Droning in the Desert Mountains

BigWillie · Jul 15, 2020

Here is my first videos taken from my MA2 in the hills of southern Utah and Nevada and edited in FCPX. The MA2 performed great and I have to regrets about trading my M2Z in for it. Sure would love some feed back on how I did. Thanks

Nonprophet · Jul 15, 2020

Looks good! I'm still a new drone pilot, but I do have some experience with video production. There are a few really good tutorials on Youtube about getting "cinematic drone footage" I'd suggest looking at a couple of those for inspiration. I'm personally fond of "bird's eye view" shots with the lens looking straight down, then slowly panning up to be level with the horizon--especially as the drone is flying forward. Some of the quickshots are nice too

Proffy · Jul 15, 2020

Awesome! But why the quality is so low? Which software you're using for editing and which codec for exporting?

E90RAW · Jul 15, 2020

BigWillie said:
Here is my first videos taken from my MA2 in the hills of southern Utah and Nevada and edited in FCPX. The MA2 performed great and I have to regrets about trading my M2Z in for it. Sure would love some feed back on how I did. Thanks

Gotta love the golf course in the middle of the desert.

BigWillie · Jul 15, 2020

Proffy said:
Awesome! But why the quality is so low? Which software you're using for editing and which codec for exporting?

BigWillie · Jul 15, 2020

Thanks, I used Final Cut Pro X but not too familiar with codec. I also sent it to the Apple compressor. I’ve heard the term used a lot but haven’t looked in too it much. Shame on me! I will look in to that today. I’m open to any suggestions any one has as I filmed these scenes in 4K and thought it would come out better than it did, my apologies.

RkyMtnHigh · Jul 15, 2020

BigWillie said:
Here is my first videos taken from my MA2 in the hills of southern Utah and Nevada and edited in FCPX. The MA2 performed great and I have to regrets about trading my M2Z in for it. Sure would love some feed back on how I did. Thanks

Nice video. I lived in Las Vegas for a few years and everything you shot looked very familiar! That part of the country definitely has a lot of diverse landscapes.

BigWillie · Jul 15, 2020

Nonprophet said:
Looks good! I'm still a new drone pilot, but I do have some experience with video production. There are a few really good tutorials on Youtube about getting "cinematic drone footage" I'd suggest looking at a couple of those for inspiration. I'm personally fond of "bird's eye view" shots with the lens looking straight down, then slowly panning up to be level with the horizon--especially as the drone is flying forward. Some of the quickshots are nice too

I like the thought of the birds eye view and will definitely try that out. Thanks for your prospective and I'll check out that youtube on cinematic drone footage....cheers.