Tips For Using Drones In Iceland For Cinematic Footage 

How good was it! The bloopers were so funny to edit... Haylie’s wondering what I’m laughing at so much!

Great work Fellas... I’m still thinking ROAD TRIP!!!

Im keen....

Thanks Steve. With the air I don’t get much air time (ironic huh) so I try to do as much as possible when it’s on the ground or just getting it’s bearings! And the respect for others things is true... more people are learning to hate drones and I’m seeing more and more areas that are becoming drone restricted zones which is a shame. Gotta keep the punters happy though

Yeah but I added the buzz word “Iceland” 😂 but totally, for video, you can improve the quality of the footage by including more foreground 😁

Thanks for tuning in again Phil! Appreciate it mate

Thanks Maria! Really appreciate the feedback! You’re actually not the first to elevate the video the Plantet Earth 3 status 😂 I’m thinking about doing more but the limitations around national parks is incredibly difficult.

No way! That’s awesome 😁

Nice one Andrew! Do you have the mavic pro or air?

Mavic Pro. Love it but find sometimes the colour isnt true and have to reset the camera.

What colour space are you recording in? Any compression in the file format that you’ve setup? I know the dlog that comes out of the mavic is quite flat

Was in central australia and i just lost the redness of the soil. Havent really got the hang of it but shooting in raw so was hoping that i could pull it out in post.

If you’re shooting in raw it should be fine. If the scene isn’t too complex you can colour grade it to what It looked like previously too. I think I’ll do a video on colour grading the Iceland video next week if that might help give you some ideas to combat the colour shift you’re seeing

Thanks Craig! Appreciate the feedback mate. I’m happy to give you some tips and I might actually do a video in the next fortnight now that you mention it. Are you colour grading in premiere?

I'm using Final cut pro x

Hmmmm, not sure how Final Cut Pro works but I’ll try make something as universal as possible

Hey Paul! Thanks for tuning in. Andrew M’s filters are from Polar Pro, they are called the cinematic vivid series (with the polariser in each along with the ND), He got his from ebay, but there are plenty of places online where you can get them.

Good luck Alex! I highly recommend practise before hand. In particular switching modes to capture moments quickly and seemlessly. For example I was flying today and had to act very quick to capture a dust storm before it swallowed up the drone!

Yeah it’s a shame.... next time I’ll find a private beach 😎 soo funny everyone starring at me too 😂 thanks for tuning in!

Thanks for tuning in Brian! So much fun the film

Mate this beard is the bomb! Ain’t no pruning needed 😁

You're welcome! That's awesome that you're heading to Iceland. VividPro filters are pretty good but just make sure you get the ND and PL in the single filter so you're not stacking them. I would take both a 32 and 64. Some of the ice is quite bright and can blow out a shot easily. Have you seen my Iceland drone video? that was filmed with no filters and there are a few scenes where you can definitely tell.

@@AndrewDawes yes I watched it! It was the freaking awesome video! I can't believe it was made without filters..! Actually, I thought that I just bring shutterpro of polar pro(nd 4,8, 16). do you think it's enough to make good quality shots??

Well if you think my video was good.... and I didn’t use filters... then any filter you use will give you a better result IMO 😁 so glad you enjoyed the video 🤘

There will be a pop quiz at the end of it to see how much you were concentrating on the talking 😂

Thanks mate! Hopefully they were helpful enough 😁 soo much fun to film this..... sooo many bloopers

Thanks Richard!

Thanks James! Appreciate it mate