How to film cinematic video of yourself by yourself.

Can you film a cinematic video of yourself when you are by yourself? Filming cinematic video is one thing but when you are filming yourself and you are by yourself it's very difficult. I show you how I film cinematic video of myself when I am by myself. You can film great video of yourself it just takes a little time and preparation.

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[MikeCriss]

Great work, love that money shot with the drone. Lots of work for 6 seconds of video but well worth it.

[JamesSimmons]

Jake . . . I am completely BLOWN AWAY!

[iSpike]

B R I L L I A N T Jake 👍🏻 loved the climb & coffee & all the variation shots edited in such a wonderful way. Creative filmmaking at its best ✌🏻

[billleblanc]

Great info and insight as to how it’s done. And it doesn’t hurt that the scenery is amazing!

[SeanOzz]

I feel ya. I do this kind of stuff all the time. It's always much more tiring when I do it climbing than just around town. Ha ha

[cwTheDrummist]

Thanks for the BTS! My biggest issue is that I don't allow enough time to shoot myself doing the things I want to document and still get the thing I'm documenting done. 3x as long is a good gauge indeed.

[ChrisTravelAdventures]

Awesome video👍 I often find myself filming myself and trying to find new creative ways to do so - this video is a super inspiration, so you just got a new subscriber 😀😀

[bigworldtinybudget]

Thank you so much I am a solo traveler this helped me a lot

[mikey]

Very cool shots, you deserve thousands more views.

[lebuzz]

Hi Jake, A big Hi from France. Another wonderful video, left me speechless! Don’t you ever worry that you might have a fall or something happen while you are out there on your own? It’s one of the things that holds me back from trying this sort of thing..apart from the fact I am getting a bit old for this kind of adventure. You have to know your environnement well and the coming weather conditions too. I have the Pyrénées mountains behind me and would love to get out and “do”. I admire very much your style and what you do. Keep them coming but stay safe!

[AdventureMuse]

That last shot was so amazing of you on the rocks and the pullback with the glacier. 👏 I need a drone, a gimbal, and a smaller Sony. 😅

[stayathomebob]

Super helpful video for a spanky new creator like me. I don't have the fancy toys just yet but the way you demonstrated that a lot of this can have been done with a small tripod was really helpful and gave me a lot of good ideas. Thanks! Subscribed! ✅

[mfreeman]

Great video. Useful stuff here for much more prosaic things too. In your standard promo vid when the boss takes you from the showroom to the shop floor or whatever that approaching/cut/going away move would work beautifully. Tip for the droneless: If you concentrate you can put a gimbal on a monopod and get some very effective crane-style shots. By yourself of yourself not so much obvs but you could brace it somehow and have a static view above head height.

[BagsPackedFamily]

Hey Jake. Thanks for the explanations of solo shooting. Are you going to drop a review of the Air 2 in the near future?

[marczeee]

Another great video! Very informative. :) thanks Jake!

[tacrewgirl]

As soon as I saw this, I knew you had to be a fellow sourdough. Solo hiking is the reason why I want to learn these solo video skills. I'm great at selfies while camping but this year I want to take it to the next level.

Thanks for tips and tricks. Perhaps I'll see you around in the outdoors.

Is this at Portage?

[Xirevam]

Thank you for showing this video. It answered many of the questions I've always had about self-filming. Another question I had was about scripting. Do you make a storyboard before you go about shooting a video?

[theprojectwithnoname]

Wow! Great video! Thanks for sharing :-)

[BikeShopGirl]

THANK YOU for posting this! Come to denver so we can collab :)

[cg-hbex]

Hi very good content u give me lots of inspirations is there a way that you can have your hand free while filming yourself?