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3 Cinematic video filmed around town of Narooma in NSW Australia

Nicely done!

Beautiful area to fly and film in. I recognize the music track in your video. I have used it in some short videos I have done with my NEO. If memory serves me correctly it is one of the free tracks from Bensound.

Chris
 
Awesome Video!
 
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Nicely done!

Beautiful area to fly and film in. I recognize the music track in your video. I have used it in some short videos I have done with my NEO. If memory serves me correctly it is one of the free tracks from Bensound.

Chris
Thank you Chris.
I was blown away by the beautiful and dramatic coastline down there. The weather was perfect, so I really enjoyed exploring the area.
Yes you are right about the music track. It is from Bensound indeed.
 
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Shot on Mavic3Pro, edited in DaVinci Resolve, DJI LUTs.

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Nicely done! Just a suggestion- You made a beautifully filmed and edited video, why not also do the same with the soundtrack?

Don’t use a constant running stream water sound throughout the video, it’s really out of place. Try ocean sound with waves, not too big though. Get one that sounds like the real place and the wave size there. Also alternate the sound in each of the cuts. If you’re flying low and close to the water, it would be naturally louder, if you’re up high, the sound would be more distant. Birds in the video? How about their sounds? (use cormorant and sea gull bird sounds like those in the video though), and also add a bit of wind. I also take a digital audio recorder along when filming to record at least 5 minutes of ambient (background) sounds at the place I am filming without the drone being turned on (just your phone would work also ). The wave set and size of the wave sounds will match better doing this, but if you use a canned recording of ocean wave sounds, you probably won’t need to worry about syncing it to the waves on your video if it isn’t too loud, but if you can sync them, that would look really good. Editing a good soundtrack is actually quite fun to do and there’s lots of sources for free sound effects out there to make a really polished product.

Da Vinci resolve is a great program, your flying and editing looks really good also!
 
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Nicely done! Just one suggestion- don’t use running stream water sounds, it’s really out of place. Try ocean sound with waves, not too big though. Get one that sounds like the real place and the wave size there. Alternate the sound a little bit also for the cuts. If you’re flying low and close to the water, it would be naturally louder, if you’re up high, the sound would be more distant. I also take a digital audio recorder along when filming to record at least 5 minutes of ambient (background) sounds at the place I am filming without the drone being turned on (just your phone would work also ). The wave set and size of the wave sounds will match better doing this, but if you use a canned recording of ocean wave sounds, you probably won’t need to worry about syncing it to the waves on your video if it isn’t too loud, but if you can sync them, that would look really good.

Da Vinci resolve is a great program, your flying and editing looks really good also!
Thank you for your suggestion, really appreciate it. I've been thinking about introducing real sounds to my videos but have not worked out how to go about it. The sound track used here I found somewhere and even though I felt that it was not exactly matching the sound of the ocean it was actually pretty close to some of the clips where the water was seen splashing against the rocks. I adjusted the level up and down throught the video but I agree that it is not perfect🙂. I will definitelly work on this aspect and hopefully either find better matching sounds or start recording myself in the future.
 
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Thank you for your suggestion, really appreciate it. I've been thinking about introducing real sounds to my videos but have not worked out how to go about it. The sound track used here I found somewhere and even though I felt that it was not exactly matching the sound of the ocean it was actually pretty close to some of the clips where the water was seen splashing against the rocks. I adjusted the level up and down throught the video but I agree that it is not perfect🙂. I will definitelly work on this aspect and hopefully either find better matching sounds or start recording myself in the future.
Have fun with it, I actually find sound editing to be really interesting. If you have a PC, Audacity is a great free program to do sound editing also.

Repost your work when you’re done!
 
Have fun with it, I actually find sound editing to be really interesting. If you have a PC, Audacity is a great free program to do sound editing also.
I use DaVinci Resolve Studio version and its Audio editing page is something I have not delved into too deeply yet...
I am an architectural pro photographer and video is a whole new world to me. This is just a fun hobby for me but do I enjoy taking these landscape videos and striving to get better at every aspect..🙂
 
I use DaVinci Resolve Studio version and its Audio editing page is something I have not delved into too deeply yet...
I am an architectural pro photographer and video is a whole new world to me. This is just a fun hobby for me but do I enjoy taking these landscape videos and striving to get better at every aspect..🙂
There’s some really nice architectural photography out there, that’s an art form in itself! I’m just a hobbyist photographer, mostly landscapes, but I enjoy all types of it.
 
I have deleted the original video. Following the suggestion of AMann I re-edited the audio track. I've used the same audio track but adjusted the levels with aim to match the sound of water to visuals a bit better and also did the audio levels changes on cut/transitions making the sound a bit more realistic and better connected with the visuals. Still not perfect but hopefully step in the right direction😀

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I have deleted the original video. Following the suggestion of AMann I re-edited the audio track. I've used the same audio track but adjusted the levels with aim to match the sound of water to visuals a bit better and also did the audio levels changes on cut/transitions making the sound a bit more realistic and better connected with the visuals. Still not perfect but hopefully step in the right direction😀

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Sounds better! Having even a slight change between cuts helps a lot, good job!
 

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