Edit with new camera, thoughts?

akt416

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just bought a new camera (t3i) amd wanted to test it, so its all just at a friends house. i ran the standard 18-55 for everything on an x-grip. any criticism is welcome i wanna know if theres anything i could improve on. im still new to cameras and dont have money to buy other stuff for it yet.

watch it on my profile or here
 
topic:akt416 said:
just bought a new camera (t3i) amd wanted to test it, so its all just at a friends house. i ran the standard 18-55 for everything on an x-grip. any criticism is welcome i wanna know if theres anything i could improve on. im still new to cameras and dont have money to buy other stuff for it yet.

watch it on my profile or here

Only thing I see is bumping down to 720p and shooting at 60 fps instead since you were doing quite a bit of slowmo.
 
13271630:CameraWiz said:
bumping down to 720p and shooting at 60 fps

This. slow mo was pretty choppy. only the thing is that it was shaky but I'm not expecting you to have a glide cam at this stage.
 
13271630:CameraWiz said:
Only thing I see is bumping down to 720p and shooting at 60 fps instead since you were doing quite a bit of slowmo.

13271651:Free306skier said:
This. slow mo was pretty choppy. only the thing is that it was shaky but I'm not expecting you to have a glide cam at this stage.

yeah i wasnt really thinking when i set it up to film that day, il know for next time though. and yeah im saving slowly for a gilde cam so eventually il fix that, thanks guys
 
Looks like you're off to a good start with the new camera. Here are a few things to consider in future videos.

- Use a tripod more (especially on those first couple shots.) Ideally every camera movement should have a purpose. Moving right then left (second shot) can be disorienting.

- Make sure the tripod is balanced. Having the camera nearly perfectly balanced is a good way to make your shots look a lot cleaner. Shots at an angle can make the viewer uneasy.

- Learn about white balance both on the camera and in post. Some of those shots were pretty blue but that often comes with filming so late in the day.

- However much you slow your video down, make sure you are getting at least 24 frames per second out of it. You could go a little lower but you risk having your video look choppy so its generally not a good idea. Film in 60 fps if you plan on slowing the video down.

- The shot around 33 seconds doesn't really need to be there.
 
13271848:akt416 said:
yeah i wasnt really thinking when i set it up to film that day, il know for next time though. and yeah im saving slowly for a gilde cam so eventually il fix that, thanks guys

Honestly, I have a glidecam HD-4000 and yeah it's amazing but you can get pretty close to the same job with a lot cheaper things like a flycam or whatever other brands are out there.
 
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