How to FILM YOURSELF for CINEMATIC VIDEOS (2025) — Transcript

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1. 0:01[Music]
2. 0:14hello we need a video in 3 days it'll be
3. 0:17a challenge a challenge I'm always down
4. 0:20for a
5. 0:20[Music]
6. 0:26challenge you see Cinema has always been
7. 0:29a passion of mine telling a story in a
8. 0:31way that allow others to feel connected
9. 0:32and inspired by what they're seeing and
10. 0:34the real secret to capturing cinematic
11. 0:36shots happened way before we ever pick
12. 0:38up a camera wait
13. 0:43really you see most people think the
14. 0:45best cinematography happens with the
15. 0:47best equipment but that's not
16. 0:49necessarily true the best cinematography
17. 0:52happens here with our ideas I find
18. 0:55myself coming up with ideas seemingly
19. 0:57all the time and while not every idea is
20. 1:00good I still write it down from there
21. 1:02I'll list them all out and try to find
22. 1:04one I really like and that becomes my
23. 1:07story once we have the story line it's
24. 1:09time to start writing the video I like
25. 1:10to give myself as much time as possible
26. 1:12when writing I like to break my videos
27. 1:14into Parts listing the title and the
28. 1:16duration while writing I don't make sure
29. 1:18it's all polished I allow myself freedom
30. 1:20to write without
31. 1:22criticism and sometimes without any
32. 1:25warning I find myself getting
33. 1:28stuck I like to take a step back remove
34. 1:31myself from the project it allows my
35. 1:33mind to get a fresh perspective and a
36. 1:35little bit of a rest sometimes in the
37. 1:37mist of writing and working on projects
38. 1:39we forget why we're doing this in the
39. 1:41first place as artists we can find
40. 1:43ourselves taking information in from
41. 1:45every direction I like removing myself
42. 1:47and simply enjoying what's around me wow
43. 1:51what a view and just like that I'm
44. 1:54feeling inspired
45. 1:57again to write the best stories it's
46. 1:59important to to stay true to who you are
47. 2:01finding inspiration is great but your
48. 2:03story can only be told by you when I
49. 2:04find things that inspire me I like to
50. 2:06ask why and figure out how my story
51. 2:08could fit within that inspiration I'm
52. 2:10inspired by cinematographers like Sam
53. 2:12CER right here and gaw right there as
54. 2:15well as musicians like Fred again and
55. 2:18Bona I also find inspiration from
56. 2:21artists like Anthony Bourdain and Wes
57. 2:23Anderson they all have one thing in
58. 2:25common they make you feel an emotion
59. 2:28emotion cannot live without a story
60. 2:30and a story cannot live without emotion
61. 2:32in creating cinematic visuals it's
62. 2:34important we align our visuals with our
63. 2:35story the best cinematographers will
64. 2:37connect how they want you to feel with
65. 2:39what you're
66. 2:43seeing and to accomplish this there's a
67. 2:45few rules we can follow before we start
68. 2:48filming it's important to have two
69. 2:50things the first thing that we need is a
70. 2:52shot list this will keep us on track
71. 2:55during our filming process the second
72. 2:57gummy
73. 2:58bears okay back back to it once these
74. 3:00are done it's time to turn the camera on
75. 3:03capture the most cinematic shots I like
76. 3:04to create sequences great shots are ones
77. 3:06that find a connection through the
78. 3:07timeline first we need a wide shot or an
79. 3:10establishing shot this gives the
80. 3:12audience a perspective of where the
81. 3:14subject is from there we can do a medium
82. 3:16close-up which introduces the subject to
83. 3:19the audience I then like to do an
84. 3:20extreme closeup which will guide the
85. 3:22audience to the action being done from
86. 3:24there we can get creative we can walk
87. 3:27into Focus or do an overhead shot we can
88. 3:30also add Movement Like a pull in or a
89. 3:32push out adding motion blur will enhance
90. 3:34the emotion handheld can be used to
91. 3:36allow the audience to feel the movement
92. 3:38of the subject while using the static
93. 3:39shot to help slow things down and more
94. 3:42important than all of that lighting I
95. 3:46use the sunset lamp to add contrast
96. 3:48using stronger lights to light the
97. 3:50subject Bluetooth RGB which allows me to
98. 3:53change the color and the projector we
99. 3:55can add warm light to make the scene
100. 3:57happier and cooler light to make it more
101. 3:59sad we can use backlight to create a
102. 4:01silhouette while using a spotlight will
103. 4:03help focus on one thing cinematography
104. 4:05is all about connecting your visuals and
105. 4:07your lighting with the story that you're
106. 4:09trying to
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108. 4:18tell and once we're done filming it's
109. 4:21time to import our footage I edit and
110. 4:23Premiere Pro and D Vinci res for Endless
111. 4:26Possibilities editing is all about trial
112. 4:28and error the more you do the more you
113. 4:30learn and there's no rules to editing
114. 4:32it's all about Rhythm the Rhythm will be
115. 4:34dictated by the music you choose music
116. 4:36has the ability to transport your
117. 4:38audience anywhere you want them to go we
118. 4:40could find ourselves in the busyness of
119. 4:42Tokyo or walking down the coast
120. 4:45ultimately music will play a vital role
121. 4:47in how we interpret what we see while
122. 4:49music plays a great role so do the
123. 4:51sounds we hear every
124. 4:54day sound design can take your videos
125. 4:56from good to Great an overlaying natur
126. 4:59natural sounds into the video will give
127. 5:01it an immersive
128. 5:02[Music]
129. 5:04feel which finally leaves us with color
130. 5:07grading color grading will give your
131. 5:08video its unique
132. 5:13[Music]
133. 5:14look and there's dozens of ways to color
134. 5:18[Music]
135. 5:23grade and after you've done all of that
136. 5:26you will have made your first cinematic
137. 5:28video be patient and take your time in a
138. 5:31world where it seems like everyone's
139. 5:32making videos it's important to stay
140. 5:34true to who you are and remember only
141. 5:37you can tell your
142. 5:42[Music]
143. 5:51story bye