How to Film Basketball Cinematically

[@anayrojra449]

Dude I make sports work as well and I was originally very inspired by Danny Gevirtz and now I would say I am learning a lot from you! It's really hard to find people in this industry that don't mind sharing their workflow and give genuine advice that works. Kudos to you man! thanks a bunch!

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you! That means a lot, always happy to share what I know so feel free to ask any questions and lmk what videos you'd want to see

[@Yebsmpeg]

You absolutely need to make this a series, with different sports. I'm learning so much from you man! Keep it up!

[@thebobbymedia]

Will do! Stay tuned for the next one

[@rawjules]

This popped up in my explore. Beautiful guide and good info. This series needed to be made! Keep going.

[@thebobbymedia]

Thanks man! I appreciate it

[@mikecole4489]

This is really great man!!

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you, I appreciate it!

[@josiaherwin840]

This guy is so underrated, thanks for being so informational bro!

[@thebobbymedia]

Of course man! Always happy to share

[@kellykozzy]

Gave us a literal game plan, great video coach!

[@thebobbymedia]

Glad I could help bro!

[@MicheleFerlito]

loved the video, im learning so much thank you !

[@paytonsample]

Beautifully shot and explained keep this up!

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you!

[@B-Moye]

Great tips in here! Love filming basketball!

[@thebobbymedia]

Glad I could help!

[@H.Leofilms]

TNXX BRO - BEST TUTORIAL

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you bro!

[@namsaydorji380]

very informative, very detailed, just what i needed , thanks a lot

[@thebobbymedia]

Glad it helped!

[@airfox]

Don’t forget to have shooters on skateboards flowing on court like we do with the VBL. So smooth

[@thebobbymedia]

Gotta try that for sure!

[@adamwesterhout]

G'day mate - great video. I wish something like this existed when I started shooting basketball. I'd challenge you on the "Only shoot handheld". There is space for gimble work, especially if you're going for more cinematic feels. Throw on a 35mm and shoot at F4-F8. Lots of pans/tracking shots. I wouldn't shoot an entire game on a gimble, and you need many different angles. I recently shot a Wheelchair basketball game and some of my gimble shots were incredble (probably because of how low you can get to the court and the smoothness of wheelchairs on the court). I've subscribed and will check out more. Awesome stuff - this video was super comprehensive.

[@thebobbymedia]

Yeah I completely agree. I mentioned that specifically in the game action section where i think it would be very hard to capture highlights with a gimbal, but i agree especially during pre game that gimbals are great. Also, they're good for game action If you're focusing more on the cinematic feel like you said and less on recap style stuff. For my work I need to be sure I capture all of the highlights so I can't afford to use a gimbal during the game, but I should've clarified that.

[@adamwesterhout]

@@thebobbymedia I didn’t disagree with your overall sentiment. Context is always important. If your task is to capture and recap a game then gimble usage is totally a nice to have. If only we could be in two places at once!

[@yojacq]

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[@_felixsteiner]

What do you think about shooting game-action through the viewvinder? Always used the viewfinder so far, thinking if I should be switching to shooting over the external monitor. Nice video, keep those coming!

[@thebobbymedia]

Personally my camera doesn't have a viewfinder for video shooting. If it works well for you stick with it. However, I like the external monitor because it would allow more flexibility if you want to get really low angle shots and different angles where you can't always have your eye to the viewfinder

[@dimzzl]

this is an absolutely great youtube video brother wow very informative

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you man!

[@bezznab]

I really appreciate this video

[@haileygg6]

Amazing!

[@thebobbymedia]

Thanks!

[@RayMorrisOfficial]

Great video man

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you bro

[@petersarellas]

Good stuff!

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you 🐐🐐

[@flicksbymarlon]

Would these tips work for photography as well?

[@thebobbymedia]

yes certainly, the positioning would be very similar

[@sydneydance]

Great tips 👍👏

[@thebobbymedia]

Thank you!

[@Malchapo]

Good stuff for beginners watched for 2 mins and quickly realized it wasn’t for me. I’ve been doing all of this in my own personal fitness content forever. Also find the trendy use of cinematographer versus videographer pretty funny

[@thebobbymedia]

For sure, definitely meant as more general video good for beginners

[@z-something6936]

@@thebobbymediadon’t let anyone make you downplay your work, as someone who’s been shooting sports for 5 years, I was very much still able to learn a lot from this, especially past the 2 min mark. Keep it up bro! This video was dope and you should drop more

[@galicebait]

@@z-something6936 Yup. Jokers. Have nothing better to do when the days come.

[@TheScar172]

How much would you charge to shoot basketball games

[@sterlingcross9776]

GOAT

[@NickLanger]

Huge tip: Stop shooting continuous autofocus for game action because the second it starts focus hunting when other players come into frame, it immediately takes the viewer out of the story. Studying shots/frames and how the pros shoot (aka NBA films cinematographers) will level up your shooting and storytelling ten-fold.

[@thebobbymedia]

Yes exactly, manual focus is the way for sure

[@WelderB1Family]

Thanks for the gems

[@brownproductions2651]

Amazing tutorial and perfect timing! I have a canon SL2, would this be good? It’s the only option I have so I’ll have to work with it. My goal is ultimately get concert footage. I have a great opportunity coming up but I got some film of my buddies car at night and it just was not great quality. Would this be me not knowing how to use the camera which I thought I was confident with or just the camera being poor at lowlight? This is impirtant as concerts are usually lowlight? Any recommendations on what to do or what cameras would work well for this style (budget)?

[@thebobbymedia]

Depending on your budget, since your main goal is to maximize lowlight capablitilies it probably makes the most sense to go with Sony. Their cheaper cameras are better in lowlight than the canon cheaper cameras. Id recommend a used A6400, A72 or A73

[@JustinnLamar]

COYG!

[@thebobbymedia]

Always supporting

[@wamron7164]

Jersey choice A1

[@bezznab]

🔥🔥🔥

[@yurr6734]

What FPS timeline do you edit and export in?

[@Rememberd]

🐐🐐🔥

[@schoeferfilm]

Good video 👍🏻 I film basketball since over 20 years 🎥 a few years ago we were under the best 8 European 🏀 club teams 💪🏼 #filmmakingismypassion

[@thebobbymedia]

That's awesome!!

[@schoeferfilm]

@@thebobbymedia and now 🇩🇪 = world Champions with 4 ex. Bamberg players

[@Natesonline]

AF with heavy use of focus lock button FTW

[@thebobbymedia]

Facts that can be super clutch

[@bezznab]

Erm...You said something I don't understand You said "Don't shoot tight" I don't understand this please