Drone Videography. How to get the most out of drone cameras.
What you’ll learn
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You will go from getting great footage to creating sequences with your drone-mounted camera.
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You will know how to position your drone for the best perspective, increased creative interest and storytelling advantage.
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You will know how to set up your drone camera for optimum photographic results
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You will know how to use low light, filters, colour settings, etc. with your drone camera.
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I won’t be teaching you how to fly your drone, but how to use your drone as a video production tool.
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If you are a beginner at drone flying and want to learn how to fly, this is may not be the best first drone course to take.
If your desire is mostly creative excellence, then you will find this is one of very few courses available anywhere that focuses on the creative aspects of drone videography. A camera mounted on a flying machine is a magical tool for storytelling. Let me show you how.
This course does not teach technical drone operations and flying techniques. Instead, it shows you how to use the drone as a camera platform. These are two very different disciplines.
I’m a storyteller and professional filmmaker with 35 years in TV production and YouTube, and I have like so many before me, had to come to grips with the ability to place a camera almost anywhere I want. But in this learning curve, I have realised that drones are far easier to fly than they are to operate as a flying camera. It’s so easy to get good shots. But to get a remarkable shots, isn’t. And to get shots useful in an edit environment, is even harder. Aerial footage has become commonplace, to the point of being ordinary. This is because the new generation of camera drones are remarkably easy to fly, and have opened exciting portals to creativity. But here is the challenge: Only by capturing remarkable footage can one’s creativity stand apart. And what’s more, two skills are required to get the most out of a drone camera: You need to be a good pilot, and videographer as well.
This course is for those that need help mostly with the second part. While we demonstrate these skills with consumer-oriented photographic drones, all these lessons apply with even the most advanced, heavy-lift machines.
Subjects in this course include:
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Take full advantage when positioning a drone camera.
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Plan shots before takeoff.
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The vital key to success is the 10-second rule for abundant B-Roll. The biggest problem – solved.
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Camera settings for best quality and continuity.
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Constructing a sequence. It’s a camera. So treat it like one.
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Consider the story. What are you trying to say, show or share?
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Depth and perspective.
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Speed to fly. When to track. When to pan. When to circle. When to just leave the camera still. The second biggest problem – solved.
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Using the drone as an extremely tall tripod.
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Using the drone as a low tripod. Just because it can go high, doesn’t mean it should.
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Image composition principals are often overlooked, but remain the same.
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Shooting scenics.
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Building a sequence with multiple cameras and angles.
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Ever thought about making the drone a character in the story?
I hope you will enjoy and learn much from spending this time with me. And if you want to leave a review, I have one request. Add reasons why you enjoyed, or did not enjoy the course. This is the only way students that follow you will learn from your experience. And the only way I can improve the courses I make.
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Andrew
Who this course is for:
- Both beginner and highly experienced drone pilots who want to learn more about it, and refine their skills.
- If you are already flying and learning how great a drone can be for videography, this course has been developed especially for you.
- Drone flyers who want to know how to shoot single-handed or with someone helping either fly, or shoot.
12 reviews for Drone Videography. How to get the most out of drone cameras.
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Kelvin Sakumoto –
Very educational and also very interesting presentation. Using the drone as a very tall tripod is a good way of thinking about the drone as a tool. Also, making the drone a character in the video was good guide for when the drone itself can appear in the video. Thank you very much for this excellent course!
Richie Banks –
most drone teachers tell you how to circle a subject zoom word it, or back away, the teacher of this course fundimentally changed my view by showing that a drone should be thought of as a camera with a tripod that you could put anywhere. and for that thought alone is worth the pricew of the course. the reason I could not give a full 5/5 on this course that it was entirely filmed in the african bush, I would love to learn techniques for more
specific to urban areas, cities, waterways, around people, night shots, etc, so without that this course was far from comprehensive. I hope that if he does not update this he will sell a part 2 where these topics are included.
Tommy Inthisane –
Brought useful tips about different perspectives versus the typical drone shots
Eduardo Duran –
Great teacher , learn many useful technics
George Collins –
I was pleasantly surprised by how much good information is packed into such a small course. There is very little fluff or filler, which means you are left with lots of bitesize golden nuggets of wisdom & information. The content creator is a true creative and is clearly passionate and very experienced in film production. This short course helps point out the true foundations that are vital if you want to get the best shots from your drone. Just be aware that this course teachs you how to think creatively to get good footage. It does not go into camera settings or drone flying settings to any great detail. Overall I learnt a lot from this course and in a short space of time! I was impressed.
Mark Lucey –
Very interesting and engaging with the subject.
Marco Nissen –
really nice cause
Gavin McCormick –
very interesting and as a drone flyer for the past 2 years I still found this informative.
Pawanjit Singh –
Great course. Learnt alot. Will rewatch to soak in everything taught in the course
Andrea Allgaier –
It was weigh too short and superficial. Don’t feel like that I know much more about the subject than before.
James Pretty –
I thoroughly enjoyed this course. I felt he presented it in a way that really kept interest. I never thought about a drone being a tripod for videos and photos but it really makes sense. The way his videos were used and how each was explained to get the most interesting part of the overall story he was presenting.
Zaman Al-Kafaf –
Very Interesting to watch