My first decent video

jimmybbq · Jun 13, 2017

I'm getting better with Litchi Waypoints and just started learning Davinci Resolve. The horizon is off in this one. I found the fix here in the forums so that should be fixed next time out.. I'm also a bedroom music producer but haven't done any for this yet..

Would appreciate any criticism good or bad, I can take it. Thanks

geigy · Jun 13, 2017

Really good. This is ten times better than my first video. Somehow you have a very smooth stick movement, interesting combinations of pan and tilt, and an unusual way of framing things in the viewfinder, and you have avoided the tendency to have jarring left and right pans that nearly everyone does when they are are starting. Great choice of subject matter and time of day - the reflections and shadows are beautiful.

Couple of suggestions:

Sideways shots are good for visual variety. The bulk of your video should be forward shots.
Use very little side to side pan in your shots
Try to have something the eye can focus on at any given time, such as the white house or the playground.
Use cuts instead of one long shot.
Keep the duration down to about 2 minutes.
Music -pick something from the free music that the youtube editor offers.

Great stuff you are doing - keep it coming!

jimmybbq · Jun 13, 2017

Geigy, thanks... I'm wanting to get better with the cut shots. I haven't learned about the fades yet, I need to check that out.. Appreciate the advice

jimmybbq · Jun 13, 2017

... and while I'd like to take credit for a super-smooth stick, it's all Litchi. This is a totally autonomous flight. I guess I can take credit for being a super-smooth mission planner lol

geigy · Jun 14, 2017

Fair enough. It's an interesting video anyway! I hope you keep experimenting.

Maybe use Litchi in POI mode, so that it is pointing to a particular object or landmark.

I've been practicing for months, and I'm not as smooth as Litchi. Will keep trying. I think part of the problem is I'm watching at home in 4K, but when I'm flying I just have a dinky iPad screen. The goggles are calling me...

jimmybbq · Jun 14, 2017

Geigy.. POI is the only way I use Litchi, I use a lot of POI's to get my camera pointed in the way that I want.. That's why you see the camera aiming at something during a turn.. I actually need to experiment more with "interpolate".

geigy · Jun 15, 2017

Gotcha. The smoothness with Litchi is fantastic, but getting it to actually look at something interesting, and to have the composition look nice, seems to be the problem. DJI Go 4 will allow you to manually point the camera while the Mavic moves around to the various waypoints. Might be fun to try that in Litchi.