how I film my cinematic vlogs * my creative process

Sharing with you guys how I film myself and vlog cinematically in NYC. This is a video that I would have loved to see early on so I hope that by sharing, you guys can get some inspiration and tips out of it to make your own creative process.
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Camera: Sony A6700 | amzn.to/44vAGrq
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Cinematic Lens: Tamron 17-70 f2.8 | amzn.to/4bsh3Tt
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[@arceadventures]

Dog was a paid actor 😂

[@lownslow1414]

Bro is slept on

[@JasonZhao]

😴🥱

[@AndyFeliciotti]

Great video Jason, thanks for walking us through your process!

[@OsayOLU]

Thanks bro, I watched two of your videos so far and I'm very appreciative of these advice.

[@JasonZhao]

Glad to hear! 🙌

[@RuanMaidell]

I appreciate your clarity and agility in communication.. Congrats Dude

[@JasonZhao]

Thank you man!

[@yingyingfeng6953]

Love all the tips! I just want to say you have inspired me a lot throughout my video making journey. Buying my first camera (also the sonya6400) and making my first KZbin video was mostly because I binged watch your videos back in 2021. Finding out I was gonna go to the same uni as you was definitely a very cool coincidence. I actually said hi to you one time and then never saw you on campus again haha. But I just want to say thank you for creating your videos, because they have truly inspired me a lot and are also just really genuine enjoyable videos to watch :)

[@JasonZhao]

This is best comment ive ever had. Have fun with content creation journey there’s lots of ups and downs but that’s all things in life! I hope to see you on campus when I’m back in the fall!

[@titid7880]

Fuegooo. Nice stuff JZ!

[@emmeabasi]

Literally a masterpiece 😁

[@Jason_lai]

Love itttt bro! Love the cinematography and music choices. Repping us Jasons proud 🫡

[@JasonZhao]

Let’s get it‼️

[@Waryfuls]

*Trilogy in the bg>>>*

[@lovewila9122]

This is such great content for the amount of views and subscribers. New sub! Keep up the good work

[@JasonZhao]

Thank you 🙌

[@KarinaAgapi]

Insane video! Loved it!

[@AlexTene]

Hey Jason, I wanna say congrads for the quality of this video - Great color grading, great advice and well structure video. Keep it up, I am slightly older than you but can relate with everything you said and am on a similar YT journey :)

[@WhereToFind]

Should do a bts of you setting up camera and filming the scene

[@LaFuenteOnFilm]

Underrated goat strikes again 🫡

[@JasonZhao]

🙏🙌

[@toprankines8257]

This dude is going places 💯

[@JoffreLaBranche]

That golden was a paid actor!

[@JasonZhao]

Couldn’t have scripted it better 😄

[@LoCoCreative]

I love this video🔥🔥🔥

[@davidjacomeconcept]

Amazing! The way you explain the details behind de process of journaling makes a lot of sense to me, something I use to practice for emotional release, but this way makes it more rewarding.

[@JasonZhao]

I do both! A lot of the stories I tell in my videos are straight from my journal!

[@DavidAlbrect]

Love that! Thanks for the video!

[@JasonZhao]

Hope it helps!

[@CrushEatRepeat]

Super helpful video! Thanks for all these tips as I start my journey!

[@JasonZhao]

Good luck and never stop having fun with it!

[@passtheenergy8464]

Great video . Thanks For Passing The Energy

[@JayFingers]

That moment the dog ran up to you in the dog park was perfect! 😆 Hope you had fun in my hometown. Cheers!

[@JasonZhao]

Perfect timing, nyc was the best!

[@petersarellas]

This video is sick

[@SavioB.]

Just subscribed I enjoy making cinematic vlogs as well it feels great

[@PhotoandMe]

Great video! Thank you for sharing :)

[@danielzuniga8134]

Fire content bro

[@PhillGraaf]

good stuff man

[@bartcui3306]

cute fleece

[@joshhoe]

great video ! subbed !

[@AndrewBarnesChannel]

I was really considering the 11mm Sony lens for my ZV e10 and I think I'll get it after seeing this, thanks bro

[@JasonZhao]

Just remember that both the 11mm and zve10 don’t have stabilization!

[@AndrewBarnesChannel]

@JasonZhao yeah bro I'll use it mostly for static shots but its a good shout thanks for that

[@wanderkash]

Just want to make sure you know, we were here before you blew up!

[@JasonZhao]

Welcome to the family!

[@euricoleichsenring]

Agree on everything you said

[@FCTHETRUTH]

what lut are u using its amazing?

[@thisiskareem.]

Love your vids man! Thanks for the perspective!!! What bad are you using to carry your gear?

[@JasonZhao]

Wandrd 6L sling!

[@ARUBAINEOFFICIAL]

Good job bro! Watching from UAE-Dubai

[@JasonZhao]

🙏🙏

[@Hakeemkush]

Awesome video you just got a new sub!

[@JasonZhao]

Welcome aboard!

[@nnycps]

🇧🇷sem legenda 😭😭😭😭😭

[@jessebouterse]

Great video +1 subscriber keep em coming!

[@JasonZhao]

🙌

[@underratedmc]

what camera bag is that! looks super handy!

[@JasonZhao]

Wandrd sling 6L!

[@gainswithkathy]

Love your account! New follower here. Thank you!!!

[@headzonsight7009]

I will be following you in order to help me with my photo / cinematography journey.

[@JasonZhao]

🫡 welcome aboard!

[@KayanushPatel]

Great video and thanks for the tips. Question, what do your camera settings typically look like when shooting these run and gun style cinematic vlogs? Are you on automatic for certain shots, full manual all the time, do you use auto white balance or set it for every single scene, do you use a picture profile (if so which one), etc?

[@JasonZhao]

Full manual everything in slog3 except for focus!

[@KayanushPatel]

@@JasonZhao how often did you set your white balance when you’re shooting the different scenes and vlogging at the same time? Or did you leave WB on auto?

[@JasonZhao]

@KayanushPatel I’ve always been white balance auto!

[@hkvisualsvideography]

Love this. Can you do colorgrading video 🙏🏻

[@JasonZhao]

Already have one, check my channel!

[@jesusjesusdej]

Una pena que no tenga los subtítulos activados!🥲😞

[@R3Imagine]

Edit in CapCut or premier pro? How long you been editing brother ? Just starting out this year it’s a lot to remember

[@JasonZhao]

Premiere! But any editing software that gets you started is good, overtime you’ll pick up cool tricks that you remember. No shame in watching editing tutorials when you need to!

[@graemefebruary902]

Hi what would be the best video editing software that you could recommend…

[@JasonZhao]

I’ve only ever used Adobe premiere pro! I love it but i believe a lot of creatives are switching over to DaVinci resolve due to its colour grading tools. It also has a free version!

[@LS-is5ob]

insane video! would love to see how you get your colors to look like this 06:43 ? i love the look of your videos! :)

[@JasonZhao]

Check out one of my older videos on how I edit my videos! Should be called “how i edit cinematic videos”

[@LS-is5ob]

@@JasonZhao ty sm:)! I subbed since besides your cinematic skills i really enjoy your content and persona!

[@chefinscrubs]

How about food vlogging content creating? How can you make it cinematic? Interested with your advice.

[@JasonZhao]

I’ve never done much with food vlogging but I have done commercial shoots for restaurants and I think a big part is letting the viewers see how the food is made like a BTS cinematic sequence of inside the kitchen not just the end result!

[@chefinscrubs]

@@JasonZhao thanks you! Need more knowledge with cinematography. Keep up the good work!

[@Camsorcamille]

Loveeeee your video just sub ;)

[@JasonZhao]

Welcome to the family

[@zacharysilva]

I used to use a rode video micro and it didn't sound anywhere near as good as yours. What did you do to make it sound so good?

[@JasonZhao]

Not much, on a few clips I did a bit of enhancing with adobes new enhance dialogue feature but I would say about 90% of the clips were just raw audio boosted to about -6 dB. Hope this helps!

[@zacharysilva]

@@JasonZhao alright thanks

[@theeramet.a]

Good 🚃🍀

[@Nick-pk5nj]

Where do you go for you music during your videos?

[@JasonZhao]

It’s just whatever music I’m listening to at the time +KZbin to mp3 😉

[@Nick-pk5nj]

@@JasonZhao so you don’t get copyrighted?

[@Nick-pk5nj]

@@JasonZhao thank you for taking the time to answer my question

[@JasonZhao]

Unfortunately, everything’s copyrighted :( but it’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make to improve the overall atmosphere and feeling of my videos

[@Nick-pk5nj]

@@JasonZhao That’s dope though bro! You’re focused on perfection, that’s totally amazing you’re doing a great job keep it up

[@mujtabajuya8499]

What about your bigger tripod?

[@JasonZhao]

Not sure of the name! It’s an old one from my family, metal build but I only bring it out sometimes if I know I’m going to try and be in front of the camera.

[@RoandaMuedi]

camera bag sir?

[@JasonZhao]

Wandrd 6L Sling!

[@NicholeRuiz]

What fanny pack do you use?

[@JasonZhao]

It’s the WANDRD 6L Sling!

[@Junior_Brahma]

Porque seus vídeos não possuem legenda? //// Why don't your videos have subtitles?

[@JasonZhao]

I’m not sure, they should be auto generated on by yt

[@JasonZhao]

I’ll see what I can do for the next upload!

[@Junior_Brahma]

@@JasonZhao 🤘😉

[@juanenco]

Subtitles please ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@jazzyx95]

Don't you need permit to fly drones in NYC?

[@JasonZhao]

Mavic minis are under the legal weight requirements! didn’t even end up flying it anyways due to wind 😓

[@mav.castro]

just recently came across ur channel. glad i did! the nyc content is 🤌🏽

[@JasonZhao]

Thank you!🙌🙌

[@brifafrica]

Reminds me of college @elliotchoy

[@JasonZhao]

Huge inspo of mine

[@brifafrica]

@@JasonZhao oh kool!