How To Take Better Videos With Drones?

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How To Take Better Videos With Drones?
You do not need to be a professional to create
amazing videos with your drone! However, there
are some things you can improve on if youd wish
to take better footage. Especially if youre
shooting for business and marketing purposes.
Here at Studio52, weve created thousands of
marketing-related videos with our drones, and
today we decided to help you take better videos
with yours! Taking It Slow and Low Its all
about taking it slow. Especially at the
beginning. If you fly through the sky and keep
jerking your drone from one random direction to
the other, the footage will look distorted and
awful. Try and move your drone slowly through the
air without any sudden changes in motion and
direction youre moving in. This will create much
more beautiful and immersing footage. The lower
you fly your drone, the greater the sense of
motion youll have (not to mention your
audience). High altitudes create footage thats
hard to concentrate on and that shows too much
with no sense of focus. Try practicing your slow
and low flying by shooting that classic
reveal-style shoots. Pick an attractive and
interesting focal point, such as a building, a
groove, a
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statue, or another. Place your drone to a
standstill in front of the chosen focal point and
hit record. After youve done so, fly very slowly
to one side or above the object. You can also
keep the drone at the same height as the object
and move the drone slowly across the frame to
reveal the subject and then revolve around it.
Some drones will allow you to fly in autonomous
orbit with a perfect circle around the
object. This method always creates a perfect
video! Get Familiar With Gimbal Gimbal control
is essential for fluid and exceptional video. But
what is it really? Gimbal is a device that holds
your camera in place when the drone is in motion.
Essentially, this device enables steady movement
and no sudden jerks of the camera. High-quality
gimbals stabilize your picture with three axes
(roll, yaw, and pitch). To perfect your gimbal
skills, set it to a slow setting which will allow
you to play with the gimbal and get familiar
with how it behaves mid-air. Slow setting can
also be acquired by lowering gimbal sensitivity
and increasing smoothness. No Jittery
Movements This especially goes for your panning
motion, as good panning is an art. Some pros
stick and recommend you to use a seven-second
rule this means that your every panning motion
takes seven seconds from start to end. As you
improve with this rule, your panning will
improve like crazy. When panning you should keep
your gimbal slow and steady, and remember if
you need much faster footage, you can always do
this in the movie editor. Its All In The
Shutter Speed When you consider how photographers
value fast shutter speeds, the complete opposite
happens with drone videography. Fast shutter
speeds will create a stuttering image all across
the screen. What you need to do to combat this
effect is set your shutter speed to twice that of
your frame rate. If youre shooting at 25 frames
per second, go with a shutter speed of 1/50 of a
second. However, these wont do in bright light,
which is when most drone videos are made. With
these settings, your video will be overexposed
and completely lighted out.
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Heres where youll find your ND filter coming in
handy. An ND filter is a device that reduces the
light reaching your lenses, making your videos
smooth and out of this world! Air Map Is Your
Friend Nothing worse than finding out that the
area you planned on filming in is a no-fly zone!
There are tons of apps out there to help you plan
your next shooting, and the AirMap can give you
everything you need, and more. Some drones will
have a built-in function for recognizing a no-fly
zone, but youll have to update these quite
often. Use Manual Settings And Cinematic
Mode Shooting with auto settings can ruin your
shoot, especially if youre changing from bright
to light scenes rapidly. The soon you get
familiar with how to set your manual settings,
the better your videos will get. Combining your
manual settings and white balance in your camera
will make your video appear more professional and
cinematic. Talking about cinematic, your camera
will likely have a built-in cinematic mode
high time you put this feature to good use. The
cinematic mode will offer much smoother videos
by lowering your yaw speeds. Conclusion Theres
a lot more going into creating high-quality drone
videos than this. But following these simple
steps will get you on the right track! If youre
thinking of creating a perfect drone video for
marketing purposes and your brand, you shouldnt
leave this to chance as it will cost you time and
money. Your business should turn to pros when it
comes to drone video creation. Here at Studio52,
weve almost a decade-long experience creating
drone videos for happy clients in the UK, the
Middle East, and all the way to India.
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