19 Cheat Codes I know At 33 I wish I knew at 22

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[@NickHouchin]

Been in the industry for the last 6 years, and you are spot on on all fronts. Per 4.. I've always discussed with clients up front if they want us to keep the footage or not, and if so, I charge for the storage space.

[@waveland]

4? If you hold the copyright to a project, then hang onto the footage for at least the length of the contract you have with the client. If it’s a camera-op only job where the footage doesn’t belong to you, then delete as soon as you verify the client has fully backed up their copy. 6? Underexpose BM sensors at your peril. Sony on the other hand tends to have more shadow latitude. However, investing in some double netting or at least some grey window sheers to control exterior light is an even better approach and not expensive. And in the end, read (visually) the story board, read the scene, and learn your sensor. Sometimes blown out highlights will suit the subject matter. And Study study study the work and the equipment.

[@csound55]

Saying it's better to underexpose or overexpose is a blanket statement. Depends on the situation and what you're trying to achieve. If highlight information is a priority underexposing can make sense. In a lot of situations underexposing adds a ton of noise and artefacts to footage. Some cameras have good latitude in low light - others have more latitude in highlights so important to understand how different cameras have the sensitivity mapped.

[@MrShanePhoto]

Number 9 100%. The most successful freelancers are great a business. I've been a photographer for 20 years and I learned the hard way.

[@yarinsheiman7789]

I'm actually 22:) so thanks for the great advices!

[@MrMolotov69]

Great points! I would also add something which I wish I knew when getting started and that’s not to get bogged down with owning too much gear (especially budget gear). You’re better off renting and getting the client to pay for it or if you must own, buy industry standard equipment and charge accordingly for its use.

[@RDRvideoprod]

4. May not be a good advice especially when you're shooting BMPCs. You can always pull the shadows in post and have clean shadows. But once you underexpose in camera, be ready for those shadow artifacts.

[@LIJ]

Great list! Thanks for the video :)

[@Another-Layer]

Happy birthday! Fantastic and absolutely accurate advice. One more piece of advice to succeed; it’s really hard or near impossible to be the business development person and be the creative producer at the same time so form a team that focuses on growing the client base and keeping them happy, and separately have a great team that focuses on producing the creative work. You’ll be unstoppable if you can do this.

[@garyscaife]

🙌🙌

[@aaronm5149]

Great video! Thanks for sharing

[@eugeneBai]

Thanks a lot! Great straight to the point advices!

[@Jazzmarcel]

Started not to watch this video but, glad I did!…….. learned something! 👍🏾😎

[@bigredcupproductions]

Great video. The one point I'd argue is about low-light cameras. While I agree with what you said about it making one lazy by cranking the ISO and getting away with shooting anywhere (I used to be guilty of this until somewhat recently XD) I do find that when setting up lights out on location without available power supply it's a great way to save light battery as you can use it at a much lower output. This has been beyond helpful especially as I don't yet own very powerful lights. I'm also a night owl so having an a7sIII and being able to shoot at 12800ISO has allowed me to better capture the dead of night without needing to bring in a tonne of extra equipment :)

[@Shauny_D]

Solid advice! 3 and 9 are sneakaly on point!

[@alef3356]

Crazy this video is free. Thanks.

[@gp37521]

Always love your videos, thanks a ton and happy birthday!

[@dananthonymedia]

OR DEE OOO… is soooo important! It blows my mind that people disregard it on every video

[@LukeDewar]

This is really great stuff, I was really surprised at how little fluff is in the video and I am very grateful. Seriously loving your content OBP.

[@thegospelcallTGC]

Thank you always for the great advice. I am looking to become a DP and I need lots of tips. God bless you and have a great day.

[@aaronwilliams8040]

Top video (again) !!🎥

[@diego4vila]

great tips mate! happy birthday 🎈

[@garyscaife]

Thank you!

[@jeremypitt2355]

Happy Birthday man! Thanks for this video. It's ironic that I'm also soon to be 33 and so sorry this video wasn't around 11 years ago when I was also 22. At least I'll try not to ruin my next 11 years

[@garyscaife]

Thanks 🙌

[@CUTSUK]

Spot on as ever.

[@loudandclearmedia]

This is such a fantastic list and inspires me to publish a video like this of my own. Thanks, brother!

[@EdProsser]

Dude I am loving these, top work! Only issue is I can never bring myself to delete footage 😂

[@garyscaife]

It's an ongoing battle for us all, lol.

[@ijovy3]

reading these at 32 hits differently 😂😂

[@JeremySry]

#5 so true!

[@ScoutFPV]

Happy Birthday mate.

[@garyscaife]

Thanks 🙌

[@powdermuaythai]

sound advice - thanks man

[@luisalbertocamaraDP]

one question your experience about matchig sony FX and blackmagic thanks

[@ardeesnapper]

I've been watching your videos for a while and love them. I've been meaning to ask. What slider do you use? It's always visible in the shots. I've started using a small edelkrone one this past while.

[@garyscaife]

I have owned an edelkrone for years now; it's a great little slider. The one I use for bigger setups (you see in the videos) is made by a company called ProSup, and it's their Tango Roller.

[@RedBlackFilms]

20. Pull the couch away from the wall. No problem shooting with what you have, like your home or someone else's. But couch scenes will always look better the further you pull it away from the wall, create depth, add things behind it.

[@garyscaife]

Yes! 1000% this. (P.S. I may steal this for a future video, lol.)

[@RedBlackFilms]

@@garyscaife Of course. Good ideas should never be hoarded!

[@the_kid-i1k]

rule number 2? you have nisi lenses on a Baruno.

[@garyscaife]

I know, right? I'm going to have to upgrade to a Venice 2 to get the best form those lenses.

[@GlassfilmWeddings]

Overexposing in slog 3 tho gives you cleaner image when you bring it all down in post tho…

[@chuk76]

What's the slider you are using? Thanks

[@garyscaife]

By a company called ProSup, its the Tango Roller. Amazing it is.

[@Pla2es]

20. This one is from Patrick O'Sullivan (the wandering DP). Try to shoot towards the corner of the room. You'll get a more three dimensional frame. 😊

[@ScienceRockifyMe]

What would you buy for courses recording/post-production? I work for a small company in Scandinavia, where we do a little bit of client interviews, social media and client courses recording/post-production. Today our a-cam is the Panasonic HC-X2000 4K. Then some cheaper Sony's and some tv-attractive 4k Obsbot PTZ for any close up. Now I think we're ready for a proper next level a-cam for recording of key talent. As a Resolve user I was thinking the BM 6K Cine (low light will not be a problem). We don't need the uber-top$ camara, but a competitive level up for us, allowing us to shot all key in much higher quality and framerates. Unbiased, what would YOU recommend? Ps: Only talking camara body here, but for fun, what would you put on it for our line of work? PPs: Great video. Learned some new tips and reinforced others.

[@garyscaife]

Love the Blackmagic cameras for indoor/studio environments, but that said, a Sony FX3/FX30 would be much easier to get great results, and for interviews, AF is massive for eye tracking. I'd also throw the Lumix S5II in there for the best value camera on the market that's great at everything.

[@ScienceRockifyMe]

@@garyscaife hey, thank you. For great results on the FX30, what lense would we use? :-D

[@NKRDBL]

@@ScienceRockifyMesigma 18-50 2.8 is great all-arounder.

[@c.s.christopher5801]

"... by watching this video right here" *points at nothing in particular*

[@NicCorbett]

What brand of slider is that at 3:19?

[@pavlovcikjan]

im also curious

[@nerolemon]

Happy birthday 🎉

[@garyscaife]

🙌🙌🙌

[@briano7722]

happy birthday ;)

[@garyscaife]

Thanks so much 🙏

[@connorquigvids]

No. 6... How does a noisier image look better? My footage always looks terrible under exposing...

[@garyscaife]

How does a blown-out window or sky look better? In a situation where you have to make the choice, I tend to shoot to save the highlights of the image.

[@connorquigvids]

@@garyscaife Ahhhh I understand what you're saying now.

[@Kaotix_music]

Low-Light cameras is my favorite tip. Ive been using FX30s and people always knock me on why I never got FX3s. ANYYYTIME I ask what makes the FX3 better...I get the same answer 100% of the time. "ITS BETTER IN LOW LIGHT!" So i just pull up any of my saved shots on my portfolio and ask "In any of my clips, where would that have benefited me?" One shoot, we only had 2 lights, battery powered, street lights and some lights coming from some stores. The lights were "enough" but it was a bit noisey. I was able to work out some of the noise without the footage falling apart but there was still a bit of noise and I said "Wait, it actually kinda looks pleasant? Almost like film grain." So i ended up throwing film grain on the entire project and showed it to the client. They said NOTHING about how that night time shot looked. I brought up that it came out noisey and we could reshoot it. They said absolutely not - it looks amazing...keep it! The one and ONLY time needing a nice "low light" sensor would have helped...but the shot still looked amazing.

[@e.adeloye]

I agree with everything except the AI thing. I think at that point whats even the point of doing this stuff? I would say that this avenue of work is about creativity and AI isnt creative

[@alef3356]

He could explain more about the AI, for sure. Tho, I don't think all the ways all using AI are anti-creative.

[@iamvictorperez1482]

Welcome to the 33rd level

[@garyscaife]

🆙️

[@Asturev]

so everyone's doing the stupid clickbaity iphone vs extreme pro camera on youtube comparisons. I studied cinematography and cinema in college and I have about 4 years of experience. should I invest on a real 5k camera plus equipment and lenses and wait for videographers world to be oversaturated in 3 years ( while the technology catches for the untrained eye public) or should I just pay a videographer or rent equipment and never invest into this carreer? are cameras going to be obsolete in the next years?

[@pavol0]

Rent a cheap "professional" camera and see what you can do with it. As mentioned in the video, its not really the camera that matters

[@frannyfranman]

You lost me at using AI. There are things more important than time, like creativity and dignity. I agree that business skills can get you further than filmmaking skills. However, I think you’re taking it too far if you’re willing to lean on AI to save a few hours. This isn’t manufacturing, it’s filmmaking. Remove the human element and it becomes pointless. Come back from the dark side brother, abandon that AI bullshit