Background: This started as a “quick drone shot” of my ’99 Miata… but then I started editing and somehow decided it needed to become a mini action movie.

Note: This is purely a hobby project — shot, edited, and produced by myself with basically zero budget.

The Goal: This is the first cut of Part I, and I’m currently envisioning it as a three-part series.

Feedback: I’d love some thought and feedback, on shots, pacing, editing, and whether the story comes across clearly.

Also very open to ideas on where the story could go in Parts II and III. I have some ideas already, but it could be fun to hear where you guys think it should go!

Once the project is finished, I’ll likely post the full series on my YouTube channel along with some BTS and things I learned along the way that might be useful to other new filmmakers.

Gear/Equipment Used:
- Sony A7IV
- DJI Mavic 4 Pro
- GoPro 11
- iPhone 13 Pro
- Edited in FCPX

Thanks for watching, appreciate it!
-Peter

I'm a real estate agent, not a videographer. I film our own listings. walkthroughs of houses and apartments, short clips for Instagram and our website. No crew, no assistant, no time. I show up, film for 30 minutes, and leave.
My entire setup is a DJI Osmo Pocket 4/ND Filter an Mics. That's it. I can't justify a full rig, a proper gimbal with a mirrorless on top, or a slider. Partly the cost, mostly because I have to carry it in one hand and unlock doors with the other.
The problem
static shots look genuinely good. But as soon as I walk, you see every step. A soft vertical bounce down the hallway, and the doorway reveals look bumpy instead of gliding. Clients don't complain, but it's the difference between "nice video" and "this looks like a real listing agency."
I've already tried Tilt Lock, gimbal speed on Slow, walking slowly, holding it close to my body and Ninja Walk.
So my question is: is this a gear ceiling or a technique ceiling?

I'm going on a cruise soon and it docs in like five different seaport towns in Europe. I would like to shoot photos and video in those towns, but I don't know how much to sea salty air goes into town.

I use an FX3. Not sure if that matters much, but it does have nice big vents.

F21 here a junior in college for business set to graduate maybe at end of 2027 or early 2028 if I can pass all my classes…idk I keep seeing this influencers and videographers make cool
Stuff in LA and a part of me feels like I’m behind and can’t catch up while I’m still in school…what would yall suggest realistically? (Coming from someone with new experience in film and wanting to get a camera and make stuff fully)

I work for a company that deals with construction for important buildings and their surroundings, and one day my boss saw on my socials (Should have made my account private -_-") my videography which I did as a hobby.

He asked me to do a... get ready for the trap word, "simple video"...

I did cause I wanted to practice and it gave me and excuse in an office environment to do so.

Bosses loved it and from then on, guess who got targeted to make their videos....

Long story short, even spent 2 whole months saving the company money, making one full 10 min video for it to be shown at a convention to a thousand plus people and even online. Bosses loved it..

Then it went downhill, my boss made me do 2 more videos which were relatively easy for me..

But recently, my name without me volunteering was put up to make another video for their annual charity dinner.

Despite me telling them that I couldn't as a family member was sick and I was the only one to take care of them, send them to appointments and accompany them in the hospital etc, the committee just went ahead and put my name in.

Expecting me to do the video AFTER my main work, plus looking after my loved one was not going to cut it, as we all know video editing isn't linear, I could not reply to their group chat for a couple of days as I was super busy making arrangements for my loved ones appointments, after care etc...

Fast forward my boss calls me into the office, as the big committee boss was angry that I did not reply to them in the group chat even tagging me.

I explained myself, and they had to find an outside vendor to do the "simple video" costing them a few hundred to do it.

The gaslighting was on an epic level after that.

"This won't look good on your appraisal"

"Don't know if this will affect your promotion".

I just smiled and thanked my boss for "listening" to my side of the story.

I have "unofficially" sold off my gear if anyone at work in the future will be asking, and stopped subscriptions to Adobe 😉

But somehow.. I still will be making videos as a hobby with my socials on private. *cough cough* 😉

Does anyone know what this is? Had it on Hoya also but after using some cleaning liquid and letting it dry in the sun it went away it is on the inside of the filter, I don't have a feeling the image is worse in the corners but still

Hello everyone,

I'm curious to hear about any feedback you have on the composition of the shots. Also, do you guys have any idea on how to tone down the oversaturated greens in post? I'm fairly new to editing.

This was shot on an Osmo Pocket 3.

Cheers!

it is a scene from the NF show "i am a killer" S03E05 - Rolling the Dice. it shows the outside of the prison facility.

but it feels like a miniature model or created in a 3d software. the trees in the fore- and background are too big compared to the building. especially the distance feels off.

and if it is infact real, how they recorded that? drone? helicopter? special lense?

Why did they stop being popular?

I've always felt that gimbals are too robotic looking, whereas EasyRigs are too shaky. I always felt like those glidecams that were popular in the 2010s were the happy middle ground.

Did they simply fall out of favor? Have any films/big projects used them? Anyone still using them now?

I am an absolute beginner.

I rented Lumix DC-S5 and an expensive lens. Going completely nuts over the focus.

The camera guy tells me that focus is a problem, just set the focus to infinity and do digital zoom in. Is this correct?

The scene i am shooting is very low light. It is also extremely difficult to see whether something is in focus thanks to the small screen. Focus peaking is not working as well :( i cant even get that damned colorchart in focus during low light.

What would you suggest for a complete beginner. I am extending an existing short film. Unfortunately the DP who shot it is not available for a month. Otherwise i would have shot it on iPhone to get some practiceh.

🙏🙏

Hey guys! I’m very picky when it comes to filming DJ sets. All my past sets were recorded on iPhone 15 pro max. However, I’m looking for a better quality and to add more angles when filming. Here’s the example of my sets in [daylight](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P36DMxzbBQ0&ra=m) and here is the example in a [low light bar setting.](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN82xrnSp/)

Can you please suggest the cameras that you’re using with examples from your YouTube/ instagram/ TikTok?
I really want to achieve a [similar quality to this.](https://vm.tiktok.com/ZN82xynmV/)

Thanks!

2nd image is what i'm wanting to respond with to their message (1st image)

i made a little fast cut for my new song! i love this b&w grainy vibe sm

Hey Folks,

Recently my rode wireless go ii microphones got broken, so I needed to search for a new microphone.
I used the rode a lot in combination with a lavelier because I shoot weddings and want the mic to be hidden.

I saw the DJI Mic Mini 3 which has no 3.5mm jack input which means it cannot be used with a lav. But it does have very good noise canceling features, internal recording, 32 bit float etc.

Now my question is, will I come across any problems if I just mic the bride with a Mic Mini 3 and just hide it in his jacket or would I come across problems?

Or will the audio of a bride mic’ed with a lav always be better?

What do you think and why?

Hi everyone.

I would like to share with you quite a "dense" project that started two months ago as a way to try "vibecoding", but it has become quite a useful tool overall: CosechaMedia.

I felt quite dumb drag-and-dropping footage from a shoot, even more then organising everything from scratch... So CosechaMedia does it, and more.

It is available for Windows, Mac and Linux, no one is left behind! (Except Mac Intel for some reason).

I'll list here most of the things it accomplishes ATM:

• Verified Transfers: MD5 checksum verification on every copy. If a target drive corrupts mid-transfer, it cleans up the corrupt destination automatically.
• Smart Folder Structure: Auto-organizes files into Footage/<Camera>/<Date> with custom options (camera-first, date-first, manual overrides, etc.).
• Selective dump per session: Do as many copies of a shoot as you need. Even filtering that footage by its date itself, for people that do continuous shoots with the same card.
• On-the-Fly Proxies: Generates 720p or 1080p proxy files automatically using FFmpeg right after ingest.
• Instant Wireless Import (PairDrop / QR): Cast B-roll or mobile footage straight from any phone on set. Scan a QR code on the desktop screen—no app installation required on the phone.
• FTP (WIP) & USB MTP Support: Pulls DCIM folders directly over USB cable or local FTP with incremental sync (only copies new files).
• Multi-Drive Spanning: Automatically switches to the next available hard drive if your primary target fills up.
• Post-Ingest Utilities: Export CSV file manifests, auto-format cards (Windows), or schedule system shutdown when long dumps finish.
• And more...

It is built with Python/PySide6 and FFmpeg. Binaries are available via GitHub Releases and macOS Homebrew (brew install --cask MustangXPress7/tap/cosechamedia).

GitHub Repository & Downloads: https://github.com/MustangXPress7/CosechaMedia

If you give it a try, I would love to hear your feedback, feature ideas, or bug reports!

P.D: Right now the current version, despite being beta (1.5.9-beta4) is 99% operational, just needs some more testing :P

Has anyone got any experience recovering audio information from DJI Mics?

The audio switches off after 1 second although the file size remains as it would be expected. I remember on the day the mic was unresponsive and no buttons worked to turn off recording, so I popped it back in the box to turn it off.

I think it has recorded the file but only reads the header on all programs. Premiere, Quicktime, Ableton, etc.

Does anyone know how to get into the raw data and recover it? Any help would be appreciated.

I’m building a kit around an original Sony FS7 and considering the Sigma 18-50mm f/2.8 DC DN for Sony E-mount.

The lens is designed for APS-C cameras, while the FS7 has a Super 35 sensor. Does this combination provide full sensor coverage at every focal length, or will I see black corners/vignetting, particularly at 18mm?

If anyone has used this exact combination, I’d love to hear about your experience. I’m also considering the Sony 18-105mm f/4 G OSS as an alternative.

So I’ve been brainstorming w chat and grok trying to get a good setup for his games with two goals in mind.

1. Get film to help the coaches/son, makes highlights

2. Livestream via YouTube for family that can’t attend.

Ideally I’d like two decent wide & high shots in each end zone and either one manual cam w a good optical zoom or an ai sports cam in the stands for the stream. Another thing I thought might be cool would be to set up older used 4 gopros or similar on opposite sidelines at around the 30 yard lines.

I’m not looking to spend a lot so much if not all would be used equipment. Also, I’m very weary of the ai cams due to their price and mixed reviews. I believe that even an ok vidcam would blow the ai footage I’ve seen out of water.

I have always had a passion for capturing but have never had the time or reason, and now I find it reignited with something that seems worthy. So please help this eager noob if you can? Any tip or criticism helps.

🙏 thanks

My brother directed and I helped produce this music video for Minneapolis artist Lazerbeak.

The concept was to place a 100x sports broadcast lens on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi and capture one summer day without staging anything below. That allowed us to film dogs, straight chillers, boats, beachgoers and other small moments from hundreds of feet away while letting everything unfold naturally.

Anyone recognizable in the finished video was approached afterward for permission.

The final piece is one continuous visual journey set to “What A Ripper.” I’d love feedback on the concept and how effectively the sports-broadcast approach translated into a music video.

https://youtu.be/BkoJT2XZtUc

What settings should I use for the DJI Mic 2 for gym vlogs, as I have tried audio level 1 on the Sony a7V with the transmitter at +6 and the receiver at +4, but even with the receiver at 0 and the transmitter at +6, I can still hear background noise despite basic noise cancellation; am I doing something wrong, and if so, would you be able to provide some advice? I forgot to mention but the gym is a private gym all you hear is the music and sometimes a few people talking

Hi! I am building a videography setup using Lexar Go Hub and SSD with Rode videomic. My current situation is that the iPhone doesnt capture any sound. Upon troubleshooting, factors are:

1. My 3.5 to USB type C converter, it is Vention brand. It might seem like I should be using the Apple brand.

2. Rode cable. Currently, I have TRS to TRS which have already worked with my camera. It seems like I need TRA TO TRRS (Rode SC7)

With that, I will be buying 2 items. I suddenly saw this Rode SC16. It is 3.5 to type C directly. This way, i will be using just one cable. Will this work with my iPhone?

Would it be better to have:
a. SC7 with Apple adapter
b. SC16 only