How to Make Your Basketball Videos Look Like a Movie

[@hypebykev]

Thanks!

[@petersarellas]

Wow thank you so much for the donation! Appreciate you watching the videos and your support!

[@aiydanf]

Hey Peter, been following for a few months now since when I started looking at gear. A big thanks to you, your videos helped me get up to speed in sports videography and now I have my own freelance business (after 2 months of shooting)! I quickly realized that this is what I should be doing because it’s been the most fun job EVER. The dream is to work for a major league team or the UFC, and now I truly believe that with hard work I can achieve that. Much appreciated Peter, expressing your passion on KZbin has allowed me to find the same passion. Honestly so thankful for guys like you who aren’t afraid to give away some secrets to better the sports videography community as a whole. Keep killing it man 🤙🏼

[@petersarellas]

That’s incredible to hear! I’m so glad that things are going well for you and ofc love hearing that sharing what I do here has helped you. Keep on doing your thing 👊

[@a._media]

Super helpful video, especially adding the settings you used for each clip! A color grading breakdown video would also be super helpful

[@petersarellas]

I’ve got a couple colour grading breakdown videos on the channel but if you think it’d be helpful then I could definitely look into showing the adjustments I made for these clips as well! If it helps the base for all of them is the Slog3 luts from the Sports Video LUT Pack on my website and I make some environment-specific adjustment from there

[@BouchraBat]

You share with the community so many video tips. You are the GOAT. FoR REAL - appreciate you.

[@petersarellas]

Always happy to help and appreciate you always supporting the channel!

[@manuelfigueroa894]

Thanks always looking for your videos for inspiration and I am not a Sony user. Keep them coming!!!!

[@petersarellas]

Appreciate you watching and will do!

[@schoeferfilm]

Great video Peter 💪🏻 i filmed last saturday a test game of my Basketball club in their training center with my FX6 handheld 😂 i uplooaded one day later the short clip 🎥 thanks always for your inspiring videos 🙏 i am 56 years old and from germany

[@petersarellas]

Sounds like fun! Glad you’re getting out there and putting that FX6 to use. Keep on doing your thing! Appreciate you always watching these videos

[@mkemade]

Once I started learning about composition, I felt my work take a huge step in quality.

[@petersarellas]

For sure! Composition is huge

[@garelbidi]

Awesome Peter, as always !! I've taken notes and can't wait to test all of that ! More videos like this would be gold 🙏 Thanks a lot Peter

[@petersarellas]

Amazing, glad you liked the video! I can definitely do more videos like this for future projects!

[@RelMyers]

This is the exact video I've been needing lately

[@petersarellas]

Love it 🙌

[@GaretQualls251]

Great video and thumbnail! Would also love to know more about how you are deciding to manually zoom in/out while you are shooting!

[@petersarellas]

Thank you! Pretty proud of this thumbnail ngl. Usually zooming in when I can predictably follow the action and like to zoom out more as fast action comes towards me so that it can be viewed more clearly, but obvious that’s a general rule of thumb and can vary depending on what my goal is for that shoot

[@LJSheffRBLX]

Peter Sarellas, cool video it was really good

[@petersarellas]

Thank you!

[@pennyismailfilms]

Great video!

[@petersarellas]

Thanks Penny 🙌

[@ThomS8]

Great video again!

[@petersarellas]

Thank you!

[@MatisMedia]

Hey Peter! I just shot basketball for the first time yesterday and the gym has pretty bad lighting. As I was shooting I felt like I was made to shoot basketball lol. This video helped clear up a lot of doubt and gave me a clear path to what I need to do next! What LUTs do you use for basketball ? Did you use one of your own for this game ?

[@petersarellas]

Happy this helped!! Yes I used my own kits for this game with some tweaks for to the whites and blacks as well as messing a bit with the hue vs hue and hue vs say curves to make the specific colours on these jerseys pop a bit more

[@77dris]

Great content as always and your delivery and cadence is also fantastic! I don't suppose the CFL will be sending you out to the 'Peg for the Banjo Bowl next weekend?

[@petersarellas]

Thank you! Really glad you enjoy these videos. Unfortunately I will not be there

[@olawizor]

Hi Peter! I love your videos 😊 One thing that comes to my mind when filming sports: how do you keep your shots stable? I guess you don’t use any gimbal as basketball is faster 😅

[@petersarellas]

A combo of in camera and/or lens stabilization, camera strap around the neck, and a focal length that isn’t too long usually does the trick

[@olawizor]

@@petersarellasThank you!! Your videos are amazing and you’re my inspo!🙌

[@LJSheffRBLX]

Peter Sarellas, wanna collab keep up the amazing content

[@AMClipsBV]

Great video as always! You mention sending a clip to social media during the game. Would you mind sharing your process for doing that? Is there a special way you mark the clip so that you can find it quickly? How do you then transfer that clip to your phone (or computer) for posting?

[@petersarellas]

This video describes how I do that: How to Create Sports Video for Social Media IN UNDER 5 MINUTES kzbin.infoauj6W68Squs?feature=share

[@AMClipsBV]

Thank you!

[@thetimberpups]

Im gonna be second row in MN all season long for Anthony Edwards, gonna shoot with the fx3. Wish me luck!

[@petersarellas]

That’s sick!!

[@fabpicture_com]

fire video as always and glad to hear that you also, is anoyed by referee passing in front of you all the time during the game :D

[@petersarellas]

It’s a universal problem among camera men/women lol

[@YungAntho]

Hey peter. Do you have a video of your camera settings for basketball filming?

[@petersarellas]

Closest thing on the channel might be this? My Camera Gear & Settings for CINEMATIC Football Videography (Sony FX30 / FX3) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHXScnWpd96Crs0 I also have a video where I go over my memory recall presets for my A7IV which could be helpful. Basic settings as you know are included on each shot here but a detailed video could be helpful so gonna have to add it to the list.

[@YungAntho]

@@petersarellas Thanks man love your videos

[@callyscorner]

Good one peter!! Quick question for the Sony A7siii or FX3 for handheld, which will you pick?

[@petersarellas]

Thank you! And honestly both great options don’t think you can generally go wrong with either

[@onetakedavee]

Hey Peter, curious what video codec you shoot in on the fx3?

[@petersarellas]

XAVC S

[@biggscarro]

Quick question Pete, what does shooting at 24fps at 180 shutter accomplish? TIA

[@petersarellas]

It’ll give you motion blur that is true to how our eyes perceive it in real life which is commonly seen as being more cinematic than filming at high frame rates

[@TheMusicLoop]

Hey Peter, another awesome video! You have mentioned a few times about "scaling down" the 4k footage from 16:9 to 9:16. I understand that the 4k is 3840x2160 and it is moving to 1080x1920 however when you place the 4k footage and change ratio (say for example in DVR), you need to scale it up by 319% for it to fit the 9:16 ratio, and not scale it down. Is this the best way to achieve 4k 16:9 footage and converting to 9:16 ratio? Thanks as always, love your tutorials. Cheers

[@TheBoofhead]

At around 10:30 you mentioned "sending it off". Whats the work flow to make that happen. I cant imagine having the time to even edit let alone send it off. This video was super intriguing overall but that segment got me bewildered and curious

[@eazyeddy2302]

By any chance would you be able to tell me what computer you use to edit videos on the go?

[@petersarellas]

Personally I use a MacBook Pro with an intel i9 chip from 2019 or 2020, which gets the job done if I use proxies. For work I use a newer MacBook Pro with an M3 or M4 chip in it (can’t remember off the top of my head right now which one) and that is amazing.

[@Sheldoneousk]

Do you just take short clips or are you filming larger portions of the game and taking out highlights?

[@petersarellas]

Generally short clips but if I have someone recording external audio that I have to sync with in post then I’ll record one long clip to make that easier

[@Sheldoneousk]

@@petersarellas thanks for the reply. Really appreciate it. Always struggle with if I should be trying to film everything or only try to get certain shots.

[@fadeteco6931]

i have the canon m50 rn but im gonna upgrade to the fx30 and the tamron 35-150. what you think?

[@petersarellas]

I talk about that Tamron 35-150mm with the fx30 in detail in this video: Tamron 35-150mm f2-2.8 | the BEST LENS for filming sports videos? kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYLXeGSYh8eqp6s Hopefully that can help you out a bit!

[@wilwilson5733]

@@petersarellasknow anything about the samyang 35-150?

[@4betbluff]

24fps timeline even for instagram? What % do you slow down the footage?

[@petersarellas]

Yes, and 40%

[@aluamedia8451]

I notice some of the shots not following the double the frame rate with the shutter speed. Example, you shot 4K 60, 1/200. Where if it was double the frame rate it would have been around 1/120 or 1/125 depending on the camera you’re using. Is there any specific reason for shooting 4K60 at 1/200 shutter?

[@petersarellas]

I like less motion blur that standard when filming sports to make the action look more intense

[@aluamedia8451]

@@petersarellas thanks for the feedback, appreciate it.

[@MrTedTed]

When you are behind the rim you said you shoot wide ! How wide ? I see the lens you are using is the 35-150mm ! So you are shooting at 35mm full frame FOV when under the basket or do you shoot even wider than that with a different lens ?

[@petersarellas]

I was filming wide with the 17-70mm at 17mm on the FX30 so a 25-26mm full frame equivalent, but the 35mm on full frame is wide enough as well

[@freddyriascos]

Hi, which profile do you record in?

[@petersarellas]

Slog3

[@daddyrooster88sportsmedia]

60fps on what frame rate timeline?

[@petersarellas]

24fps timeline

[@daddyrooster88sportsmedia]

@@petersarellas thanks Pete

[@SlaughterHausD]

So the most important take away here is always buy weather sealed gear. Even for indoor work. You never know when water bottles are going to fly. 😅🤣😂

[@petersarellas]

Yes apparently that’s the point of this video 😂

[@biggscarro]

You shot at 2.8 aperture and had no problem w/ autofocus?

[@petersarellas]

Yeah the AF held up pretty well! I did help it a bit by focus holding and setting a custom button on the lens to toggle me to MF so I could control focus myself if needed but all in all happy with its performance wide open

[@3phatboy2]

How is so much in focus at 2.8

[@petersarellas]

I’d give my skills a bit of credit and Sonys eye tracking af a lot of credit

[@3phatboy2]

@ Touchè … def thinking about switching to Sony !

[@Michelsowers]

Hello Peter

[@petersarellas]

Hi!