So I really enjoy filming and wanna do "something" with it in skiing but I feel like I'm not the best at it. Anybody have any tips? I'll try to embed an edit I did in here so you guys know where I'm at. Anything is appreciated even simple things.https://www.instagram.com/tv/CJ47urJg2OQ/?igshid=1b75ikhgsxorf
Jan 20 2021 10:51PM
You wanna make sure you get the skis and rail in the clip. It might help to distance yourself more from the rail so it’s not so hard to keep everything in frame. With the distance you are filming from it would be easier to film with a fisheye and angle it up so you can get the rail and skier in the frame without cutting anything out. A big part of filming is figuring out the best angle based on lighting, the camera you are using, and the feature being hit. I’m not a great filmer myself but this helped me a lot.
Jan 20 2021 10:52PM
Your filming technique and all that will get better with practice and as you get better camera stuff. What I would focus on is telling a story with your editing. So like that clip from inside the chalet and the one of the broken edge are on the right track, and so are the fails (although I would only include one or to fails before showing the clip where they land the trick rather than showing like 6 fails lol). Also try to not include vertical videos or square videos with borders. Try ur best while ur out filming to film in landscape mode (unless you are gonna post the entire edit in portrait orientation, in which case definitely film everything in portrait). A good editing software that is free is davinci resolve, but for now iMovie or whatever ur using is gonna be fine. Hope that helps.
Jan 20 2021 10:55PM
SenBilverglateYour filming technique and all that will get better with practice and as you get better camera stuff. What I would focus on is telling a story with your editing. So like that clip from inside the chalet and the one of the broken edge are on the right track, and so are the fails (although I would only include one or to fails before showing the clip where they land the trick rather than showing like 6 fails lol). Also try to not include vertical videos or square videos with borders. Try ur best while ur out filming to film in landscape mode (unless you are gonna post the entire edit in portrait orientation, in which case definitely film everything in portrait). A good editing software that is free is davinci resolve, but for now iMovie or whatever ur using is gonna be fine. Hope that helps.
I wasnt the one editing it the guy riding wanted to do it himself. But I definitely would like to edit and keep all this in mind! Yeah I love how clips like that chalet one can make edits feel. Me and him are filming a longer one hoping to capture a bit more ltc essence and be riding at a few different locations so that should leave plenty of room for that kind of stuff. Thanks man!
Jan 20 2021 11:18PM
What everyone else said is all super dope advice. Also if you like other action sports and do other ones film those to so you can get more experience behind the lens as a lot of it is pretty transferable. But like the comment said above maybe use a little more distance and I find filming stuff low and pointing up can make the spot you’re hitting look bigger as well which can help for certain situations. I hope this helped ( advice from an aspiring filler and photographer to another lol)
Jan 21 2021 2:35AM
BruceDogFartI'll try to embed an edit I did in here so you guys know where I'm at.
A couple of comments later:
"I wasnt the one editing it"
..uhm..
Note that I don't have any filming experience and that I'm only giving you tips based on a viewer's experience.
-You got the right music choice in my opinion, it's energetic and fast which enables fast switching between shots. A couple of the shots seemed unnecessarily long and could be shortened a little bit so that you can keep the fast momentum given by the song. For example cut one long shot into two or three, removing some short footage which doesn't add any value to the final story of the shot.
-I also agree with @SenBilverglate that adding 1 or 2 fails on the same feature is enough (you can just include the part of the video where the skier falls off the rail early, etc) because I got bored after the 4th time because I already knew what to expect.
-Probably you can add some follow cams, if possible.
And don't forget, practice makes perfect :)
**This post was edited on Jan 21st 2021 at 2:37:10am
**This post was edited on Jan 21st 2021 at 2:37:52am
Jan 21 2021 9:11AM
Petar_DimanovA couple of comments later:"I wasnt the one editing it"
..uhm..
Note that I don't have any filming experience and that I'm only giving you tips based on a viewer's experience.
-You got the right music choice in my opinion, it's energetic and fast which enables fast switching between shots. A couple of the shots seemed unnecessarily long and could be shortened a little bit so that you can keep the fast momentum given by the song. For example cut one long shot into two or three, removing some short footage which doesn't add any value to the final story of the shot.
-I also agree with @SenBilverglate[/tag] that adding 1 or 2 fails on the same feature is enough (you can just include the part of the video where the skier falls off the rail early, etc) because I got bored after the 4th time because I already knew what to expect.
-Probably you can add some follow cams, if possible.
And don't forget, practice makes perfect :)
**This post was edited on Jan 21st 2021 at 2:37:10am
**This post was edited on Jan 21st 2021 at 2:37:52am
Yeah sorry for the confusion I meant that I was the one filming, but I enjoy editing to so I can take all this advice to. and I agree about the practice making perfect so I figured I Should get all the practice I could so I asked my hills group chat if they have anything they needed to film. Have a couple of things coming up that im filming so hopefully I get some could experience from them:)