how we do it.
My name is Chris Hau,
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