Decent tips - I glad you reinforce no bad light for shooting - a true photographer/videographer sees every type of light as a opportunity - not a problem

Extremely good tips and reminders. Thank you for sharing.

This is the best explanation of filming backlit that I’ve ever heard, and the visuals really bring it home. Love it, new sub 🙌🏻

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you! Glad you are on board!

This is by far The best advice ive come cross in the last 6months!! Keep your knowlegde flowing!!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah that is awesome to hear haha!

People mistake videographers with filmmakers so much nowadays, its not the same thing. Making an instagram reel for a brand with people running on the beach is not filmmaking, its videography.

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

Welcome to the future. Sorry that it annoys you ;)

@JorikDozy

3 ай бұрын

​​​@@seankitching who said anything about the future? I'm talking about using the right terminology. What you're talking about is videography, filmmaking is an entirely different discipline. Sorry that it annoys you but that's the truth.

@tommasoaldini991

3 ай бұрын

​@@JorikDozycinema is a language, as long as you talk in the proper way, you can also talk about people running on the beach for a few seconds. You don't like it, that's fine, but even for a short reel for a brand you can film it as a cinematographer rather than a videographer, the process makes the difference, wheter you film a 2 hours feature film or a 30 second commercial.

@iKIMshuffle

3 ай бұрын

Excuse me, sir! I do have a question. I love the video you made, so, what is the right for that video? Is that considered filmmaking or videography? That is what I like to do.

@VaughnBornFamous

3 ай бұрын

This is coming from a "Filmmaker" with one video and 55 subscribers. Lol Maybe you should change to videographer.

Good stuff! Thanks for the tips!

Always learn so much! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and thoughts to encouraging us to try something different. I find this the greatest challenge is not getting into a rut and doing the same shot, sequence, aperture, focal length, lighting direction, etc. Every time I watch your videos I want to run out and shoot some new video!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah so true, I know the feeling of always falling back onto the same shots. But nice to force yourself to try new things. Glad to hear you enjoy the videos!

I appreciate this! Thank you, it’s very helpful!

Thanks for this, very well explained with great examples for each tip. I am guilty of stopping footage too quickly, I've regretted it many times when I need more footage at the end of a clip to make it fit where I needed it. Lesson learned!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Yeah its such a big one hey!

Wow, thanks for the great value.❤

Always such great advice. Thanks Sean!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

As always ...Thank you for the tips and tricks. Hope you have a merry Christmas.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Such a pleasure, glad you enjoyed them! Enjoy the festive season!

I’m happy you spoke about the aperture being too shallow. People get so caught up with that due to other influencers preaching about it, and I’ve been preaching to not fall into this hype. I like to shoot anywhere from f2.8-3.5. Images can look sharper this way. And the focus will fall just right on the eyes/face.

Thank you for these tips. Learnt alot.

Great advice ,for real! I'm very new to being a content creator and not extremely comfortable seeing and hearing myself. Being aware of all these points is incredibly helpful. Thanks you!

As always. So informative!! keep doing the good job!!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Love your work! This is amazing! Thank you.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you!

01:09 Conversion Lut for log footage enhances video quality. 02:31 Staging scenes adds energy; mix with organic captures. 04:08 Embrace discomfort, cheesiness; it transforms on camera. 06:08 Record long clips; edit later, capture unexpected moments. 08:39 Use varied apertures; don't always shoot wide open. 10:48 Don't obsess over perfect lighting; embrace all conditions. 11:58 Shoot Shadow side for dynamic and interesting shots.

Thank you!! This is very concise and example clips are great 👍 I’ve saved this on my playlist!!!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Appreciate the support :)

this popped up in my recommended and im soo glad i did. i was struggling with the first tip. looked it up. used it on old footage i had laying around and it looks amazing. thanks brother

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Appreciate the kind words :) Ready to see some beautiful colours on your videos ;)

Man you're criminally underrated. You deserve all the fame and huge sponcers running behind you. Menifesting it for you. Love your work and knowledge and teachings so much man. Keep going and growing. Thank you so so much. ❤

@Dancing_Alone_wRentals

5 ай бұрын

Well said

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah I really appreciate that! I am more than happy with the amazing audience I already have :)

Amazing video ! Provided some great insights Didn't understand the concept of conversion LUTS and LOG footage though, because I've never used them before. GREAT Video.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! If you are not shooting log don't worry about it. But also something to consider if you have it available. Really helps with things like dynamic range :)

Wow great tips man.. Very helpful!

You do a nice job Sean. Your advice is usually excellent.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

I appreciate that!

[00:00:10] Use a conversion LUT to take log footage back to Rec 709 [00:01:51] Stage your scenes instead of just capturing them [00:04:11] Be uncomfortable and do cheesy or awkward things on camera [00:05:42] Hit record and let it run [00:07:25] Don’t shoot everything at your lowest aperture [00:09:51] Don’t be a perfectionist about lighting conditions [00:11:25] Shoot shadow side

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thanks ;)

@WEHAVETHISDREAM

5 ай бұрын

Or use Davinci's Color Space Transformer.

@andyutahfilms

4 ай бұрын

You saved me from watching the video, thank you.

Appreciate you man!

Thanks Sean, I've been watching your channel for some time. Your tips are valuable and your work is awesome. I'm only 3 videos in and I feel like I'm getting better.

@seankitching

27 күн бұрын

Happy to help! Awesome that you can see some progress already!

@Mike_Virata

27 күн бұрын

@@seankitching Absolutely Sean, I appreciate the comment. I send people your instructional videography video's all of the time. Maybe one day, I'll be the one showing people how to be good! See you in the next video.

My dawg make it look so easy 🔥

A lot of great points!

Excellent video, thank you!!!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Great advice! Love your channel!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

Thanks for this, great info!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Cheers so much all great tips 😊 Also depends on the actor ❤

Great tips, definitely going to incorporate these in my future travel vlogs to make it more exciting 😊📷🍖🌄

Good Tips- Thanks!

Create = Cinematography Capture = Videography These two disciplines use similar tools, but the skillet and methodology and approach are quite different. 👌 You don't want to show up to a controlled narrative set as a vidrographer. You'll get bored and there's too many tripods. You get no callback. You don't want to show up to a wedding or event and ask where the gaffer (the person that places lights on a set) is as a cinematographer. In the 3 seconds it took you to ask the silly question, the money shot is already gone. You get no referral. You get the point. Before anyone mounts a high horse or gets in their feelings about the above distinction, most of you, most of us will practice both, and sometimes a combination of both at one time, within the span of our career/hobby. So, there is no need to "other" the other when you are the other and the other.

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

Nice definition :) nice simple way of seeing it. Definitely agree that the way a lot of people create these days is some what of a hybrid between the two

Great stuff🙏🙏 keep up the good work bro

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thanks 💯

Great video bro. Thanks.

Awesome tips thanks Sean!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

Amazing tips, thanks 😊

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

I'd love to watch a video from you about wich is your color grading process you follow for your videos (: Thanx!

that third point is so legit... great content as always.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it! I think its something people often don't think about...

Going back to feeling “cringy” “awkward” - that’s what separates ACTORs from, well, ordinary people who strive to be acceptable in PUBLIC (and often in private… too!) It’s a social grace to appear normal in public (and abnormal when you are surrounded by similarly ABnormal people who share your “individuality by conformity” if that’s not too deep😏) But an ACTOR (and it is a matter of degrees) goes with the - “moment” - as it grabs them… and/or they can reproduce that spontaneous moment - on queue - whenever and where-ever they feel the need to do so… they can feel - completely alone - in a room full of people and not care what those (generic) people may think of them being… non-conforming. And - for CREATIVE shots - those are the people you NEED to make all go smoothly!

Ah you just explained why my videos looked so different from other filmmakers on youtube: the Log! Appreciate the quick video!

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

Happy to have helped!

great video always, thank you!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

Great tips! Surely wish I knew this when I started

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you could learn them now at least ;)

This was great!!!

excellent as usual and jealous of where you live, as usual )))) cheers guys))

9:35 I totally agree with you on shallow DoF. Sometimes people just over use it, and it starts getting annoying, when you can't see a shit but just a tiny portion of the composition because the rest is a complete blur. Besides, cinema is not about crazy shallow DoF. Most films are moderate on this subject. In fact, ultra shallow DoF is used mostly in stills photography because it can be precisely controlled. Many people use ultra shallow DoF in video and then can't even control it essentially ruining the shot...

I have the notifications on for your videos but never get notified when you upload it does show up under sugestions but no notifications. just wanted to let you know also love your content very inspiring...

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah super weird! Thanks for the heads up and having them on anyway :)

Great video, greetz from Belgium!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Great Vid! I am planning on learning filmmaking and making some in my own channel, it really helps to discover some tips like these even as a college student with less experience and curiosity ^^

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

Great to hear! Just keep learning and I am sure you will create some cool stuff!

Excellent.

Great advice. Just want to let people know that doing a conversion to rec709 before color grading does not mean to slap a color transform at the beginning of your node tree, actually it is much better to put it at the end.

@sebastiankoeck

3 ай бұрын

99% of youtube "Filmmakers" have no idea what a "node" is tbh.

Lekka Bru....Nice to see RSA on Da Tube!! Great Tips!!!

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

Always bru! Gotta support local hey! Thanks for watching

thanks fir for great sharing 😍😍

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Welcome 😊

good tips Thanks

Thanks !

thanks very helpful

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

The fstop tip is is golden!!!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Yeah so true right! Glad you enjoyed it

Cool video thank you man

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Pleasure!

Funny… exactly one year ago I posted my take on a video from Matti Haapoja about beginner filmmakers mistakes. One of the issues was exactly the "always shoot wide open" and I think I pointed basically the same as you did now. Also, on the same video I mentioned two other mistakes that you also touched on here (let it roll and cut on the edit). It feels great to see your own thoughts being talked about by someone you look up to and feel inspired by. Thank you Sean!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah that is awesome and seems you have some great knowledge under your belt! I appreciate the kind words! I will go check out your channel :)

NICE - LOVE - RESPECT

Nice info here, buy why are the extra effect sounds the main thing of your video?

good boy! You said very interesting things.. but how do you export the final video file? Which codec do you prefer? The bitrate? How to prevent the macroblock problem that KZread compression generates? The one that, for example, you uploaded here on KZread? Thanks in advance!

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah appreciate it! Yeah this is such an annoyance with premiere especially hey... maybe a good video idea and if you see one come out on my channel soon you know where I got the idea ;)

@deusmax

5 ай бұрын

Wow THX @@seankitching

I was watching an anime and there was a scene with 2 characters talking. Even in animation, they focused on one character, then the other. Was a cool effect.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah cool that you noticed it. Nice way to learn as well.

Preach 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻

@bonz_bonalenna

4 ай бұрын

Most of what we see is staged, but beginner filmmakers and clients tended to think it was an authentic one take wonder type of situation

Tips 2-4 is a good reminder for myself.

Gold!!!

@seankitching

12 күн бұрын

Thank you!

Get cringy, bro-best tip. Long clips are great. I'm interested in workflow for shooting short stories alone.

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

haha so true hey

These were really legit tips

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed them!

Hey Sean! Thank you, that was a great video! I am totally new into filming and am so excited about learning more. I never heard about shooting in log before until recently and I’ll soon go on a bigger trip with my friend that has a Sony A 7iii which I can borrow for filming, so I definitely want to learn more about how to work with log etc. Again, thank you! 🙏🏼

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

Really appreciate that! I hope the trip goes well and you guys capture some amazing content :)

solid tips

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Appreciate it!

where can i fing it on the Sony website to convert Slog?

im not a fan of backlight where the whole video looks washed out, i much prefer front lighting as everything is clear to see. side lighting is also good where the lights is used to emphasize the hairs. i showed some people backlights vs front light and they all preferred front light because its easier to see whats going on. good tips aside those.

tip #3 for the win!😂

Cool

informative video

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

i rarely stop recording on my canon rp. usually battery runs out way before i can get to the button.

enjoyed it

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Awesome!

The other thing about stopping down is that, that's often not the sweet spot for a lens ... sharpness, less chromatic abberation, etc. is often at a higher aperture ...

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Ah so true, very valid point :)

7:25 SD Cards are cheap 😂😂 Then buy me some!!!1🤣🤣🤣

@seankitching

27 күн бұрын

Definitely cheaper comparatively to film. Ill buy you sd cards if you buy me the same amount worth of images on film ;)

Nice

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

Thanks

mukemmel

subscribed

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Legend!

sd cads are cheap?! uhm... Great video by the way!

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

Yeah not always these days but hey, at least they not gonna full up too quick

Ciao Sean ! Watching your video I realized that your girlfriend is my daughter's lookalike! Amazing

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

No way! Haha can be a body double when my girlfriend is fed-up with me shooting her haha

10:34 - CONAN´s MOTHER LOOK

Useful but I hate it when people make click bait titles with a negative.

@seankitching

3 ай бұрын

I get that. Unfortunately, seems the majority of people appeal to it more...

🎉🎉🎉🎉

YO

V90 sd cards are not cheap bro.

@mac24x7

4 ай бұрын

Using v60 256gb Can somebody explain me if the difference is just the speed or also quality?

Would've, not would of

@seankitching

2 ай бұрын

It will be okay ;)

Bro to use a conversion lut is NOT unusual and definitely NOT a secret 😂😂

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

It is for a lot of beginners actually...

@princenadebrah

5 ай бұрын

Yes this video is for beginners not pro’s like you might be already

@cyberonism

5 ай бұрын

I'm a professional and I didn't even know that lmao

@_darkjay_

3 ай бұрын

Tbh it is something you don't come across as a normal user, most manufacturers offer them but there's no mention of them in most user manuals I've seen

Do not agree: whoever does not know what to film, overshoot.

I hate watching your videos, Sean. It just reminds me how crappy my videos are. That 'staged' tip is one that a lot of people in my genre don't understand. They just want to turn the camera on to record what they're doing.

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

Haha don't worry I still have that feeling all the time when watching other creators! Glad you found it useful though and yeah its such an under rated aspect of filming

In filmmaking actually everything is a mistake and everything is a golden opportunity, you just have to be creative 👌

@seankitching

5 ай бұрын

So true actually hey

@princenadebrah

5 ай бұрын

@@seankitching yes bro! I love what you do ❤️ much love from Ghana 🇬🇭

MMmm nothing that was covered on this video was related to actual filmmaking. This is more like 7 tips to make travel videos for tik tok

@seankitching

4 ай бұрын

If by "filmmaking" you mean camera settings & things like that then no... But once you realise there is so much more to filmmaking one day come back and have a watch again, maybe you learn something useful. As for Tik tok, yeah I don't see that at all sorry.

I'm pretty sure it's "would have". Sorry it's a pet peeve.

You dont need to show yourself so much in this type of video, that is as well a tip

@seankitching

2 ай бұрын

But when I edit I like to see my pretty face

@juliussteponavicius4168

2 ай бұрын

@@seankitchingi think its one of the secrets also to be more engaged and connected with your audience when creating the content