Tips for Better Drone Shots
Lesson 28 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post OnlinePhilip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan
Tips for Better Drone Shots
Lesson 28 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
Tips for Better Drone Shots
in this lesson, we're going to be giving you some tips for flying with a drone. So in general, like this whole class, we aren't specific to specific models of cameras and this isn't a how to guide to using the DJ I phantom four Pro and the reason we don't want to do that is because D J I has a great series of tutorials that will help you get started with any of their drone models and we know that you might not even have this drone, so it wouldn't be beneficial for you. But what we do want to do in this video is give you our best tips and suggestions for getting better drone video are tip number one is to be safe and to follow the rules. This is very important and it will be different depending on where you live. So in the United States, we have certain laws outside of the country, there are, I'm sure other laws, so it is up to you as the individual to make sure you are following the laws things to keep in mind or to look into our, if you have specific city laws, state laws, country law...
s and wherever you're going to film, make sure that you find out if you're able to actually fly a drone, a lot of places don't allow you to make sure that what you're filming also is allowed to be filmed. If you're flying commercially, you'll probably need to take a test and get licensed to fly your drone commercially, meaning if you're making any money from the video that you're shooting with your drone, if you're flying just for fun, you might not have to but of course it will depend on the laws of your local area. So that's our first tip and that really is up to you to go out and do our next tip is to use your basic exposure and compositional rules. Make sure you practice with your drone to know how you manually adjust your settings so that you're not trying to fumble around once you're flying. And then with compositional rules and tips, make sure you're using things like perhaps the rule of thirds or keeping your landscapes and your horizons straight. Maybe using a lot of negative space of course with the drone, you can get different types of shots, changing up your perspective and your angle getting really far. Still being somewhat close up with a drone, you can get all types of shots with the drone, which is one of the reasons it's so amazing. The most important thing though, which is our next tip is to truly have a story and tell a story with your video. It's really cool to fly a drone and to just start filming. But it's important to have a subject. The subject could be anything, it could be a mountain in the distance. It could be a car driving by whatever it is though. Think about what your subject is preferably before you start flying and then plan out. That shot, have a shot that tells the story of that subject. Maybe it is just a big wide shot of a scene of a city. But think of ways to make that shot more interesting perhaps with foreground elements. One thing that you'll quickly notice when you bring your footage back into your computer is that it's not as smooth as it might have seemed when you were flying, when you're looking at the small screen and you're flying, everything looks super buttery smooth. But when you're editing it you get sort of slight jitters. So you probably will have to apply a little bit of stabilization to your shots in post. So just be aware of that when you are shooting, that brings me to my next tip is to avoid camera movement while you're shooting. Now you can get good at this with practice but in general use the motion of the drone itself for any motion in your shot and not panning or tilting your camera. If you do do it very slowly and perhaps throughout an entire shot. But if you're trying to adjust your angle during the middle of a shot, it's probably gonna look too quick and not so good. So set up your shot, make sure your cameras at the perfect angle and then use the drones movement whether it's forwards backwards up or down left or right to have that movement of the shot. So those are just some of our tips for flying your drone in the next video, we're just going to go over the different types of shots that you can get with a drone to keep in mind when you're out shooting.
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