How to Capture SURREAL Footage | Filmmaking with Aidin Robbins

Filmmaker Aidin Robbins shares techniques for capturing surreal footage and goes over his favorite accessories and lenses to get the shot.

*Aidin Robbins* is a filmmaker based in the Carolinas. For the past 8 years, he has spent most of his time refining his style, searching for new spots to shoot, and waking up obscenely early to catch the sunrise. His passion for film has allowed him to work with clients like CamelBak and Beautiful Destinations, travel to countless locations, and build an online audience of over 400,000 people.

Fueled by a love for adventure and the outdoors, Aidin’s work is innovative and turns heads on social media. While he strives to share stunning visuals, storytelling is at the heart of everything Aidin creates.

How to Capture SURREAL Footage: Timestamp
00:00 Intro
00:58 Weather
01:42 Focal Length
02:59 Depth of Field
03:00 Lighting
04:58 Composition
05:53 Camera Motion
07:11 Camera Settings
08:08 Editing
08:45 Final Thoughts

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✘ PRODUCTS USED:

Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8:

Sigma 14mm f/1.8:

Sigma 20mm f/1.4:

Panasonic 70-200 f/2.8 L:

Sigma 85mm f/1.4:

Sigma 105mm f/1.4:

URTH ND Filters:

Tiffen ND Filters:

✘ PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT USED:

Panasonic Lumix S5:

Sigma 16-28mm f/2.8:

Sigma 14mm f/1.8:

Sigma 20mm f/1.4:

Panasonic 70-200 f/2.8 L:

Sigma 85mm f/1.4:

Sigma 105mm f/1.4:

URTH ND Filters:

Tiffen ND Filters:

DJI Air 2s:

Røde VideoMic Pro+:

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THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!

[RoccoGermani]

If anyone is best suited to speak on how to capture surreal footage, it's definitely Aidin! Great video as always!

[GabrielJThomas]

Aidin is extremely talented. It is always great hearing other creators thoughts and how they approach things. Great video.

[professorp]

i’m sure you’ve heard this a 1k times, & your head doesn’t need to be any bigger 😎, coming from an old man i’m impressed with how such a young man has so much talent combined with so much knowledge, you have a bright future, it makes me sad thinking i’ll be dead before seeing your best work 🙏🏽

[juanperez-eyph]

I'm not much on video as on still photography but this gave me great ideas to try.

[erickmorales]

I would pay a lot of money to see a feature film by Aidin Robbins that's just footage and landscapes

[ericmattt]

Future generations will tell the myth about Aidin Robbins for centuries