Top Tips for Amazing Cinematic Drone Footage 

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hey, no problem, glad you found it useful. Thanks for taking the time to comment. Cheers 😀

haha! thanks, I try my best.

i have a question for you, but have you notice when your filming people, their not as sharp as they should be, mayhbe because the settings in the camera with reduced with sharpness? and i just bought some ND Filters! do you use those cool guy?

+YoungBlaze Of Chitown Yep i do use ND filters, great for bright conditions. Not sure what you mean about the sharpness I'm afraid.

Hey you know what i would love to see you do one day, a video with the dji using the 1080 slow motion 60 frames with a subject running or something, well which ever is better for slomo , i just got my dji and im learning from your vids!

+YoungBlaze Of Chitown Yes I have shot a few things to test out 60fps, but the resolution at 1080p is a little too low on the Phantom, unfortunately the picture quality really takes a hit. Glad your having fun with your Phantom, enjoy! Any further questions just ask my friend.

thanks man 😃

thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

no problem buddy, glad it was useful.

+RocketLR Cheers, glad it helped you

Arpi Pap thanks man 👍👍

David Dennis thanks David 👍👍

Come visit my channel for Miami by David, a recap of popular events halfway around the world on you :). Shot on Leica Q. Am thinking of getting a drone again, probably a Mavic.

thanks for the kind comment Dan, and glad it was useful, have fun when you get yours!

Jonathan J Scott Films i sure will, thanks a lot!

hey no problem, glad it was useful for you and thanks for the nice comments and appreciation. Happy shooting.

no problem, glad to help.

no worries, glad you found it helpful

robert smith thanks very much, more stuff to come so if you haven't already make sure you subscribe. Happy Flying.

+Yusuf Karriem No, thank you for the kind comment.

no problem, enjoy flying you have a fantastic location for it. :-)

cool, have fun and fly safe.

Magnus Persson thanks Magnus

that's cool to hear, have fun and safe flying.

Thanks for your support

thanks, I have a few more drone ones (post production techniques), you can find them on my channel.

cool, have fun and fly safe.

+Rob Jackson No problems, yes it produces surprisingly decent results. Have fun with it.

my pleasure

thanks, glad it was useful even if was a bit late ;-)

no problem, that's for the sub 👍

RJ's Video Channel you're welcome my friend

thanks man, feel free to share with others if you like. :-)

no problem, enjoy.

Daddyof13 no worries, glad it's helpful

In2Air no problem at all

Minelab Gold have a look on my channel, I did a video specifically about what cameras setting I use when filming with the P3. 👍

Thanks JS, I will check it out - went out today and had brilliant light 1 hour before sunset. The shot I captured below the tree canopy wasnt the best, which was expected as there wasnt really much color to produce a great shot anyway, very dry bushland because its the end of our summer. Then when I went back out into open grounds with a lot of contrast and colors throughout the grounds, various dirt piles of different minerals/rocks, I managed to get a pretty amazing reveal shot. From the Ground starting low and then forwards and climbing above the tree line to reveal the mountains in the distance with the sunset. Thanks for your Vids mate, they have added another level of inspiration. I got more from watching 2 of your video's than watching 50 or so others. ;)

Minelab Gold good stuff, thanks for the kind comments and happy flying.

no, thank you my friend

no problem, can I ask where you found my video, did you search for it on RU-vid or did it come up as a recommended video or did you find it elsewhere? All of a sudden its getting a lot of views and comments. Thanks.

+Jonathan J Scott Films RU-vid recommended it to me, after viewing tutorials on the Phantom 3 Standard

+voyageruk2002 Thanks

tweakedculture1 thanks for your support. Happy Flying

Glad you enjoyed it

John Cloud thanks pal

Thanks man, have a good run. The ridge is just behind Sharpitor towards the reservoir.

+Jonathan J Scott Films perfect thanks! Weird seeing it from a different perspective! I spotted it last night as I was returning to the car. Keep up the good work :-)

dpurdie thanks

+Davilia7 no problem, can I ask where you found my video, did you search for it on RU-vid or did it come up as a recommended video or did you find it elsewhere? All of a sudden its getting a lot of views and comments. Thanks.

Jonathan J Scott Films I just came across it while searching for "Drone film technique tips" or something like that - cheers

Ah ok thanks.

Thanks Rich

Tshibonda Mpoyo yep, everything is controlled manually in this.

Ray F yep, definitely, good call. 👍

Anders Høy no problem.

Heli4213 glad you liked it, I've made a video on phantom picture profiles and one on accessories for drones where I talk about ND filters, both are on my channel so check them out.

Ok watched some of your videos and will watch more later awesome. Besides film do you use ND Filters for Drone still photos? I know you talked about shutter speeds and the way video looks without a ND filter and I see that in my videos. Does the shutter automatically adjust when you install a ND filter? Do I need a special adapter to put the filters on ? Also most important want to buy a few online ASAP PLEASE what do you recommend to buy for the 3 Professional? I will take your advise and buy what you tell me. Sorry for the few questions but if you answer them you will really help me out !!!!!!!!!!! Thank You Bob

Heli4213 don't use them for photos, only for video. I always have a manual shutter speed and set it accordingly for correct exposure, generally you want it to be double your frame rate for video. I use polar pro filters

I'm not great at this editing and film like you yet so sorry ran into a small issue. Ok here goes. 1. Shot some video in 4K resolution at 50 frames second. Sunny day used a ND filter as always 2. Put footage just on my computer, and yes a "4K monitor," and wow the small 30 second video clip is so clear I cant believe it. 3. Put it into Sony Vegas Pro 13 and just did a render on that small clip to see what it would look like but I only see a choice for render in 4K at 30 frames a second. 4. I did that because I did not see a choice for 24 FPS and the video clip does not look as good as being on my computer. 5. Does rendering at 30FPS make a huge problem because it wasn't 24FPS like this or is this something else? 6. Finally get to where I can video perfect after years and now I cant edit it or render it where it looks good. 7. Here is what exactly it says when I go to render and pull up the menu, " 8 Mbps HD 1080-30P Video 4K 30 FPS 100 Sharp" This is what I rendered in. 8. Also noticed my file that looked awesome was about 240 megabytes for the 25 seconds. When it was rendered it was 39.2 megabytes ????? Is this part of the issue losing the file size?????????????????? PLEASE HELP Bob

Having visible mics is not a problem, just use lapels and hide them in clothing, what you will have a major problem with is the noise the drone makes, they are not quiet in anyway, the type of shot you describe will be near impossible without using ADR. The second shot is also quite difficult but not impossible but will require a lot of practice, it will be difficult to make it look smooth, with a constant rate and angle of descent, what will be a lot easier is to do the reverse and do a pull out shot and then reverse it in post. Good luck.

That's great, thank you for your response :)

no problem my friend.