10 Photography Mistakes Beginners Make // Photo Pro with Full Time Filmmaker

Learn how to take your smartphone videos to the next level with these 10 tips for shooting cinematic footage. From lighting techniques to composition and editing, we'll show you how to create professional-looking videos using just your phone. Perfect for vloggers, content creators, or anyone looking to improve their video skills. Don't underestimate the power of your phone - watch this video to unleash its full potential!

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00:00 - Intro
03:30 - Smartphone Gear
07:30 - Camera Settings
10:05 - Correct Exposure
11:21 - Focus
12:12 - Lighting
13:29 - Movements
15:18 - Focal Length
16:47 - Composition
18:20 - Shoot to Edit
20:01 - Capture Professional Audio

[rednaxela]

Sharing my notes here 😀. Keep shooting peeps.

1. SMARTPHONE GEAR - 3:30
- Top smartphones will deliver good results
- Buying good quality stabilizer > Smartphone Gimbal
- Manual Camera App = Moment Pro Cam, Filmic Pro, Bestcam - Pro Camera, DJI MIMO
- ND Filter
- Third party lenses
- Tripod
- Microphone
- Portable battery charger

2. CAMERA SETTINGS - 7:30
- Highest Resolution (1080p to 4k)
- Highest bitrate
- Frame Rate - 24fps realtime, 60fps slow motion
- White Balance
- Shutter Speed and ISO > use ND Filter if needed

3. NAILING CORRECT EXPOSURE - 10:05
- Take the time to get a clean exposure

4. FOCUS - 11:21
- Locking the focus to prevent video from beating

5. LIGHTING - 12:12
- Shooting in ideal conditions
- Prioritizing the best locations and lighting conditions
- Shoot at golden hour or Shade/Cloud Coverage

6. CINEMATIC MOVEMENTS - 13:30
- Knowing how to incorporate smooth movements
- Avoid these:
- Using a low quality gimbal
- The in camera stabilization is conflicting with the gimbal stabilization
- Don't know how to operate the gimbal properly
- Having gimbal doesn't mean that you will instantly get cinematic movement. You will need to constantly practice.

7. FOCAL LENGTHS AND LENS OPTIONS - 15:18
- Utilizing the phone's lenses
- Main camera lens always have the best quality
- Using third party lens like moment lenses

8. COMPOSITION - 16:47
- Make sure you fill the frame with subjects
- Don't just digitally zoom like your mom
- Use foreground
- Use rule of thirds
- Use leading lines

9. SHOOT TO EDIT - 18:20
- Ask yourself why you are shooting. Will it benefit to the content that you will make?
- Do a little bit of pre-planning before start shooting
- What emotions do I want to convey?
- Always shoot more than you need.
- Dont just shoot to shot. Always think the purpose of each shot.


10. CAPTURING PROFESSIONAL AUDIO - 20:02
- Learning how to sound design
- Make sure that your mic is as close as possible to your subject.
- You can use external mics (lav mic, shotgun mic)

[PhilanthroVision-byhc]

I've watched dozens of filmmaking videos and you easily took the top for being the most insightful and also haveing some of the best shots. Thank you!

[olamfilms]

It's awesome to see free online content for creators like this! Thanks for making filmmaking accessible y'all.

[JayneNicoletti]

Everyone who films on a phone should watch this however, it's also applicable to cameras.

[ChiaTalks]

Started off using my smartphone as a entry level for my channel. Now I've invested in Sony Lens and Camera and is tough going back to mobile quality. Just can't unsee the quality difference.

[kalyankusum]

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[huntstyle]

I'll add a couple: anti-flicker and de-sharpen. Smartphone footage flickers a lot, especially in higher contrast scenes, but I found the anti-flicker in Premiere does a pretty good job at removing this. Smartphone footage also tends to be way too sharp. When that's toned down, it looks a lot more natural.

With my S21 the stabilization is pretty darn impressive. Unless you need to be walking for your shot, you really don't even need a gimbal, especially if you shoot in 60 fps for slow mo. Add in warp stabilizer and it looks like it was on a gimbal! I've been sleeping on what my phone can do, but after reviewing some video I took with it, I'm gonna start using it more!

[Zacheldridge]

Dropping a cellphone videography tutorial right after insta comes out as saying they're primarily focused on video.

Genius 👏

[Snowboardgymnasiet]

I would say a bonus tip is to lean in to the quality. Instead of trying to make the phone look good, just use it a a handheld little story machine, like for flashbacks or some handheld action to create emotion, make the viewer feel like they are there. Thats how I use the smartphone atleast :)

[sandy_romero]

this is the only channel that uploads a 23 minutes video and I dont skip

[johnglavey]

An excellent very professional presentation which makes me seriously consider your course.

[max_wheelwright]

Since I film only on an iPhone, this video helped A LOT. One thing I would suggest though is adding a light blur/glow to the footage- it gets rid of that ultra sharp iPhone look

[HighOnLifeInCanada]

This is one of the most detailed and yet crisp information I've seen on Smartphone Videography or Photography. Keep up the great work.

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[heaven]

Finally video that we wanted please also make how to edit on phone

[bxxx]

Best detailed video tutorial I've seen so far.

[Martindhoang]

So much value here. Thanks for the content! Using this for my youtube channel

[SandiipAcharya]

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[hainesmatthewhaines]

That was a LOT of info in one video. Thanks!