Top 3 Tips for Creating Better Drone Videos - Drone Tutorial

FREE 17 QuickTips for KZbin: bit.ly/FreeKZbinGuide
Video On Drone Camera Settings: • DJI Mavic Pro Tutorial...
Video On Drone Gimbal Settings: • DJI Mavic Pro Tutorial...
►SUBSCRIBE!
bit.ly/SubscribeToTimothy
►FOLLOW ME
Instagram: / timothysundayjr
Twitter: / _timothius_
Facebook: / timothysundayjr
▼MY GEAR▼
PORTABLE DRONE; geni.us/DJIMavicPro1
SUPER NICE DRONE; geni.us/P4Pro
MAIN CAMERA; geni.us/MainCamera
CANON LENS OF AWESOMENESS; geni.us/MyFavoriteLens
WIDE ANGLE LENS; geni.us/WideAngle
VLOG MICROPHONE; geni.us/MyMic
STUDIO MICROPHONE; geni.us/Aputuremic
STUDIO MIC PREAMP; geni.us/PreAmp
STUDIO LIGHT; geni.us/Aputure120DLight
AWESOME TRIPOD; geni.us/BigTripod
MONOPOD; geni.us/Monopod
CABLES; geni.us/AnkerCables
PORTABLE CHARGER; geni.us/BatteryBackup
BEST CAMERA BAG EVER; geni.us/CameraBag
EDITING EXTERNAL HD; geni.us/ExternalHD
MONITOR; geni.us/WideScreenMonitor
BEST BLUETOOTH SPEAKER; geni.us/BoseSpeaker
BEST BLUETOOTH HEADPHONES; geni.us/BoseQCHeadphones
►THE MUSIC I USE; bit.ly/MyYTMusic
►For business inquiries please email [e-mail]
In today's video, I share my top 3 tips for creating better drone videos. I share the different drone movements I use that result in epic and cinematic drone videos.

[@TimothySunday]

What do you guys think of this style of video? Short and to the point.

[@robertwahlross3348]

Timothy Sunday Awsome tips. I will for sure use the first tips :) I like to move my Mavic Air slowly up and tilt the camera slowly down and at the top of the tree or house or whatever i have my camera strait downward. Hope yould understood what I meant😂😂

[@TimothySunday]

yep! Cool transition from a view to topdown shot!

[@RonSpooner]

I like your videos Timothy. After the intro it's straight into it and always really interesting content. I watch everyone to the end and now my videos are slowly improving. I'm retired live in Australia and the wife and I get away in a caravan as often as we can. I hope you put up more video of the places you stop at while touring the great USA

[@TimothySunday]

Awesome, Ron. Thanks so much for watching I'm so glad the vids are helping you create better content.

[@Jay_Crew]

‘Time of day’ is a big one for me! Golden hour is 🔑 Early morning or late afternoon gets you instant cinematic footage imo. Keep up the great videos Tim

[@TimothySunday]

So true!!! We live for golden hour!

[@huboffice822]

Love your content!

[@anthonypipkin]

I recently picked up a Mavic Pro after watching several of your video on the drone. Well done, sir! Well done! I really enjoy the format of this video with straight to content. The only thing I would say could be added to the description is a table of content to take you directly to key sections. You seem as though you already put a lot of work into the videos, such as planning out the content from end to end while also making it feel energetic and spontaneous. I really enjoy the content you cover and the style. One thing that got me was not configuring the IMU before taking off the first time. the craft has a really heavy drift and didn't respond to the controls very well, but luckily I was outside and it only went into the chainlink fence and cracked a prop haha. I'm over in Atlanta and have started a challenge for myself I call "52 Peaks of the Year". So far I have summited 12 mountains and I am planning on taking some drone shots of the next ones throughout the year (pending government checks for local laws and whatnot). I've been practicing slowly in my yard and still have a way to go. Anyways, great videos and great format!

[@ShaunFroneman]

Great Tutorial, Thanks Timothy!

[@lorisunday2938]

Love those gorgeous drone shots!!

[@TimothySunday]

👍

[@VCGConstruction]

You keep up the good work!!

[@johnbroman3660]

Perfect! Thank you!

[@TimothySunday]

Glad it was helpful!

[@terryandteresa]

Great video and advice. I'm a finish carpentry guy. I relate those multiple camera movements to a compound miter cut. I call them compound multi angle shots....lol. Very hard to do smoothly but it looks fantastic when done right. I learned by stacking my stick commands. First move left then start yaw, then up, then roll camera gimbal, after awhile you get much faster at it.

[@TimothySunday]

Yes! Great tip! And cool analogy.

[@braniams]

Great tips yet again Timothy, Thanks

[@TimothySunday]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@fourpressmedia2674]

Love how you are approaching these videos. Well done!

[@TimothySunday]

thanks! A little different for me but people seem to dig the straight and to the point vibe

[@MarkEnsbeyMPR]

Great tips. Nice and short and to the point.

[@TimothySunday]

Glad it was helpful!

[@WallaceSS]

Bro, your videos are appreciated! learnt a lot from your channel, - from South Africa (Mavic Pro)

[@isaacbell5646]

Awesome tips, keep it up man!!

[@TimothySunday]

Thanks!

[@thisisnewfoundland9220]

Awesome video bud ! keep it up ..... PS love doing the vertical panoramas with the p4pro

[@McBicbic]

Just finished watching your Mavic Pro playlist. I really enjoyed the videos and they were super helpful. Some constructive criticism though, is that the play list seems "backwards" chronologically and it seemed a little weird the way they were set up. Anyway, your videos were just what I was looking for as I am learning about my Mavic, so thank you very much!!

[@DhannyWibowo007]

Hi.. thanks for the good reviews, any solution to maintaince mavic air signal problem?

[@stanleyf.daniel5734]

Excellent 👍😎

[@TimothySunday]

Thanks!

[@Suda11]

Hi and thank you for your tutorials. What mode should I use to get the drone get away from med while keeping me in the frame?

[@JaimeDRios]

I like to use a filter on my mavic drone when filming on bodies of water and fly low with moving the gumbo slowly up to capture the immense majestic of the body of water

[@TimothySunday]

Great tips!

[@ChristyannLoja]

What video editing program do you use? Nice videos...

[@transportcareservices1917]

Hi Tim, great videos! I've been meaning to ask this question a while ago: what post production soft do you suggest for people like me that are newbies at post production? Ty

[@iSpike]

Gday Timothy and all yoos fellow dronies from Spike (Down under - Central Wheatbelt, Western Australia) I am a semi newbie to all this great fun droning flying and filming. I love learning from this great drone community from all around the world. I have a second-hand Mavic Pro and cant believe how addictive it is becoming! Thanks again Timothy for this and your other great videos.

[@TimothySunday]

You're welcome, Spike! Glad to have you in the community! Happy Flying!

[@mydronecareervideos4202]

HI do you know what happened to Timothy Sunday, he hasn't made a video several months.

[@shawnstone4949]

Timothy, where are you???!!!

[@GabeSuarezCreative]

its TimTuesday WAHOO!

[@TimothySunday]

😆

[@liquideffex2]

Great video, Timothy! You didn't waste time and got right to it. I loved the tip about using slow motion. I haven't really thought about how it could smooth out my shots. Great tip! Keep it up! I'm going to dig deeper into making my shots more cinematic. If you haven't done a video on filters, I'd love to see that!

[@TimothySunday]

Thanks! Yea, I tried a little different approach this time and tried to move things along faster. Here's a vid I did on ND filters. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqOxcmSYl6tsjJo

[@liquideffex2]

Timothy, thanks, bro!

[@seanc.5310]

I really like these tips a lot! Can you maybe do some videos on video editing tips specifically for drone videos. Preferably Final Cut Pro. I am always curious about editing when you have footage captured in a few different resolutions and frame rates. This video is helpful and would love to see you expand on these. As always thank you Timothy!

[@TimothySunday]

Thank, Sean! I'm actually working on a whole video editing course specifically geared towards drone video. Hoping to get it out in a month or so.

[@cheb7321]

Great video.Came from your Instagram comment

[@jerseyjeff2915]

Going to Iceland with my drone - what are your top 3 tips?

[@broozez]

Hey watched a bunch of your videos, great work keep it up !!! Had a question though, would you recommend filters or do you just play with the camera settings ?

[@TimothySunday]

I always use polar pro filters

[@jimdavey6804]

Tim and group - I am trying to get the flight video to my phone in 1920 x 1080 vs 1280 x 720 for editing on the DJI Go 4 app. I was able to do it once and now every setting I put the video camera at from 1080 to 2.7 to 4K, everything goes to my phone as 1280 x 720. Thank you for your guidance! Jim in San Diego

[@k6lsn]

I watch the ads :) Honestly been too impatient to do this yet, lol, so I really need to take a few in the house here and make some of these adjustments and try it out. Uploaded a couple so far off the goapp editor and you can see my struggles and yet see some attempts at multi-axis shots and movements that look good. Going out today so I will try to chill and try to adjust real quick. Just popped into sport mode after hitting level 16 w 45 flights, 6hrs.40mins. and wow, too fun... Peace, Wheelchair John in Idaho :)

[@TimothySunday]

Thanks for the support as always, John!

[@perwezabbas-tv6094]

Would you please let me know that how to turn on Mavic pro motors without takeoff?

[@Tillybumble2877]

You may have had this question multiple times but how do you avoid flyaways with the Mavic Pro? I have had mine for weeks and have yet to fly it. Mostly because of a few confidence knocks with my previous drone (DJI Phantom). Can you recommend an initial set up check list? It's a little daunting that there are so many menus and settings, that I almost feel that I should be doing more than I have in preparation for launch. Once its up and flying and I get practice, I will be fine. Until then, I will just keep opening my rucksack and reorganising and stroking it!

[@SkySimonePhotography]

i AM HOPING TO ADD A DRONE TO MY COLLECTION SOON. wHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?

[@deanjericevic8912]

Tim my Mavic Pro Pal format does not have a 50fps; heighest is 24fps.

[@morgan74999]

Hi! Great vids dude!! I have a Mavic pro,GoPro hero 6 and iPhone X and love making vids for my holidays and use iMovie for the Mac! Do you think I need Final Cut Pro or premiere?? Or will I movie still do a good enough job as I’m not a professional like you! 😁👍

[@TimothySunday]

I think that's totally up to you. If you're satisfied with the end result than keep doing what you're doing. If you find yourself wanting more flexibility and technical aspects, then dig in and learn the new software. It's a skill that's always useful! I will say if you're on imovie then going to final cut pro x is a much better choice than jumping to premiere. the learning curve will be less.

[@Daddyof13]

Hi there Brilliant Video...😉😎 What’s happened to you Timothy haven’t heard from you in a while hope your okay.. Love the info ....👍

[@edlinregis]

How do I get my drone to fly straight? No matter how I lineup the drone when I start moving forward it starts drifting. I need some help please.

[@deanjericevic8912]

Tim as I live in Australia I shoot with the Mavic in PAL which only gives me a 24fps max but if I shot NSTC I could set my frame rate to 30fps. Is there any problen when formatting the video if I mix both video clips @ 30fps BUT the drone is in NSTC & other video clips are PAL but both are @ 30fps?

[@TimothySunday]

I would keep it all in PAL. You can still go higher than 24FPS though. You could shoot in 50fps and slow down by 50%

[@AviationDirection]

Where have you been Timothy? Nothing heard since March 2018.

[@skylerdurden6857]

I need to buy a drone first!

[@Lunafilms12]

I like shooting video with my phantom 4 pro at 60fps. The only problem I come across now is that I have the Sony A7riii. It only goes up to 30fps. So when I edit my video on Final Cut Pro I would like to keep the frame rates the same. Can I still get super slow motion with 30fps? Or 24fps?.

[@TimothySunday]

you should shoot in 60 on the P4Pro and then slow it by 50% in post to match your 30fps timeline and 30fps sony footage. Make sense?

[@Lunafilms12]

Timothy Sunday I agree but question . But wouldn’t 4k at 24 FPS give it a more cinematic look?

[@TimothySunday]

slow motion gives more cinematic look. 24fps is the natural image blur so that's real time. for example, I shoot and publish in 23.98 and I record in 120fps for broll on my canon and 4k 60 on my phantom. Then slow that down to match 23.98 in post to get the buttery smooth shots. I just said 30 above because you had mentioned 30fps on your sony.

[@tristanturner]

Good info... Just skip to 50 seconds in to get to the point of the video.

[@TimothySunday]

my shortest video to date and still skipping the intro? geez

[@stimpyueediot]

how do you get to fly around those buildings all the time? isnt there flight restrictions??

[@TimothySunday]

As long as there isn't restricted air space, you maintain line of site, and don't fly over people you're good to go

[@stimpyueediot]

ah. ty.

[@AviationDirection]

Hey Timothy, what happened to your upload schedule??

[@TimothySunday]

I'm returning next week. Will probably be switching back to once a week uploads so I can keep up with them. Twice a week, Instagram, and freelance client work was just too much. Had to focus in on paying the bills this last month with client work. But don't worry, I'm coming back! Thanks for checking in!

[@AviationDirection]

Great, thanks for the update!

[@shawnstone4949]

Timothy ,dude where are you?? You okay man?? I hope so. Maybe just taking a break?