macfawlty
Well-Known Member
The quality of your scenes is truly outstanding. Hard to believe you captured such great footage as a newbie.
My objective every time I fly is to get as much variety and full coverage of the scenes and subjects. You have so much great footage to work with here. You can cut, clip, grade, add effects and re-use these scenes for years to come. They could be sold as stock footage, which could finance your next upgrade.
Remember that many of the forward clips without natural movement can be reversed to add variety in cuts. There's always the desire to speed up long clips, but it's better to switch to sport mode if you've got a long travel. The scenes with the low bright sun earlier in the afternoon could perhaps be enhanced with some lens flares and light rays. Even if it didn't happen organically, no one will be able to tell you added it in post.
When you're flying, think about the variety of moves you can capture, particularly prominent subjects. Gimbal tilts and POI's provide the most drama with the least effort. I have a general rule that when I gimbal tilt down, I start by increasing elevation which helps to maintain axis with the point of rotation. It works the same in reverse, decreasing elevation to start gimbal up, typically maintaining the horizon line. Stationary pans almost never look good, but you can accomplish a better pano using a pull-away or boomerang POI simply by moving the right stick backwards/forwards.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future. You've got a great eye for aerial video. Below is a video I've viewed many times with 55 drone moves and a downloadable PDF for reference. It's a bit dated and doesn't include the intelligent flight modes we have today, but you'll find some good moves in it.
My objective every time I fly is to get as much variety and full coverage of the scenes and subjects. You have so much great footage to work with here. You can cut, clip, grade, add effects and re-use these scenes for years to come. They could be sold as stock footage, which could finance your next upgrade.
Remember that many of the forward clips without natural movement can be reversed to add variety in cuts. There's always the desire to speed up long clips, but it's better to switch to sport mode if you've got a long travel. The scenes with the low bright sun earlier in the afternoon could perhaps be enhanced with some lens flares and light rays. Even if it didn't happen organically, no one will be able to tell you added it in post.
When you're flying, think about the variety of moves you can capture, particularly prominent subjects. Gimbal tilts and POI's provide the most drama with the least effort. I have a general rule that when I gimbal tilt down, I start by increasing elevation which helps to maintain axis with the point of rotation. It works the same in reverse, decreasing elevation to start gimbal up, typically maintaining the horizon line. Stationary pans almost never look good, but you can accomplish a better pano using a pull-away or boomerang POI simply by moving the right stick backwards/forwards.
I'm looking forward to seeing more of your work in the future. You've got a great eye for aerial video. Below is a video I've viewed many times with 55 drone moves and a downloadable PDF for reference. It's a bit dated and doesn't include the intelligent flight modes we have today, but you'll find some good moves in it.
