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Our Recommended Drone Equipment

Lesson 12 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post Online​

Philip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan

Our Recommended Drone Equipment

Lesson 12 from: Video Production Essentials: Create, Edit and Post Online​

Philip Ebiner, Sam Shimizu-Jones, Will Carnahan

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Lesson Info

12. Our Recommended Drone Equipment

Next Lesson: Quiz: Chapter 3

Lessons

Class Trailer

Chapter 1 Introduction

1

Welcome to the Class

02:12
2

What Makes a Great Video

03:17
3

What Type of Video Should You Make

02:47

Chapter 2: Pre-production

4

Come up with a Great Video Ideas

05:05
5

Plan Your Video

03:30
6

The Pre-production Checklist

04:04

Chapter 3 Equipment - Our Suggestions for Getting Started

7

Does Equipment Matter

01:34
8

Our Recommended Cameras

06:00
9

Our Recommended Audio Equipment

04:37
10

Our Recommended Lighting Equipment

01:47
11

Our Recommended Editing Equipment

02:11
12

Our Recommended Drone Equipment

05:35
13

Quiz: Chapter 3

Chapter 4:Cinematography Basics

14

Exposing Your Shots

05:25
15

Compose Your Shots

04:25
16

Filming Yourself

01:09
17

Getting the Right Shot

03:43
18

Choose a Background

02:32
19

My Office Video Setup

02:54
20

Quiz: Chapter 4

Chapter 5: Tips for Shooting with Different Cameras

21

Exposing with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras

06:31
22

Focus with DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras

02:35
23

Stabilize Your Shots

02:57
24

Know Your Lenses

03:18
25

Shoot with Your Smartphone

05:10
26

Shoot with Your Webcam

05:49
27

Record Great Screencast Videos

04:20
28

Tips for Better Drone Shots

04:06
29

Types of Drone Shots

01:43
30

Quiz: Chapter 5

Chapter 6: Audio Recording and Microphones

31

Choose the Right Microphone for Your Video

03:14
32

Record Better Audio in Any Environment

01:27
33

How to Use a Lavalier Microphone

02:47
34

How to Use a Shotgun Microphone

00:55
35

How to Record Audio with Your Computer

01:27
36

Quiz: Chapter 6

Chapter 7: Video Lighting

37

Why We Light

01:03
38

Use Natural Light

04:14
39

The 3-point Video Lighting Setup

07:26
40

Quiz: Chapter 7

Chapter 8: Editing Better Videos

41

Intro to Editing

02:15
42

The Post-production Process

07:50
43

Craft a Story with Editing

05:21
44

Improve Your Audio with Editing

06:34
45

Find and Add Music

05:12
46

Design Clean and Professional Titles

03:15
47

Increase Video Engagement with Calls to Action

01:29
48

Quiz: Chapter 8

Chapter 9: Get More Views - Publishing Your Video Online

49

Export the Best Quality Video for Online

02:54
50

Tips for Posting Online

05:28
51

Grow Your Youtube Channel

04:41
52

Quiz: Chapter 9

Chapter 10: Case Studies: Real-world Filmmaking

53

Case Study - Corporate Promo Videos with Ghirardelli Chocolate

08:54
54

Case Study - Event Videography with Major Lazer

08:39
55

Case Study - Documentary Films with Phil

14:24
56

Case Study - Shooting By Yourself

15:32
57

Case Study - Wedding Videography

08:37
58

Case Study - Phil's Livestream Setup

04:23

Chapter 11: Conclusion

59

Thank You

00:59

Final Quiz

60

Final Quiz

Lesson Info

Our Recommended Drone Equipment

in this lesson, I'm going to go over our recommended drone equipment, drones are amazing. Let's just get that out of the way. And since the advent of the consumer drone, they've become easier to access and more affordable than ever before. And as time has gone on they've become easier to fly more stable and with better cameras on them. So it's a great time to get into drone videography or photography. The company that we recommend is DJ I they have been innovators in the drone arena for since really the beginning and they make a number of drones that are great for sort of any price point. So they have several tiers starting with the cheapest models being the spark and the maverick. Then in the sort of mid range professional tier, they have the phantom series and then in the high end professional tier, they have the inspire plus some drones where you can attach any camera that you want to them. If you're starting out getting a drone with a built in camera is great. The quality of the ca...

mera is amazing and you're gonna get four K HD amazing quality, slow motion footage with most of these drones. There are some differences though in the quality of the camera sensor and the drones themselves in terms of the flight capabilities. So the drone that I have right here is the phantom four Pro it's the latest phantom In the series. Now of course when you're watching this, they might have a phantom 10 by this time because they're always coming out with new toys and equipment. But this drone is amazing. I got the Plus model. The plus model comes with a remote controller that has a built in screen to it. Most of the original drones, you had to use a tablet or a smartphone which would be sort of your viewer and allow you to control of the settings from the remote control. But now with this remote control, it's amazing. The built in screen is super high resolution, it's very bright. So even if you're out during the day, you can see what you're actually looking at, which is hard with a lot of smartphones or tablets. So this is the phantom four Pro Plus package that I got in terms of the video quality, it's amazing. You get the four K. It's 100 megabits per second. So super duper, high quality, you have all kinds of resolution options going down to two 0.7 K. You have your 10 80 P, your 7 20 P. And also different frame rates. You can shoot up to 120 frames per second with this camera in the 10 80 P mode, you can shoot up to 60 frames a second in the four K mode. So you can still get that sort of slow motion look if you want with the four K footage. The other thing you'll notice with this camera is the three axis gimbal, so it will go up and down left to right and rotate to make sure you get that steady shot. Now if you take it up a step to the DJ, I inspire you actually can man the camera separately from the flight. So you can have two controllers to people. One flying, one controlling the camera which gives you even more control. It can be more efficient and be safer with one person just focusing on flying while the other person is getting the right shot. With the lower end models like the Maverick and the Spark you still get great video. The Spark does shoot 1920 by 10 80 P. HD footage but the Maverick actually does have four K. Footage. The sensor just isn't as big and the quality of the footage won't be the same as the phantom. The Maverick does have a three axis gimbal. The Spark doesn't it has a mechanical gimbal that can move up and down. But you don't have the same maneuverability of the Maverick or the phantom or the inspire. With all these cameras you have manual settings. So you can shoot either automatic or you can use your manual settings that we've learned in this class like your adventure, your I. S. O. And your shutter speed which gives you more control a couple of cool features that the phantom and the maverick pro lines have our tracking options. So you can actually track moving objects in your frame. The drone will lock onto that car, that person, whoever it is, you also have a setting where the drone will track you and the remote. So if you're moving, it will follow you, which is pretty cool. If you want to get some great selfie video of you doing something awesome. There are other drone companies out there. GoPro makes their own drone, the karma, which is also an awesome drone. You can pretty much put any GoPro on that drone and it has a lot of the same features like tracking both the karma and the Maverick and spark are smaller, which allows you to travel better with it. And that's one thing you have to take into account when you're purchasing a drone. The phantom comes in a case and you can get a backpack for it. But it takes up a lot of room. The Karma, the Maverick and the spark, those things fold up. I mean literally it can be like a brick like this big and so you can go anywhere with it. This definitely takes up a little bit more room and isn't as portable. We definitely recommend that you check out the websites, DJ I dot com and GoPro's websites to see all of the rest of the specs and options that you can get with their drones and by the time you're watching this, they might have newer models out. So make sure that you do your own research before making a decision. I will say that I've personally used the inspire the phantom and the Maverick. They're all great. And right now I'm really loving the phantom. Thank you so much for watching this lesson. And then later on, we're going to have specific videos, on tips for flying with your drone and getting great videos.

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