Sunday, September 10, 2017

Valuable Tips For Improving Your Aerial Cinematography

By Angela Williams


Drones are devices used for aerial photography and cinematography when a camera is attached to it and take interesting and unique angles of scenes. These are controlled remotely by an operator on the ground or autonomously with computers programmed in advance. Using them commercially by professionals help them provide new ways of capturing moments, objects or people.

Getting bigger drones and better cameras with improved lens, dynamic range and resolution is possible though operating them have complications and drawbacks. Improving shots is more important with aerial cinematography Canada even when your gears are not the best. Here are several valuable tips for improving your abilities in producing quality videos for the clients.

Scout ahead the location days earlier or just before your clients would arrive in that day to check and do tests on the area. This lets you see how the land would be laid out, check for some magnetic interference and avoid unflattering scenery. Flying drones at new locations helps to familiarize your surroundings and in avoiding obstacles later.

Pick a subject then settle on that to know the way to best frame and execute shots by having the focus on a street, tree, building or person. This may change during your shooting or have none at all but remember your intentions and do not just randomly shoot. When picking a subject, consider how to start then end also that particular sequence.

Rehearse and take several shots even when you do not have the optimal conditions to lift off some pressure and in improving your next captures. You may see something not immediately noticeable on your location and develop how to approach it better. You would have extra videos for back up in case the right ones you desire could not be gotten right now.

Drone cinematography usually happens outdoors meaning it depends on weather conditions like precipitation, wind, cloudscape and light. These things we cannot control so make yourself ready by preparing your camera with their right settings, formatted cards, charged batteries and set focus. You can control these things and when circumstances are better, you could immediately take the shot.

Shoot the sequence smoothly because sudden movements will remind the audience they are watching a video and ruins their perspective. Best ones are usually not complicated and doing too much is not needed to prove yourself to others. Simple and clean view are enough for serving the story and having someone to operate the camera while piloting the drone helps achieve this.

Decide how will you fly the drone for getting the desired shot although flying them higher makes operating them harder. Creating a motion sequence requires them to move faster and farther when they are in greater heights. Flying them just above tree lines, lamp posts or a few stories would be enough to get the eye view which birds have.

Use the element of foreground to make a scene with more drama and placed it between your subject and you. Examples are fence, tree, car or wall that moves in and out of frame. Wide shots tend to look without movement if foreground is not used.




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