Our Recommended Drone Equipment
Lesson 12 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Our Recommended Drone Equipment
Lesson 12 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Lessons
Chapter 1 Introduction
1Welcome to the Class
02:12 2What Makes a Great Video
03:17 3What Type of Video Should You Make
02:47Chapter 2: Pre-production
4Come up with a Great Video Ideas
05:05 5Plan Your Video
03:30 6The Pre-production Checklist
04:04Chapter 3 Equipment - Our Suggestions for Getting Started
7Does Equipment Matter
01:34 8Our Recommended Cameras
06:00 9Our Recommended Audio Equipment
04:37 10Our Recommended Lighting Equipment
01:47 11Our Recommended Editing Equipment
02:11 12Our Recommended Drone Equipment
05:35 13Quiz: Chapter 3
Chapter 4:Cinematography Basics
14Exposing Your Shots
05:25 15Compose Your Shots
04:25 16Filming Yourself
01:09 17Getting the Right Shot
03:43 18Choose a Background
02:32 19My Office Video Setup
02:54 20Quiz: Chapter 4
Chapter 5: Tips for Shooting with Different Cameras
21Exposing with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
06:31 22Focus with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras
02:35 23Stabilize Your Shots
02:57 24Know Your Lenses
03:18 25Shoot with Your Smartphone
05:10 26Shoot with Your Webcam
05:49 27Record Great Screencast Videos
04:20 28Tips for Better Drone Shots
04:06 29Types of Drone Shots
01:43 30Quiz: Chapter 5
Chapter 6: Audio Recording and Microphones
31Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video
03:14 32Record Better Audio in Any Environment
01:27 33How to Use a Lavalier Microphone
02:47 34How to Use a Shotgun Microphone
00:55 35How to Record Audio with Your Computer
01:27 36Quiz: Chapter 6
Chapter 7: Video Lighting
37Why We Light
01:03 38Use Natural Light
04:14 39The 3-point Video Lighting Setup
07:26 40Quiz: Chapter 7
Chapter 8: Editing Better Videos
41Intro to Editing
02:15 42The Post-production Process
07:50 43Craft a Story with Editing
05:21 44Improve Your Audio with Editing
06:34 45Find and Add Music
05:12 46Design Clean and Professional Titles
03:15 47Increase Video Engagement with Calls to Action
01:29 48Quiz: Chapter 8
Chapter 9: Get More Views - Publishing Your Video Online
49Export the Best Quality Video for Online
02:54 50Tips for Posting Online
05:28 51Grow Your Youtube Channel
04:41 52Quiz: Chapter 9
Chapter 10: Case Studies: Real-world Filmmaking
53Case Study - Corporate Promo Videos with Ghirardelli Chocolate
08:54 54Case Study - Event Videography with Major Lazer
08:39 55Case Study - Documentary Films with Phil
14:24 56Case Study - Shooting By Yourself
15:32 57Case Study - Wedding Videography
08:37 58Case Study - Phil's Livestream Setup
04:23Chapter 11: Conclusion
59Thank You
00:59Final Quiz
60Final Quiz
Lesson Info
Our Recommended Drone Equipment
in this lesson, I'm going to go over our recommended drone equipment, drones are amazing. Let's just get that out of the way. And since the advent of the consumer drone, they've become easier to access and more affordable than ever before. And as time has gone on they've become easier to fly more stable and with better cameras on them. So it's a great time to get into drone videography or photography. The company that we recommend is DJ I they have been innovators in the drone arena for since really the beginning and they make a number of drones that are great for sort of any price point. So they have several tiers starting with the cheapest models being the spark and the maverick. Then in the sort of mid range professional tier, they have the phantom series and then in the high end professional tier, they have the inspire plus some drones where you can attach any camera that you want to them. If you're starting out getting a drone with a built in camera is great. The quality of the ca...
mera is amazing and you're gonna get four K HD amazing quality, slow motion footage with most of these drones. There are some differences though in the quality of the camera sensor and the drones themselves in terms of the flight capabilities. So the drone that I have right here is the phantom four Pro it's the latest phantom In the series. Now of course when you're watching this, they might have a phantom 10 by this time because they're always coming out with new toys and equipment. But this drone is amazing. I got the Plus model. The plus model comes with a remote controller that has a built in screen to it. Most of the original drones, you had to use a tablet or a smartphone which would be sort of your viewer and allow you to control of the settings from the remote control. But now with this remote control, it's amazing. The built in screen is super high resolution, it's very bright. So even if you're out during the day, you can see what you're actually looking at, which is hard with a lot of smartphones or tablets. So this is the phantom four Pro Plus package that I got in terms of the video quality, it's amazing. You get the four K. It's 100 megabits per second. So super duper, high quality, you have all kinds of resolution options going down to two 0.7 K. You have your 10 80 P, your 7 20 P. And also different frame rates. You can shoot up to 120 frames per second with this camera in the 10 80 P mode, you can shoot up to 60 frames a second in the four K mode. So you can still get that sort of slow motion look if you want with the four K footage. The other thing you'll notice with this camera is the three axis gimbal, so it will go up and down left to right and rotate to make sure you get that steady shot. Now if you take it up a step to the DJ, I inspire you actually can man the camera separately from the flight. So you can have two controllers to people. One flying, one controlling the camera which gives you even more control. It can be more efficient and be safer with one person just focusing on flying while the other person is getting the right shot. With the lower end models like the Maverick and the Spark you still get great video. The Spark does shoot 1920 by 10 80 P. HD footage but the Maverick actually does have four K. Footage. The sensor just isn't as big and the quality of the footage won't be the same as the phantom. The Maverick does have a three axis gimbal. The Spark doesn't it has a mechanical gimbal that can move up and down. But you don't have the same maneuverability of the Maverick or the phantom or the inspire. With all these cameras you have manual settings. So you can shoot either automatic or you can use your manual settings that we've learned in this class like your adventure, your I. S. O. And your shutter speed which gives you more control a couple of cool features that the phantom and the maverick pro lines have our tracking options. So you can actually track moving objects in your frame. The drone will lock onto that car, that person, whoever it is, you also have a setting where the drone will track you and the remote. So if you're moving, it will follow you, which is pretty cool. If you want to get some great selfie video of you doing something awesome. There are other drone companies out there. GoPro makes their own drone, the karma, which is also an awesome drone. You can pretty much put any GoPro on that drone and it has a lot of the same features like tracking both the karma and the Maverick and spark are smaller, which allows you to travel better with it. And that's one thing you have to take into account when you're purchasing a drone. The phantom comes in a case and you can get a backpack for it. But it takes up a lot of room. The Karma, the Maverick and the spark, those things fold up. I mean literally it can be like a brick like this big and so you can go anywhere with it. This definitely takes up a little bit more room and isn't as portable. We definitely recommend that you check out the websites, DJ I dot com and GoPro's websites to see all of the rest of the specs and options that you can get with their drones and by the time you're watching this, they might have newer models out. So make sure that you do your own research before making a decision. I will say that I've personally used the inspire the phantom and the Maverick. They're all great. And right now I'm really loving the phantom. Thank you so much for watching this lesson. And then later on, we're going to have specific videos, on tips for flying with your drone and getting great videos.
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