Filmmaking MISTAKES: 5 habits you should AVOID

[@CinecomCrew]

Mistake number 6: clean your lens before you start shooting. Sorry the stain 🤔

[@CinecomCrew]

Big mistake!

[@musicwithsagar]

I didn't noticed that! Amazing tips! Thanks

[@RSpudieD]

LOL

[@JoDotNet]

i always do that

[@bstraw53]

I just came down here to comment on that. Might want to check all your lenses. I've notices a few videos where there is noticeable dirt on lens.

[@JesusThings]

I actually made 2 huge mistakes that really marked my life : 1: Shot a Wedding in only one clip 2: Deleted that clip in camera cause I thought it was just a blurry picture Yeah that sounds painful :(

[@vegardpedersen]

oof. That's not fun.

[@JesusThings]

@@vegardpedersen I laugh now , but yeah it wasn't that funny in that moment XD

[@dolwolfianphotography]

And you still alive 🤣😜😂

[@JesusThings]

@@dolwolfianphotography Luckily I am alive and able to share this horror story 😂🤦‍♂️

[@ProducerAlex]

How did you tell the bride ? That’s like my nightmare 😖😅

[@RidgeMallery]

My biggest mistakes 1: not respecting everyone else’s willingness to help me on my short films. Basically I was a jerk. 2: thinking I was so darn good at anything I did was awesome.. basically being lazy

[@MobileFilmmaking]

At least you realize where you screwed up. Some never do.

[@TheWalkingDavid]

My friends have been doing this for years. Anything they attempt to make takes forever and is not good, because they think they can do everything, when they haven’t even specialized in one subject and honed their craft.

[@justreiable]

Always use ctrl+s when editing. Thats will really help when trouble comes

[@asavag3]

and set autosave to every 5 minutes instead of 15 and max versions to +100!

[@chuggabeatmurderstreetfree2685]

@Taufiq Thats my daily mistake especially our Country electronic with no APS's

[@chumcool]

And NEVER EVER EVER TRUST AUTO-SAVE!!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!

[@Pranav_Mathur]

@@asavag3 More like every minute

[@matthayesphotography]

bad habit #1: watching youtube videos instead of making them!!

[@DarionJenardd]

Matt Hayes bingo!!!

[@samudragung]

Correct

[@Vhusi0003]

We are all guilty of that

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Make something man

[@LokiOf4Leaf]

@@MobileFilmmaking Id say preach, but here I am watching one. but one before I go to editing "class." ah f*@k it. PREACH!

[@HitechProductions]

I made all the "standard" mistakes, including forgetting the camera. But the biggest mistake I have made is not having a good story/script. That is turning out to be the hardest to correct.

[@JazMadeIt]

Filmed an interview without headphones/checking audio. The mic wasn't on...

[@marcuswest7270]

I did this too, kinda awkward when I said we had to redo everything.

[@NickDe3]

I had that happen to me when shooting a music video. But luckily the performers were waring masks and we had multiple takes where we went through the whole song so I had some room to sync it pretty closely in post.

[@RawAutos]

I’ve done this a few times. Luckily it’s rare, and I’m usually doing multiple takes so it’s not an issue. There was this one project I was making with all generations of BMW M3s, and I forgot my mic one day to get exhaust audio. No one was bothered, so I met up with people individually to get exhaust audio. This one owner, for some odd reason, he was the only car I forgot to hit record. THREE different times. To this day I don’t know what made him so unlucky for me, haha.

[@thejaxman1716]

Jaz Breathett happend to me, my mic is on my camera, so I can’t use headphones 😕😕 BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT I NEEDED TO CHARGE MY ZOHULU CAMERA MICROPHONE.

[@mrdudeman29]

I film on my s10 and when using a external mic there will be crazy interference if i dont turn on airplane mode and i filmed an interview without turning it on. Made me very sad

[@SudarshanAshiya]

Amateur : Forget to remove lens cap. Professionals : Forget sometimes to clean lens or forget memory cards. Legends : forget to take camera on shooting location. 6:50 🤣

[@RawAutos]

Sudarshan Singh Ashiya: I did this recently. I was working with a client and had a bunch of stuff to bring one day. I met with them a week later to get a bit more content, and I switched my camera to a different bag because I didn’t need as much gear. I left that bag at home and brought my larger doctor bag that the camera was no longer in. I was so mad at myself. Luckily the client got busy right as I got there and couldn’t shoot anyway.

[@SudarshanAshiya]

@@RawAutos 😄😄👍

[@jonaskahnwald3516]

🤣🤣

[@callaghnrobertson5457]

I was going to say the same thing till i saw this comment!

[@EightiesTV]

The old saying from the film days... Check your gate!

[@VinceSchilling]

GREAT video - My biggest mistakes were thinking I had to do some sort of stylized camera movement ... so many times I wished I had just held the camera super still and got the footage I needed.

[@Gumpa2]

I know that feel. Did happen to me when shooting a concert, got some cool angles, but somehow I couldn't keep myself from moving to the music and it kind off gets a dizzy feeling when seen on a big screen.

[@pekaa3610]

filming not enough material and filming everything in wideangle were my biggest mistakes

[@fanticduck3912]

Same lol

[@AbdulAziz-ek9fs]

How wide?

[@corneliusdobeneck4081]

Filming not enough does not exist. You have to rephrase that to "not paying attention to WHAT I already filmed." Because here comes a major mistake as well: filming the shit out of the day with 1 Trillion GB of clips and wasting 10 years in editing for a 10 second film. Filming not enough is the wrong phrase because it implies you have to film tons of material just because. No, you have to pay attention to what you do and what your project requires!

[@timothyjack5794]

Awesome as always! Cinecom has single handedly taken me from casually watching these vids as entertainment, to becoming a bit of a hobbyist, to running and actual company with actual clients! What you guys are giving people cannot be understated, I'm so proud of the small amount I have achieved and just wanted to pass on the massive gratitude and to share in the pride. 😎🤟 Oh and can highly recommend Jordys classes in skillshare, they're a bit more formal and detailed, but that same fun delivery he is so well known for.

[@DennisTemituro]

I am also procuring my gadgets to venture in the same direction

[@krodog]

I'm still new at learning alot and playing around with my videos but while I make dozens more mistakes then just these....I'm learning lots thanks to your videos. Seriously, thank you much!

[@timonfelbel6895]

I maked so much Misstakes when I started, but now I know more about filmmaking. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪

[@Wilson-12345]

Ich komme auch aus Deutschland XD

[@ClaireWhiteheadIrl]

I SO agree about monitoring . This is probably the biggest barrier I find as a solo filmmaker. I could do an interview setup that’s two cam two mic but I can’t monitor all 4, especially when I’m in the interviewer. I’m trying to build up my portfolio and this is part of why it’s so hard to do on my own.

[@benediktsturm4387]

my biggest mistake was to believe that sleep is still a thing when working in media xD

[@JohnAldred]

Don't feel bad, Jordy... I've forgotten the camera once, too. And it was in a cage, fully rigged, sitting on the counter waiting for me to just grab the handle and go. We'd driven about 45 minutes before I realised and we had to go back and get it, adding an hour and a half to our journey. :)

[@cerpujfilms7338]

One technical mistake that’s really easy to make (I’m still trying to get over as a young filmmaker) is not having the actors hold keeping the camera rolling for a few seconds before cutting - that’s one thing you definitely cannot fix in post

[@PurpleChickenTV]

I have worked with some great names such as Arnie, Duran Duran and Toyah and others. Yes, I have made mistakes. My biggest mistake is thinking I can do everything myself. Trusting someone else to help out with sound, for instance, is a big thing. Remember that sometimes you need help so don't be afraid to ask for it.

[@Leprutz]

Some very good tips, but the best tip was number 4. So true. Never change filming style just because we are running low on time. Improvising is good but instead of going handheld, just prioritzie the shot list and make changes to that list.

[@AlAnkhra]

My biggest mistake: Thinking it´s gonna be easy...

[@MobileFilmmaking]

For sure

[@coupletrippers]

Once I forgot to take additional SD cards. After every shot, I had to think if this is good enough or I should remove it to save a place for better shots 😉

[@PJWalmsley]

Love that last one - keep the camera style consistency unless it's a conscious decision.

[@ericsvensson1034]

My biggest mistake was letting my friend edit

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Lmao. Really? He screwed up that bad?

[@Vintoneuler]

😂so tru

[@geminigilver]

I'm still learning on lighting and paying attention to background distractions, and being specific about directing. It's something I still have to learn when I'm filming/post-production, got really frustrated sometimes working with people so I started to lean more towards just focus on editing. Though after watching this video, it does inspire me again to attempt working with other people on video projects and troubleshooting with them (I'm very used to explaining to the people I work with about camera work, so there's never so much room to ask for feedback =| ). Thank you for another fruitful learning tutorial!

[@geminigilver]

Oh and also not getting enough materials when we had to do last minute shooting XD;; worse mistake ever because I had to see the end results and look back 'Ah man should've gone with that angle/this angle' etc.

[@Shaniah_868]

As a film student I can certainly say I have made all of these mistakes and more. It's a horrible feeling when I sit down to edit and realise there's no audio or the shots aren't useable because of head room or lighting or random stuff in the background. Those mistakes actually made me want to give up on filmmaking but every time cinecom uploads some helpful tips I get inspired to keep trying. Thank you

[@tripackdroned4626]

3.22 Tip. Make sure that when you have light pouring into the lens, it doesn't illuminate the black plastic around the lens and create a visible ring (to the right of the subject). You can buy very black matt paint to cover this plastic. I was shocked that someone coming from film school wouldn't know the things listed in your guide. In my opinion ’educators’ haven't spent 25 years being a camera operator/director/owner, and therefore don't know all of the things that should be thought about. If they had and they are any good, they wouldn't be working as a teacher as the money differs so much. I worked as a camera op/dir for over 35 years. You won't believe how many things need to be seen before pressing record, only time teaches that. We need more peripatetic teachers with real-world experience offering their advice. Good luck!

[@CharlieKnottFilms]

I graduated from MICA with a BFA in Film and Video and my biggest technical mistake near the end of film school wasn’t necessarily lens-based or focused on the camera. I was a writer whose main focus was using nostalgia to drive a plot and that’s all the story had going for it. I valued my visuals above my story. It took me and my thesis professor a couple of months to a year to focus my thesis film’s story so that it was strong and engaging. The best teaching moment was when my professor told me to rewrite my film from scratch after working on drafts for two years. It was the best lesson in filmmaking that I could have learned then.

[@jarnovision8057]

I once forgot to check whether I could walk backwards freely and fell into a pool in front of the customer with all my equipment. Boy, that was embarrassing.

[@williamharding8093]

4:00 My tip don’t be in front of a reflection e.g Window or Mirror. Look to the left you see jordy’s reflection!

[@theusorelha]

I think in this case it was purposeful to show how it looks when you put a negative fill, but its a good tip anyways

[@CinecomCrew]

I actually did noticed, but like santos says; it felt appropriate to keep in 🙂

[@kylechristiancanoy9674]

My Biggest Mistake : lack of confidence

[@mooikasteelmotionpictures]

To film others or to make a video starring yourself?

[@yetanotherfilmchannel5766]

My main mistake would have to be letting people change my mind on set. When you're working with friends and everyone wants to be a director they all make suggestions and their suggestions might sound great at the time, but when you do all the prep-work before hand you kind of forget that you need everything a certain way for the edit to work porperly D:

[@mruybkye]

I once used reflective green tape to hold up several matte green poster boards to later use for a makeshift chroma key. I also had bright ambient illumination behind the camera. Needless to say, 2 hours of shooting had to be done over haha😂

[@MilesDouglasGarrett]

I can't agree more on these points. Especially the one about compromising the project and style in favor of getting done faster and easier. Do what is right for the moment in the story. Always

[@PranayJayaprakash]

You guys are awesome, thanks!!

[@FrakeLP]

Great video, one of the best i've found on youtube ! quick and informative, would be nice to see more of these... greetings from Czech Republic ! :)

[@SpedSpedding]

Not locking yourself in; great tip, thanks for that!

[@EightiesTV]

Most frequent mistake I still make is filling the frame and not using 10% safety margins to allow for slight motion correction or warp stabilization when the need arises.

[@amazepk]

Thank you so much jordy for giving the world Cinecom..

[@andreamazzone5721]

I just published my first video watching you guys for many months! You guys are wonderful!! Thanks for all your tips and cool stuffs you always provide us!

[@abrplaylist6058]

Your voice saved my yesterday buddy . Your studio is so awesome man big like .

[@bruh5601]

Forgot to press record on a one-shot-wonder. It just hurt me and my team so baddddddd :(

[@Jycatgc6282]

Thank you for making your videos in captions. I’m learning from you. Haven’t done any Adobe since graduation from ITT Technical Institute back in 2000.

[@mindseye6544]

Finally Cinecom dauttt net😌😌😌

[@phantomfrequency6621]

My biggest film making was learning as much as I can about films so that the time I decided to make a movie I expected to know everything. Another one is letting my expectations dictate my future.

[@hawksoob]

While shooting one of my first films with a DSLR, I was using an on-camera shotgun mic (mistake 1, yes), but the big mistake was forgetting to turn on the mic before shooting an entire scene. With no way to monitor audio on the T2i, I had no idea that it wasn't getting any audio. Luckily, the cast was cool with it, and we were able to reschedule the shoot the next day and considered the "incident" as a dress rehearsal.

[@andreeadobre3190]

My biggest mistake was thinking I can be both cinematographer and director. I studied cinematography and slowly realized that I'm more suited for directing, and did both for my first few short films, then in post I'd notice cinematography issues I could have done better if I weren't focused on specific directing things, and vice versa. Tough pill to swallow. I'm aware there are people out there who can do both but I just don't have enough brain power to do both at 100% quality at the same time.

[@HelamanGile]

Also avoid filming with mirrors and glass and reflective objects unless prepared for masking things out

[@risavbiswakarma2075]

Jordy always heals me alot Learnt manything from this channel Keep inspiring us❤️

[@rdgs]

2:41 Ever tried "clean lenses before filming" to add to it?

[@MartenKaehlert]

Great tips:-) It's so easy to forget thinks, when in hustle mode... A little sticker could really make the difference😊

[@TheAfterPartyCast]

Mine is putting a 2000$ camera on a old tripod and tried to film upside down and the camera fell off. It shattered the lens

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Holy shit man

[@JCem8409]

Ouch!

[@ZedExGaming]

That hurt my soul

[@DennisTemituro]

Sorry

[@Dancing_Alone_wRentals]

5:10 " you will regret that in edit " I think that is my new motto!

[@gerardobello1747]

Less the dust in your lens, I found this really helpful. Thanks, I will look what else you have in your channel.

[@Clickser]

I set the white balance to manual. I set it and forgot it. The problem was that everything was yellow and I could not repeat the video .

[@TedMV]

honesty, the tape thing on the camera as reminder was mindblowing for me lol ahahha can't believe i never thought of it!

[@ethiomoviemaker]

please make tutorial about .. how to make a breakdown video of your own vfx

[@kingteky]

That ending had me rolling! 😂

[@jkapp374]

Worst mistake I made as a film student was that I had a track and Dolly system I set up to track my actors but because one actor complained about the track system throwing off his blocking I ended up sliding the track system over a number of feet.... But inadvertently I did not catch the fact that when we did that, we moved the 180 line!!... As a result the actors did not cut together properly in editing and my film Professor kind of chewed me out in front of the class saying I should have never made that mistake and should not have spent so much time setting up the track and Dolly and should have instead focused on making sure the actors were blocked correctly in relation to the camera... it was a very low point for me because my professor was somebody a greatly admired and looked up to and was trying to impress but the end result was that the professor was absolutely right and that's a lesson I definitely needed to learn if I want to be more professional with what I do.... I definitely learned a lot from that experience and still greatly value everything I learned from that program... In fact that same Professor wrote one of my recommendation letters to go to grad school

[@alexanderchua]

Biggest mistake is to allow people to walk over me, criticise me in a way that my ideas, despite being good, I had to abandon. Listening to so called big KZbinrs that are not really filmmakers and saturating myself with the teal and orange zoom transitions thinking that I must do this too. And the biggest of them all is trusting people that only saw you as a tool rather than a human being.

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Well damn 😵

[@BarakaPDub]

Never been to film school but my biggest mistake as a beginner was firehosing the camera and trying to track the action everywhere.

[@eimqt]

Thank you cinecom 😁

[@vegardpedersen]

It's important ot get rid of such mistakes. Great tips! Yeah... you don't get a lot done without the camera...

[@VioletHenning]

Great stuff thanks for these 5 tips i really enjoy where you state that you should not lock yourself in a position because the subject can do something that you wont be able capture. I did this a lot.

[@WheneverGenius]

As always. Great video I think my biggest mistake was I don't used to write scripts. That was horrible.

[@MarooPrabhu]

Oh my godd how u use to do that!!

[@SabrinaSayin]

I have been watching tips and nooone told these tips! Thank you very much! Gonna use these awesome tips to make my channel better!

[@SeriousM4x]

6:03 imagine using a red camera but you still need those stickers

[@adenikeomogenaija]

Thanks for the tips. I once did a photoshoot without Memory Card, the camera was on "focus without card". It was painful, thankfully it was my nephew. My camera is now in "focus with card". That's the first thing I always change when I'm using a random Camera

[@nandinidas2669]

Please make a video on how to make cgi and use which software, thanks... 😀 😀

[@jamesmcandrew7860]

Mistake: Thinking I needed all the best gear to just start. ... solved on my own due to being impatient. Also, yes about the background tutorial!

[@MakeWithMiles]

Is that the sigma 18-35 on the Red camera? I thought is is only for apsc sensors?

[@PrimVB]

Not knowing your equipment, be it cameras, gimbals, heck even tripods. And like you said, forgetting a make it or break it piece of equipment.. no... I didn't forget the camera lol... but I forgot my spare batteries and spare memory cards..... camera died halfway while shooting.. Great tutorials love them btw!

[@imagoodperson1450]

if you mistake.. you should be proud of yourself bcz now you can improve!!!

[@danieldesousa4797]

My first mistake: Never going outside and film or make a film and always watching film tips to know everything at once and not practicing because I'm scared.

[@Newyorkhoje]

I just love your YT videos! Thanks and Hello from NYC!

[@JustLikeRodney]

No mistakes YET with video BUT my first wedding with SLR and batteries were an embarrassing issue. Rushed back for my father's camera. Mistake still applies to video.

[@LLOYD_OFFICIAL]

The common mistake i did , are the lightnings but i already learned from it , and this video give me another idea 😇😇

[@RahulAravind]

Very good one. Thanks !!

[@BillyRybka]

Wow that was a really good video! I'm super glad I watched this

[@clvrdesign628]

Thank you so much,

[@argefilmdk8510]

These are all very good tips, and things that I often repeat to people who are new. The funny thing is that I kinda disagree with the first tip, with the camera height. It depends on the background and the way my subject is positioned, but as I hate having too much floor/ground, I usually have my camera around mouth or nose height. In your example I'd probably make an exception, but again it really depends on what the background looks like.

[@nolomolebatsi4983]

Never give up on your work it's okay to make mistakes and it not being perfect.. just trust your creative process

[@2ayfon]

Much appreciation for the new video!!! BTW, I was once on an audience show (don't remember the name) and Tom was a warm-up guy for it!:)) I was thinking long and hard that he reminds me of someone.On the next day I showed up on the same show and I asked him "Do you know Cinecom?" He was so surprised that I knew it and we joked a little and both yelled "Lorenzo!!!!". Nobody else in the audience couldn't understand? what the heck we were yelling about))) Yep, here's the funny story.

[@xxphactor]

My mistake happened when I first started using an external monitor on the camera. I was shooting an interview and looking at the monitor thinking, "Nice shot!" When the interview was over I pressed the record button to stop...and it started recording! I was using the monitor as a reference and I didn't double check to see if the camera was recording. Everybody was frustrated a little, but was glad that I caught it and was able to save the day.

[@TheSoundfidelity]

I also have a tip! Watch out for the reflections of windows, TV or PC monitors. 4:00

[@beprogrammer810]

My biggest mistake is.. I just bought camera some months before.. what was I doing till now? I am 20 and becoming so curious about film making.. but i think i am nothing in this field.. coz lots of talented people are there.. and many of them started to photograph atleast at the age of 15

[@toms2145]

:) awesome tips, Jordy. Lol that you forgot the camera. Hahah It’s always worth watching to the last second of every videos. :)

[@AhmadTutorials]

thank you for sharing your experience 👏👏

[@acamilop]

I’ve done it- left my camera on my kitchen table. I had a big shoot an hour away and I loaded up all my gear and took off. I get to the location and we unload everything and start setting the lights. It dawns on me that I left my camera on my table since I was using the table to build out my rig. I called my wife to bring it to me but that took another hour and a half. In the mean time I shot with my b cam and it’s kit lens. The client never realized but people on set wondered why I went from a dslr to a fully rigged camera. Now I triple check every time.

[@RivuSouravBanerjeeVideoEditor]

Jordy is a great Teacher 👍🏻also he is a kind of teacher from which students r nit Afraid of😊

[@IaMD.B.]

My biggest film-making mistake was the first mistake you can make when you start making a movie: I didn't know what I wanted to tell before writing the script.

[@dtkdubs]

Great video! Didn't know of some of the tips!

[@JOEBLACK1979]

Thanks for sharing bro!

[@hotwith101]

The 180 degrees line, audio is mic on the camera were my two main mistakes.

[@beingcurious1962]

The first-ever mistake I made being a filmmaker, was that I didn't know that I'm just a bit curious about the logics which are used during film making although I never wanted to be one, hence I wanted to be a teacher :)

[@SliwkaProductions]

Great video 🔥 Thanks for sharing.

[@cintabacabaca2266]

Thanks for sharing. I love it 😊😊

[@MobileFilmmaking]

Great tips especially the lighting which always gives me issues. Love this channel

[@DamoDrives]

I film on my own and had the battery run out and don’t know until after I have done my bit to camera

[@aaronwalterscheid4496]

The only mistake on this list I slightly disagree with is the very first one about keeping the camera exactly at eye level by default. To me, the left frame at 0:56 actually looks more natural than having the horizon going through the middle of his face. I think it’s become a style in most modern commercials and films to have the subject slightly elevated in relation to the camera, so that the viewers are looking up to the subject, but very subtly. Especially if the subject is meant to be portrayed in a positive way. Whereas looking slightly down at them like the frame to the right makes it feel like they’re in a negative place as a character. Everything else is spot on though. I know for sure I’ve made every one of these mistakes at some point. Especially locking into place for something specific and losing a spontaneous moment. That’s something I feel like I still need to be more conscious of.

[@TheSicknessRC]

Wat grappig om plots de wandelroute achter de salamander in maasmechelen te herkennen. Nice video mannen!