I have been trying different angles, heights, camera settings (phone).
These are made with my Pixel 7a, but I have a DJI action 4 (idk if it could be better or worse), but they always look like a 12 year old clipping his friends made them.
Horizontal or portrait? When I try 16×9 I never have enough FOV, and 0.5x camera is all grainy.
Should I just do for a videography course?
by Barde_
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Try crashing. Very dramatic
Edit it to have some movement in the frame. Watch other clips of the same kind of thing and see how they do it.
But you’ll struggle to make a static phone camera look good
Film horizontal. Get a friend or a stranger to stay on your left and follow you with the phone. Use slow motion
Lower POV and slow mo during air time
Don’t have vegetation in the foreground blocking the main subject of the video.
Slomo. Gladiator theme song.
add some explosions in the background!
People can fight about what cinematic means, but at least, nowadays you need :
* a shallow depth of field. Here, everything is in focus due to the very small size of your sensor (and the lack of software cheating to mitigate that). That’s what a proper camera can do
* motion blur. On a regular camera we use filters to limit the amount of light that hit the sensor while maintaining a certain framerate (24, 25 or 30)
* different focal lenght and different frames to tell a story (where, who, what)
* a solid edit to create drama and ambiance
Like … it’s a full time job mate, take your time, try, try, try again and you’ll get better.
Add ring wraiths
Depth of field & better light (golden hour)
Needs different views. A wider shot, a shot from behind, and a shot from above.
Crop the top and the bottom like a film and make it monochromatic, add a slow motion on the jump with a sound effect
Explosions
Whilst airborne, throw up some jazz hands
Everyone here knows how cool this looks irl and we all think it looks sick.
Unfortunately your friends and family and especially your girlfriend do not
Add music and slow motion.
Slow motion, dynamic angles, washed out colors, high contrast, über-dramatic epic-core music, and **don’t forget the lensflares!**
my biggest reccomendation is watching mtb videos filmed by 16-18 year olds on tiktok. they somehow give so much action to videos and film from interesting angles. just search up mtb trail clips on tiktok.
See where that log is that you’re gapping? See if you can sit there film him coming to then pan over as he jumps over you and lands
Jump a live shark It worked for Happy Days.
Lighting and perspective are probably good places to start. Go later in the day or early in the morning when the light is soft, and play around with perspectives. Filming head on gives you a two dimensional perspective, and watching the rider come towards you gives a longer lead up as you the the rider approaching, rather than a rider suddenly appearing then slowly riding away.
Get the camera closer and focusing more on the subject.
Watch skate/mtb/bmx videos to get an idea of how to frame yourself.
Yes, you should take a course in videography and another in editing if you’re truly interested in this. You will get a lot of good suggestions and ideas in here, but you’re not going to actually learn much.
Film landscape so you can see the approach! Move closer (in front of vegetation), get lower, slightly zoomed as you approach then zoom out slowly, small panning, lens filter or time of day for better lighting, then the rest in post-production (slo mo, coloring, etc). Nice line though. Looks fun
Instead of jumping over a log, jump over someone who’s drinking a beer.
I’d be impressed.
Shallower depth of field (rider coming into the focus area), mount the camera on a tripod to keep the camera still, find a more interesting angle (maybe from below the berm with a wide angle).
Bent Creek?
Composition and lighting
Hire Martin Scorsese to direct it.