- Hey guys, welcome to Travel Feels.
Today we're going to take a look at
how to make your iPhone
footage look more cinematic.
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We've all heard the saying,
the best camera is the one in your pocket,
and for most of us, it's the iPhone.
And it's actually pretty
crazy how good the
cameras are on our cellphones these days.
It's not too long ago that
you couldn't even film
24 frames per second
unless you had a super expensive camera,
let alone slow-motion and time-lapse
and all these other things
that we have all in this one little thing,
our cellphone, which is incredible.
Now it's not going to be as good
as a DSLR or anything like that,
don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that,
but it is a pretty handy
tool for certain things.
But today I want to talk about
how can we make our iPhone
footage look even better?
What can we do to make it higher quality
and look more cinematic?
First off, just like on any camera,
you need to film in 24 frames per second.
Natively the iPhone shoots
in 30 frames per second
so you need to use some sort of app
that switches it into
24 frames per second.
The app that I use is Filmic Pro.
It has just a lot of tools
including choosing 24 frames
per second for your videos.
On top of that you can control
all sorts of other things
like your shutter speed
and your white balance
and it just has a whole
bunch of different tools
that makes it really handy to use.
And it's actually pretty cheap.
I think it's around $15.
I think I even got it
for free at some point.
It's just a really good tool to use.
Number two is to use a stabilizer.
Just like with any other
camera that you use,
you should be using some
form of stabilization.
Especially with such a small,
little camera like the iPhone,
it's so light and flimsy,
it's really hard to keep it
really steady and smooth.
So you need to use some
sort of stabilizer.
And what I've been using
for stabilization is
the Zhiyun Smooth 3.
This thing is really handy.
It's actually one of the
most useful gimbals I've used
just because it's so
easy and quick to set up
and it just works really well.
It has a bunch of different modes
that you can use for different purposes,
like locking some of the axes.
It's just really handy
and I like that it's so easy to set up.
There's an app that you
can use to control it
and do all sorts of other things,
like track yourself,
it's actually really handy.
And it's really good
for live streaming, too,
for your iPhone because it
can actually go vertical
so you can actually be
live streaming using this
and get really nice, smooth footage
and not have that shake the whole time.
So you can literally give this to anybody
and they'd be able to hold it steady
and you'd be able to do a
really nice live stream with it.
That's something I'm
definitely going to be
using the Smooth 3 for.
But using a gimbal like the Smooth 3,
you can get really nice, smooth motion.
It just makes it so much more cinematic
when you can hold it steady
and do these really cool movements,
going from real low to real high,
or just spinning around your character
or all sorts of things.
There's just so many
possibilities with a gimbal.
So make sure you use
stabilization for your phone.
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So let's get back to talking about
making your iPhone footage
look more cinematic.
Number three, you want to try
different lens attachments.
There's a whole bunch of
different lenses that you can use
that make your iPhone
footage look much better,
but also they allow you to
get different kinds of shots
that you would never be
able to get on an iPhone.
Whether it's a macro shot
or a really wide shot
or a more zoomed in shot that
you just can't get normally.
I was playing around with this guy,
the Ztylus Revolver, which
is really interesting.
It's an iPhone case that has a whole bunch
of different lenses built
into this attachment.
You have a wide angle lens, a fisheye,
a macro, you have a polarizer,
all built into this one thing.
It's super handy 'cause you can switch
from one lens to the next really quickly
and not have to change anything, really.
You just spin it and
choose your next lens.
Boom, you're ready to go.
So use some different lens attachments
to enhance the look of
your iPhone footage.
Number four, actually
take all that footage,
put it on your computer and edit it.
Put it to music, color grade it,
do all that stuff that you normally would
with your footage.
Just because it's iPhone footage
doesn't mean you can't use
it in a professional manner.
Just by taking that footage,
editing it together to some amazing music
and color grading it
is going to make your
footage look so much better.
I actually really enjoy color grading,
so this is something
fun to play around with.
And number five,
if you're doing any sort
of talking to your iPhone,
make sure to use some sort of microphone,
like this Rode VideoMic Me.
It just really easily
attaches to your cellphone
and you're going to get
much higher quality
audio out of your phone.
And this is really important.
You don't want your audio to
be distracting the whole time.
It's a really easy thing to fix
with something like this guy.
It doesn't take up much space.
Really simple, handy, easy to use.
So there we have it,
five ways to make your iPhone
footage look more cinematic.
Use 24 frames per second.
Use a stabilizer like the Smooth 3.
Use some different lens attachments
like the Ztylus Revolver.
Number four, edit that footage,
color grade it, make it look better.
And number five, use
some sort of microphone
for better audio.
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Guys, enjoy the film making process
and go get some of those travel feels.
("Run Into the Sun" by Duce Williams)
♫ After all these storms
♫ Run into the sun
♫ After all these storms
♫ Run into the sun
♫ After all these storms.
