How I Film + Edit Cinematic Car Videos (Start to Finish)

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How I Shoot + Edit Cinematic Car Videos (Start to Finish)

In this video I will show you my complete process on how I shoot cinematic car videos & Broll for Instagram Reels / TikTok & client work. I'm going to show you my full camera setup, how I set everything up, my camera settings such as white balance, frame rate, shutter speed, aperture, autofocus... I will show you which features I use on the monitor screen, how to connect it to your camera, how to apply a lut on the monitor screen. You will see how I shoot vertical and horizontal content at the same time, my DJI RS4 Gimbal settings and how I balance the gimbal.
Then you'll see how I create some of my favorite & go-to gimbal shots with the results included right away.
Next up you'll learn how I edit everything together, from timeline settings, to how I chop everything up, how I get my music and match everything together.

OTHER VIDEOS THAT I MENTION IN THIS VIDEO:

You will learn:
00:00 - 04:04 Camera Gear + How I set it up
04:04 - 04:42 Camera Settings
04:42 - 06:02: White Balance
06:02 - 08:25 Balance Gimbal
08:25 - 09:32 Easily swap from horizontal to v
09:32 - 12:34 Monitor screen settings
12:34 - 13:33 How I shoot Horizontal + Vertical at the same time
13:33 - 21:14 Filming + Gimbal Shots:
21:14 - 22:53 Editing: Timeline settings
22:53 - 24:41 Music selection + beat markers
24:41 - 25:18 Editing Shortkeys
25:18 - 29:14 Organizing + trimming + beatmatching clips
29:14: Add simple speed ramp

Gear used in this video:

Davinci Export settings:
Format: MP4
Codec H.265
Resolution HD (some people say 4K is better, I use HD)
Frame Rate: 30 FPS, as my timeline was 30 FPS.
If your timeline is 24 FPS, use 24 FPS
Quality: Restrict to 24000 Kb/s
Uncheck optimized for speed
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Topaz Settings:
Video output: HD (original)
Frame Rate: 30 (original)
Enhancement: ON
AI Model: Proteus
Parameters: Manual:
Revert Compresion: 90
Improve Detail: 90
Sharpen: 40
Reduce Noise: 75
Dehalo: 10
Anti-Alias: 0
Add noise: 0
Recover original detail: 20
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Profile: High
Bitrate: 24MB/s
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[TheCarVideoGuy]

If you have any other questions, make sure to drop a comment, happy to help you!
Any feedback is appreciated as well :)

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[AerialJohnny]

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[Docdoherty]

I am starting to get into the videographer side of things and your videos are very helpful and informative. i ordered that LH7P monitor too on just looking at your vids and realized how important it is when you are using the gimble.
Thank you and continue to do what you do.

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