How to Film a Car Scene - Everything to Know About Car Cinematography

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Chapters: 00:00 - Introduction to Filming Car Scenes 00:59 - The Ins & Outs of Filming Car Scenes 02:19 - Chapter 1: Camera Placement 04:28 - Chapter 2: Lighting 07:00 - Chapter 3: Recording Sound

[@jojonokimyonaboukenn]

MAD respect for all the film makers out there!

[@StudioBinder]

Happy filming!

[@mr.z8188]

Thanks for this. Just 1 hour back was thinking how car scene are shoot in movies. And now I'm getting this notification from KZbin. Your channel is a treasure for aspiring filmmakers. May god bless you all with happiness, peace, health and wealth. Thanks.

[@shubhra1roy]

AI serving humans in a whole new way 😅

[@StudioBinder]

Hope it helped!

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

This is a complete audiovisual encyclopedia about How Filming Carscenes. Certainly one of the Best Video. Thousand Thanks StudioBinder for this Inspiring video.💯💯

[@StudioBinder]

Glad you liked it!

[@TeddyRumble]

The amount of preparation is more than you'd think. For my short Amy's Baby, we used an Arri Alexa mini, a $60,000 camera. It took 90 minutes to get right. But damn, the lights reflected off the windshield in downtown Sacramento was so beautiful.

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

@@TeddyRumble I want to watch your short film. Where can I find it please?

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

@@TeddyRumble I'd like to watch your short film. Where can I find it please?

[@drewo.127]

I’m just as much of a car enthusiast as I am an animation/filmmaking/mixed media enthusiast! (I grew up watching films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the Herbie the Love Bug movies, the Cars franchise, and Transformers (movies and tv) and my favorite scenein Toy Story is the chase scene with RC Car, and when the toys are driving the Pizza Planet Truck in Toy Story 2! And of course…in terms of experimental and visually stunning movies…Speed Racer! Need I say more? But either way, thank you so much for posting this!)

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching!

[@marcelosantos5683]

I think the car rig for Children of Men really paid off, that scene is awesome

[@StudioBinder]

One of the best of all time!

[@TeddyRumble]

One of the most memorable long take in film history (actually three scenes, but who counting?)

[@pauljakeman]

This was an awesome video! Didn’t realise how much work it took. Come a long way from sitting in a car with a driving scene played on a back screen 😂. Loved this!

[@StudioBinder]

haha cinema has come a long way!

[@TeddyRumble]

I love car scenes. I should make a few more of them, using Rig Wheels car mount. The best around.

[@lemondiee]

Probably one of the hardest shots in production... But worth it including.

[@StudioBinder]

Definitely, cars are here to stay so we got learn how to film them :D

[@TeddyRumble]

Even just a driving scene with dialogue take planning. I did one car scene in Amy's Baby were our protagonist has a breakdown in her car. I rode in the back, holding a shotgun mic on a very short boompole. Had to remain out of sight. Good times.

[@arnav_8]

Can you delve into the meticulous process of maintaining visual continuity across various scenes, especially when they are shot separately, and elaborate on the techniques used to make them seamlessly appear as if part of one continuous shot?

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@jessebbedwell]

Wow. I'm not entirely sure why, but this video was particularly inspiring.

[@StudioBinder]

Glad you liked it!

[@dannygandolfini4517]

one of the best videos from yall definitely wanna hear more about these obscure topics like this u dont see how to shoot a car scene on every other channel which is dope about studiobinder

[@StudioBinder]

Glad you liked it! Feel free to give any suggestions :)

[@arnav_8]

Make one video on how they create huge sets!! Both interiors and outdoor ❤please

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@bradwong8743]

super, love the inside views and perspective - but please don't forget the greatest car chase ever: Bullitt!

[@StudioBinder]

👍

[@TeddyRumble]

The one that started it all. Love that film. If you notice, once the chase starts, the music ends. BTW, the '67 Mustang had a 351 c.i. I believe, but the sound was actually dubbed from the Le Mans Ford GT 40, 289 c.i. engine.

[@arnav_8]

Can you make a video on Balance between practical effects and CGI in modern filmmaking.

[@StudioBinder]

we might!

[@emmanuelmiranda8377]

The acapella remix at the end was 🔥 I could vibe to that 😂

[@StudioBinder]

🔥💖

[@thewebstylist]

Fascinating video, SO well done!

[@StudioBinder]

Happy to help!

[@ronx1516]

Hey studio binder, I love all the videos you make for us! There’s one thing that I want to suggest. Could you try to organize all your videos a bit more? I know you have playlists but a few videos are in multiple playlists and I’m pretty sure some videos aren’t even in them. Thank you!

[@StudioBinder]

Appreciate the feedback!

[@vanito]

You guys are the really best! Thanks ❤

[@StudioBinder]

Cheers!

[@2eyecyclope634]

I want a video on how great directors create immersion in their movies!

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@LilDew]

Love the bts extras in Blu-rays/DVDs

[@trusarmor4957]

these are always so entertaining and informative

[@StudioBinder]

That's the goal!

[@trusarmor4957]

@@StudioBinder then youre Nailing it!

[@freddyjosereginomontalvo4667]

I really love the cars scenes, car chase and car marks that appears in the Michael Bay Transformers movies. The are really awesome. Bay isnt the best director but the man really knows how to film a really really good car scene.

[@StudioBinder]

He needs to when all his characters are cars haha

[@michaelmambo5177]

Props to whoever picked to have Drive my car as the intro background music👌👌👌

[@StudioBinder]

💯

[@BrijeshDhamecha]

Studiobinder should make a video about Francis Ford Coppala's filmography

[@StudioBinder]

We plan to!

[@zenpanda25]

Fascinating - I'm surprised there were no clips from - or any mention of American Graffiti.

[@TeddyRumble]

There are several BTS on that film, which I love. I'm younger than those guys, but cruising in Lucas' Modesto is very similar to cruising in Sacramento in the late 70s. My MIL was famous for getting in trouble cruising K street in the 60s.

[@clausvergara9702]

Awesome!! But William Friedkin did a amazing with the car scene in The French Connection. But firstly, safety first.

[@StudioBinder]

Always

[@TeddyRumble]

That was crazy stupid. Emphasis on stupid.

[@daniellatteo_thefilmmaker]

In regard to sound recording while filming on a moving car, it would've been interesting to ask the sound guys how they recorded sound on extreme chase sequences, like the one in The French Connection. It's a great video... but that further piece of info would have made it amazing!!

[@StudioBinder]

Appreciate the feedback! We might add it to our video on sound recording

[@TeddyRumble]

As a sound guy, it is damned difficult. Car noise you don't want is always a problem. Use a mic like the AT 4953b. Lav up your actors. Do ADR after the scene if necessary. My first car shot was with a cheap used Sennheiser, don't remember the model. It was a long shotgun. One tip, as the video suggested, use a low pass filter to filter out rumble, maybe 120 hertz. Experiment before the shot. I recommend safety first. Sound guys can't always where a seat belt, so drive slower than you would ordinarily. Only my short, The Script that Came in from the Cold, we laved up the talent, then had a pencil condenser mic wedged in between sand bags in the back seat.

[@Hitchfred_Alcock]

Thanks for the video again. Great as always. I already posted it on the previous video but can you do a How They Shot It on "Poor Things". Saw this film during press run and again last week. Totally stunned.

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@onuohaudochukwu6180]

This was quite the exposé.

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching!

[@arnav_8]

Can you make a viedo on challenges in designing film sets to convey desired atmospheres.

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Eliud182]

Your videos make my mornings, Thanks!!!!

[@StudioBinder]

They're perfect with a cup of coffee!

[@stephenwilliams3807]

I'd love to see the making of from the final car chase in The Blues Brothers, particularly when they crash about 100 police cars!

[@StudioBinder]

That's epic!

[@Lotsolov4u]

Love this! Your uploads are always amazing. Can you do a video on how to film a kiss scene? The Spiderman and mask of zorro kisses come to mind

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion! You might like our video on sex scenes kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJmTeXyfaryEp5Y

[@TeddyRumble]

​@@StudioBinderI hate sex scenes. Slows the action down. My sex scenes are always, "He took her by the hand, and led her upstairs".

[@nathanpeachs2704]

Done a bit of car filming myself the hardest part is sound recording, you can see why they use rigs for complex stuff.

[@StudioBinder]

Yup, the unseen key component

[@TeddyRumble]

ADR is your friend.

[@vfxstar7019]

Perfect timing I just got my license

[@StudioBinder]

Congrats!

[@zenjistudios]

hi, am from africa uganda. How do they light scenes and light seems so natural not from obvious lights. What camera settings do they export the final copy from so the color of the film doesnt change on different devoces

[@StudioBinder]

I recommend checking out our Deakins lighting series! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWraaXyVjqllb6c

[@jahosaphat]

Great instructions.

[@StudioBinder]

Glad you liked it!

[@justaguywholikesmovies90]

Can you do a video on shooting with celluloid film cameras? From the pre production to post production. There is little info on KZbin about film cameras.

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@justaguywholikesmovies90]

@@StudioBinder and if you, please focus on the video tap function. I have absolutely no idea how the video tap works on celluloid cameras. Do they support playback and storage for later viewings?

[@merojsoliev-k4q]

I’m no’t car drive and spek rashe

[@amritsaluja5267]

We are shooting a short flim inside of car it is so gonna help us thanks ❤️

[@StudioBinder]

Good luck!

[@TeddyRumble]

Be safe. #1 rule.

[@lennonladroma593]

THE INTRO SONG IS ON FIRE

[@Jahmhury]

best american diner scenes

[@TeddyRumble]

Diner, Breaking Bad, Pulp Fiction.

[@realspainparaguay]

Amazing vid ❤

[@StudioBinder]

Cheers!

[@jmalmsten]

These are a bit of a stretch to call "poor mans process. The rear screen/front screen- stage with elaborate rigging used to be called the "process stage". They had special cameras, projectors and rigging, even stuff like hanging miniatures and matte paintings to do these scenes in the proper studio way. The "poor mans process", then, was a term for the techniques used by the b-movies and indies that could not afford those luxuries. So they resorted to just a pure black background (even for dayshots) and maybe some stagehand with a swinging light if they were feeling frivolous. Calling the rigs of the Fast n Furious films poor mans process feels a lot like calling a nuke a firecracker. They may both be used to show destruction. But a nuke is not at all an approximation of a... Nuke.

[@dominickcormier3406]

Would love to see a video on car crash scenes!

[@TeddyRumble]

Look up behind the scenes on "Smash Palace". One take, no stunt driver. Or Kill Bill where Tarantino almost killed Uma Thurman.

[@bibhuranjandutta470]

video on Light meter in detail .,.... please..,..great video by the way

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@akachan34]

The usual voice actor is part of your brand. Please have him back.

[@ryanhowell4492]

I love it, but I’m still learning

[@StudioBinder]

we all are!

[@denisharry4056]

Hello studio binder. Can you do a guide on how mics are used especially on a wide shot?

[@StudioBinder]

We'll make a vid on recording sound!

[@TeddyRumble]

I'll tell you how: use lav mics with either a wireless set up, or (my favorite) a personal data recorder with a lav mic. Curtis Judd has multiple videos on hiding lavs, using wireless gear, and so on. I personally like the Tascam DR 10L Pro personal data recorder. The Sennheiser G4 is probably the most common indie wireless rig.

[@rayancedrichaddad1197]

My Favorite Carscenes in Movies are : -Mad Max Franchise Specially Fury Road (2015) -French Connection (1971) -Batman Begins (2005) -Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003) -Pulp Fiction (1994) -T2 Judgment Day (1991) -Psycho (1960) -Drive (2011) -Collateral (2004) -Taxi Driver (1976) -The Batman (2022) Don't forget Star Wars spaceship scenes. Filming Carscenes and vehicles scenes are very Important to make entertainment in Movies.

[@boboboy8189]

Batman begin carscenes is pretty poor. Transformers 1 is better

[@StudioBinder]

Great picks!

[@TeddyRumble]

Check out Diva, Freebie and the Bean, To Live and Die in LA, Bullitt.

[@mytube1246]

Now to think of a script that can be written around a car.

[@StudioBinder]

I think there was a Tom Hardy movie that did just that!

[@asfhkjd]

hi, loved the video. it would be really cool if you could make one about training montages.

[@srimanikanta4431]

make a video on boat scenes like action scenes and the conversation between the actors inside it how many cameras need to be kept how much time does it take to shoot a 5 min clip for example in john wick 4

[@frankie4855]

Most car chases are boring and offer nothing new tbh at this point. Been done to death, so you need to be really creative to add something new. Great video as always tho!

[@StudioBinder]

Yup master the fundamentals and change the game!

[@TeddyRumble]

If you're an indie filmmaker a chase on foot is just as exciting, safer, and a lot less expensive.

[@xChikyx]

I need to know how to write car chases. Kinda did one for my novel, but it was hard to do

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@TeddyRumble]

Good question. What I did was write the dialogue, told the driver where I thought the lighting would be nice, and let them run the scene a few times. Shot on an Arri Alexa Mini. Oh my, so friggin' beautiful!

[@kishorechezhian4169]

Need a video on character's transformation scenes. Tq

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@harryom3497]

The video i wanted but didn't know

[@StudioBinder]

Hope you liked it!

[@Sean-rf8qf]

I have a question, first thank you studio binder ,my question is the movies that have a lesson is better or what cuz all of new movies are just pure fun , it's good to watch but , still no thinking

[@StudioBinder]

not necessarily because the cardinal sin of filmmaking is to be boring, so a movie with a message that's boring would be worse than one that's just pure fun

[@Sean-rf8qf]

@@StudioBinder thank you very much for the teaching , i learned alot from this Channel

[@kamalenderans7583]

Good video. Something on Pacing and Narration would be nice

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@patrickbateman7524]

Can you make a detailed video on lighting and sound

[@TeddyRumble]

On the subject of sound: the audience will forgive bad lighting, but not bad sound. Thus, your most valuable crew is your sound mixer. Pros know this to be true. And I not saying this because I'm a sound mixer.

[@ak-gi3eu]

im going to try this at home

[@TeddyRumble]

Get lots of insurance.

[@dr_volberg]

01:06 - Regarding crew safety: It looks just like one of them is scrolling on their phone while hurling down the road.

[@StudioBinder]

😂😅

[@TonaA.R.]

Great! thanks

[@enaldofrota4585]

Wow!

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching!

[@devijones1121]

I'm missing that voiceover- films are made of sequences & sequence made of shots......❤😁

[@StudioBinder]

When we go back to the Shot List series ;)

[@13TeK11]

no hate to the guy but it felt weird watching this video without the usual voice actor

[@dukensonguerrier5369]

Considering the high quality of Studio binder videos I would wager they take longer than a week, which is how frequently SB churns them out. To balance workload, they rotate voice actors.

[@ccaatthheerriinnee]

I thought they had the best AI voices, tbh

[@AnferneeMyers]

Out of curiosity, you not been watching this channel much lately? This voice actor has been doing videos for them for I think nearly a year now

[@StudioBinder]

we've been using both narrators!

[@13TeK11]

@@StudioBinder I guess I have some catching up to do! 😉

[@jonfee5081]

Rip William friedkin

[@FILMDABBA]

How do Sentiment scenes ......?

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@caillouplat5307]

Ok but how the first scene in The world after us was shot ???

[@StudioBinder]

we might look into it

[@caillouplat5307]

@@StudioBinder Leave the world behind* ("le monde après nous" in french)

[@Damacles9]

❤

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching!

[@DoubleStandart2023]

😘

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching

[@sharpskilz]

The guy that isnt the british guy on these must feel the burn every time they use him..

[@StudioBinder]

😂

[@joemama-ig4hh]

I drive

[@StudioBinder]

👍

[@Goonerman495]

I Drive...

[@StudioBinder]

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[@Searchingtheworld7183]

Batman (2022)

[@mohandeepghosh7944]

Critical zone 2023 Irani movie car scene

[@StudioBinder]

Nice 👍

[@vickomen333]

William Friedkin sounds a lot like Trump.

[@robertobuatti7226]

Nothing matches in terms of real world photography filming a car / vehicle in real life, no matter how good the virtual production is it doesn't match the real world look, like one to one, it always looks like a fake/virtual background, the audience can always tell no matter how good it is.

[@dankgothtrash]

The Batman.

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@dankgothtrash Close, but I could still tell it looked at times artificial.

[@StudioBinder]

There's always more versatility when doing it for real. But virtual production has provided a lot more opportunities for filmmakers to realize their vision!

[@robertobuatti7226]

@@StudioBinder Yes definitely.

[@WiLyO8]

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[@212something]

Nah Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James Made a much more informative video covering this. This is such a hack job by comparison 😤

[@AMGEntertanment]

@TomAntos ......2:34

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for watching!

[@AMGEntertanment]

@@StudioBinder Thanks for all the great content.....👍🏾

[@TeddyRumble]

Shout out to my bro Tom! He is the real thing!

[@robertper4102]

I used the poor man technque in my short film Kate. I shot all the background myself. With modern cameras and projectors, that has gotten extremely more accessible and can be seamless. kzbin.info/www/bejne/q6fSpadng8-Lnq8si=SkaUVcgbhkH_csdw&t=240

[@StudioBinder]

Congrats!

[@ayushnair8570]

Wanted to recommend “How they Shot It” videos for ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’ and Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds.’ Nice video @StudioBinder

[@StudioBinder]

Thanks for the suggestion!