How to Make a Travel Video

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Sharing my approach for creating travel videos that stay true to the destinations they depict.
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0:00 - Intro
0:26 - Sponsor
2:04 - 1. The Location is the Main Character
3:10 - Sunrise Hike
3:51 - 2. Do the Research
5:14 - 3. Seek Local Insight
5:59 - 4. Lean into What Makes the Location Unique
7:06 - 5. Be Ready to Capture Unexpectedly
8:52 - 6. Travel Respectfully
9:36 - Outro
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[@Dalshi]

I'm currently shooting a travel video and I'm almost at the end of my trip. WHY COULDN'T YOU UPLOADED THIS SOONER!! lmao

[@c0d3ckL]

In a time where every travel video looks the same and cliché, with the same transitions, We have Aidin bringing refreshing videos with quality information, audio and visuals. We appreciate you so much Aidin 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

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[@Maximilian-Willert]

Holy Schmeckels that intro is AWESOME!

[@sdguy55]

I don’t understand how you don’t have more subscribers. Your sound design is so juicy.

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Watching Aidin's videos with headphones on is incredibly good

[@erickheyl8293]

Absolute GOAT of these types of travel videos. I am going on a camping trip this weekend and really am trying to channel my inner Aidin!!

[@aashutoshgautam6444]

Would love to see brother

[@lucasdimonte]

Love the videos! Would you happen be able to do a video on drone coloring cause your drone footage is always soooooooo stunning

[@AidinRobbins]

For the most part it's the same as grading anything else- my usual struggle with drone footage is pulling out enough color contrast, so I make sure to boost the saturation before grading and finish it off with split toning in the color wheels. Other than that, my other grading tutorials should apply :)

[@kaspergaram]

God damn man that opening shot is insanely gorgeous 😍

[@whattheskit9769]

Best "how i make my videos guide" I have ever watched

[@williamalexanderr]

Bro what’s crazy is that I’m about to travel in October !! I’m so ready thanks for the video 🙏 btw ! I don’t think ANYTHING will top these sun rays at all. Like I said on ig you literally went to heaven and came back lol

[@ahmatophotography]

My very frequent search keyword for tips for my start to create and document my trips in nice video. Thank Buddy ✌️💙

[@Daniel-if7gz]

So far I have only watched three of your videos and I subscribed on the first. Beautiful work! You have great composition, perspective, and philosophy and will go far. Keep it up!

[@TravellerDarpan]

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[@JustWojtek]

Aidin Robbins Travel Video Tutorial: 6 thoughtful and practical steps - Other Travel Video Tutorials: Go Places, Film Stuff and Throw it in the Timeline without second thought

[@donhendricks3190]

I am so happy to hear you speak your commitment to being RESPONSIBLE and RESPECTFUL of not only the environment, but of those who call the "destination" ... "home". Well done, my friend. Always a pleasure to experience your art. Cheers.

[@QuizWave594]

Master of color grading ❤

[@nickdlf]

Love this and really look forward to your videos in general!

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[@martijn7593]

Yes its just you

[@emilwlarsen]

Beautiful shots! Looks sick!

[@adventuresofjandk]

Very helpful. As a travel content creator myself this type of information is gold. Just wish more KZbinrs would stop pushing sponsors.

[@MarianoGila]

Quality content. Thanks for putting your work out there and sharing it.

[@khatraseth]

looks like a movie 2:55

[@onlyonelife1031]

Thank you! I appreciate you taking the time by sharing your mad skills. Keep it up.

[@lovemihikes]

Great video! Appreciate the perspective!

[@ClaudioDesideriFilms]

You have such an amazing talent for location scouting and your cinematography is a continuous inspiration! Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️

[@JustSjay]

So beautifullly done!!!

[@megan_rose]

Your visuals are absolutely breathtaking. I’m subscribed just to enjoy them. Love your approach to photography.

[@silviafirmino5379]

Very strong message! Thank you for sharing!

[@ePICS8]

The visuals and douns effects are on point. Beautiful video!

[@dylntrmy]

you're videos are some of my favourite on KZbin chief! keep it up 🫶

[@talaash01]

Thank you for the valuable tips adin ❤️

[@MichaelSaadi]

Beautiful Video man! I can tell you're being yourself and I love that. Keep it up!

[@Dmzfotografie]

Great video Aidin! Love the originality of your content! Thanks for creating! Daniel

[@tomsunday]

I really enjoyed this video. I resonate so much with what you said in it. Especially the part about respectful travel and making vids more about the location. You rock and I appreciate you very much. Thanks for making this.

[@BryceDocherty]

Thanks for making this one man! I feel that many people see travel videos, how cool the person looks in them, and think their life is just always amazing. And it gets many to want to replicate those people and have a similar lifestyle. When I started I did it for the wrong reasons. I eventually worked with Mike Corey/Fearless and Far on KZbin and realized this idea of being "the cool guy with the camera that everyone liked" was not at all what it seemed. I then shifted entirely into making documentaries and helping tell peoples stories in an artistic way to make people care about a subject. Travel videos are a good way to start to see where it will take you or if you are truly passionate about filmmaking at all. But if anyone is doing it for followers, likes, or their ego, it will eventually wear on you. But for many it takes getting to the point in your dream to be let down by your own expectations of that dream. This is what happened to me anyway. As you said, do it for the right reason. And that reason is, imagine if no one knew you were making your videos or even watched them, would you still make them? Thanks for reading.

[@tacrewgirl]

Great message about making travel videos. Thanks Aidan.

[@wendywitzig119]

So wise and talented well beyond your years. Thank-you for sharing your awesome work.

[@cyruscrossan]

Good stuff as always, that fortuitous timing on that light, awesome. Thank you.

[@cwarfield]

Nicely done, and especially appreciate the message at the end.

[@CurieuxNomades]

Great advice, love your approach 🙌

[@webgraphr718]

Wonderful insight to your approach in making a travel video. Thank you for sharing! Always look forward to your videos! Beautiful scenes and appreciate your points on being responsible and respectful of where you visit. A little bit of research can make the trip even more enjoyable.

[@REVIEWSONTHERUN]

Wonderful video! Thank you for sharing it ✌️

[@SamuelHardenberg]

I really like that you talk more about the theory behind it, not just how to get cool looking shots. Tips like those are rare on KZbin, so thank you for that🙏🏼 I'd be happy to see more of these kind of "tutorials" (next to all the incredible videos you're doing all the time!)

[@YourHyness]

amazing video all around! i love the message you left on this video. very informative. thank you and keep up the awesome work!

[@josephirvinh]

I'm very happy you enjoy what you do

[@aryangupta6650]

Your videos are on the top, its all pleasuring my eyes and heart too! Keep going incredible...

[@AbdulSalampsychologist]

Aidin! It was really helpful. Loved your Cinematography too. ❤️

[@australianboy]

A great guide 👍 Not just because of the great tips, but because it’s right. Being respectful to the location, the locals, and having the focus on the right points. Great video

[@shresthafilms]

Just watching your old videos and your notifications poped up!! 🤩

[@YuiSenpai]

wise word. keep inspiring people Aidin!

[@stainsjohn9550]

Love ❤️ respect from INDIA 🇮🇳

[@lucinematic]

8.10 How amazing this shot is. Unbelievable

[@FramingReality]

Great video! I'm 6 weeks already into my trip through Portugal and I started to get some negative feelings about my video craft. I would have loved to find in your video more info about how you get over back pain, how you choose what to shoot (sometimes the place is meh, other times it can be overwhelmingly beautiful), the gear you use, etc. Once again, thanks for all your efforts in making content!

[@helencogan2187]

AMAZING AMAZING AMAZING…thank you..so much to learn from you..peace!!!

[@craiglonie1122]

I’ve just been binging on you videos great content and some stunning visuals well done

[@EdgarArroyo]

AWESOME VIDEO!!!

[@Travelwithvinnu]

Amazing content brother. Every traveller should see this video to give their subscribers better content. Really appreciate you to making these kinds of videos for creators keep doing this kind videos for us. Gratitude

[@nikolatomas3396]

About the sixth point. I have recently revisited Malta after 3 years and I was looking forward to one specific spot I have discovered the first time there. After 3 years the place was devasted. Garbage everywhere. Polystyrene in the sea water. Fish have fled the place, so many people there. It has really hit me. I remembered the place as such an iconic place to chill and absorb positive energy. Now, such a sad dirty place.

[@vikasbaid2517]

God !! This is amazing aidin...thank you for sharing the approach !!

[@rkivlogi]

Thanks for an important and insightful video 🙂👍

[@aakilthahir]

loved it as always :)

[@rgel001]

So good!

[@kkdguys]

Travel respectfully.. Respect right there!! 🙏

[@imranjafar3687]

Great positive message.

[@Fedgery007]

Your videos are stunning.

[@BitterCarGuy]

I think everything you mentioned I've been trying to apply to my hiking channel The Bitter Hiker. Thanks for the affirmation.

[@WatchCrunchOfficial]

Really like how you ended your video with a word on preservation... bravo!

[@Jonalexxx]

Yo those were was some very interesting points! Thanks for the advice👍🏽

[@abdi862]

A video on that car scene time slaps PLEASE that was soo sick

[@amandahollingsworth8312]

I agree that the travel videos I like and watch are the ones where I'm not being talked at the whole time. It's like dude we don't want to see your mug

[@PoojaShravan]

Hi Aidin. Do you usually scout a location before making a video about it?? What would your approach be if you didnt have the luxury to scout?? We have been making travel films for sometime now and we don't have any background in movie making or cinematography. We have learnt everything about it by watching channels like yours. One of the toughest things about travel film-makin, in our opinion, is how unpredictable a place can be. We have had occasions when a place is underwhelming or difficult to shoot or bad weather or bad lighting yada yada yada..... How do you insure yourself w.r.t these scenarios. We find it really hard to come up with a 8-10 min video with just 1 or 2 days in a given place. Is there any storytelling hack/trick you would suggest?? btw, we love your channel and have learnt a lot by just deconstructing some of your videos. Love from India.

[@AidinRobbins]

Hey! Here's a video I made a while back about that exact process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5PWg3Wweriah6M

[@PoojaShravan]

@@AidinRobbins Great thanks 🙂🙂

[@alireza_adventure]

[@DanielTuriman]

Unrxpected, thanks for the tips

[@puffintravels]

I think i learned a lot today, thanks :)

[@SamuelPeterr]

Another 🔥 video!

[@TravelinaBlitz]

Very informative, in a time where people charge for such tips, you made a whole video, hats off 🙏❤

[@harisbasic4727]

Hi Aidin! What film grain/effect are you using in the intro between the shots? I am thinking the cow shots for example, it just adds so much dynamic to the story

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I have had a subscription at epidemic because of you. But I just couldn’t find these sfx you were using. Can you give us tips on which search terms we have to use and maybe even make a playlist with your most used sfx?! Would love to☺️ keep up the good work!!

[@IAF1900]

Great tips and the explanations were just as good! For me tip number 6 was the most important. There are some many gems around us. People usually forget that even the least known ones are still important to protect. Unfortunately I experienced it when I went to see the forest of Fanal . People had thrown away their rubbish, and it was truly heartbreaking. I managed to clean the ground by myself and wasn't able to get all the shots I was aiming for. But I'm happy I took this decision. Apart from that, I must say that the Intro was amazing and sun rays shots were stunning as well 👏

[@SubhasisMukherjee]

East or West, Aidin is the best

[@sockless4456]

Incredible... we need a transition pack right now! 🙌🙌

[@aliameen7626]

Great Shots but the sound effects are just majestic!!!

[@explorewithberi]

Amazing frames.

[@siddharth_roy9303]

Sir I been so many times video have I been seen I love your videos it really enjoying and experience ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@akashrai11]

You nailed it man what a quality Love from India ❤️

[@sociallensman]

Good tips 👍

[@gerrymarzilli]

...and thats why you are the KING! ♥️✌🏼😎

[@saleemjafar6405]

Love ❤️❤️❤️ from India

[@TARIQABDELPHOTO]

Another banger

[@rikimarizard]

Man, the point you made about the location being the main character is SO true. I cringe when I see a travel video and there's a monologue about how the person chose to travel to xyz country because they were looking to learn more about themselves or some pseudo philosophical BS. Far too many of these. This is why travel filmmakers like Brandon Li and Fernweh Chronicles resonate with so many people because they tell stories from the locations themselves.

[@behystudio]

not just the intro but the whole video was on 🔥

[@RoccoGermani]

Great message and video Aidin! I'm in Greece right now and am working on capturing footage for a travel film. Like you stated, I have been seeking to capture the landscape and culture rather than the travelers. There are so many stories to be told!

[@YuiSenpai]

have fun m8!

[@prathmesh05]

Too good

[@ULTRAYOLET]

I left this long comment a while ago under one of your videos, but I think this video specifically fits the question, so I hope you're gonna read it this time: I have this question that is really bugging me for a while and also contributed to my lack of inspiration and excitement about filming and editing. I was wondering how you plan cinematic travel vlogs when the circumstances are so very different than when you plan a specific shot for, let’s say, an ad for a client. When it comes to the latter, you know what you got, you know the utensils, the scenes, the angles - overall you have all that it takes to write a rough script of what you envision. But when it comes to travelling, it’s more of like a spontaneous thing where you literally explore new lands and I mean, it is on thing to capture still scenes and connect them to other still scenes in post, but how do you get to plan certain transitions when you have no idea what kind of shot you will connect them to? I hope you understand what I mean, but it’s just that I see all of these puzzle pieces in a travel vlog for example and I realize that you had to shape specific puzzle pieces a specific way so they would connect to other pieces, i.e. you had to end certain scenes a specific way while shooting in order to connect them to other scenes in post so it ends up being a smooth transition. I feel like this can’t be a question of post, but you had to do the precautions while filming already. So I am reaaaallly really wondering how you do it, how you, pretty much, spontaneously plan transitions that you don’t know about yet ? The only explanation I have is that you capture the same shot in different angles and specifically with different endings (e.g. pan up or down or to the side) as a precaution (which ngl would be 10 times the work lol) or that once you reach a specific location you work with what you have there, create a rough script in your mind, so you can connect the puzzle pieces of this specific location at least.

[@amitkuril96]

You are an angel for most of the video creators just like you seems to be one at 09:36

[@claudearreza9461]

I see you!!! Look at the flares bro! Sheeesh

[@gurrammanetwork1824]

Beautiful and excellent 👍 brother

[@eprohoda]

Aidin~love ti-you uploaded incredible ,✨