How to Film with a Drone: A Guide for Beginners

This is a beginners guide for how to film with a drone. In this video I will show you how to setup your drone for the best video using the best settings for auto and manual modes, I will show you how to setup your white balance and what color profile to use. I'll also show you how to compose and frame a shot using rule of thirds to get great pleasing footage. From there we will cover the different kinds of drone shots you want to film like establishing shots medium and close shots. I will even give you some tips and tricks to use active track and smart modes to get even better drone footage.

Learn how to fly your drone:    • How to fly drones for beginners  

Learn how to choose ND filters:    • How to Pick the Right ND Filter for Y...  

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00:00 Intro
00:55 Auto vs manual modes
01:26 Setting up for best auto mode settings
02:05 Settings for manual/pro mode settings
03:00 Motion blur and ND filters
03:54 Color profiles
04:39 White Balance
06:15 Composition and framing
06:50 Rule of Thirds
07:41 Examples of rule of thirds framing
08:05 Types of drone shots
08:36 Establishing shots
08:58 Medium shots
10:27 Close shots
11:40 Using active track and smart modes
12:48 Using active track manually to frame
13:40 Best time of day to film
14:22 Outro