7 Steps to Better Travel Videos
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- The key to better travel videos: not making the same mistakes we did! While we are by no means experts, we did learn A LOT about what to do and not do to skip over those beginner mistakes.
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So, want to know how to make better travel videos?
Here are the 8 tips for beginners:
(basically all the mistakes we made for an entire year)
1. Get great B-Roll
- Seems like a no brainer but sometimes it's hard to remember. Then you get to editing and realize you only have a bunch of shaky footage of your face.
2. Talk to the Camera
- Also this is hard too! Get used to talking to the camera. Are you anything like Fin and start talking in your "customer service voice" when the camera turns on?
3. Ask yourself questions
This becomes easier!
4. Hold the camera steady.
Hardest thing in the world. Should be the easiest thing in the world.
5. Don't take it so seriously
If you're not David Attenborough or Sigourney Weaver leave the BBC facts to the experts at National Geographic. People are here to forget for a minute they're on the bus not studying to become an expert on the 9th century building you're standing in front of.
6. Add Angles
The second you squat down or hold the camera high in the air your shot is immediately more interesting. Quickly your shots will start to look more cinematic.
7. Don't get too attached to your footage
There may be a favorite moment of your trip, but if you didn't film it well or if it doesn't apply to the story you're telling LEAVE IT OUT! It is very easy to get attached to your own travel footage but always ask yourself: is this something I care about or is this something that the viewer would care about.
8. Show don't tell
"Today we're in New Zealand" "Today we're going on a hike" "I think soon we'll get some food". No one in the history of filmmaking has spent so much time explaining what is about to happen. Get rid of all that junk (and stop saying it to the camera) and just go DO THE THING! Use speaking to the camera for things like sharing your emotions, thoughts and feelings ... not describing the weather or building we can currently see.
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GREAT tips video! The 'cut it and cut some more' is the best one- I find I have to step away and leave it a few days then cut even more!!! My favourite thing to do is shoot a whole section to camera and then realise the microphone is not turned on.....😩😩🤣🤣
It has helped a ton to have someone to bounce edits off of. As far as the camera thing and microphone not turned on.... I already shot this video in its entirety two weeks ago The sound was terrible (echo) so I reshot again this week. I feel your pain.
Couldn't see publishing a video about how to make better video when the audio was a steaming pile of garbage...
I still don't know how people make incredible looking videos with good lighting, and great sound with iphones....we're STILL always screwing around with lights, mics,etc.
It always fun following up on yas clips and learning something new on making videos. Thanks!!!
Thanks for all your tips and advise. Really helpful for someone like me who's still learning from all you professional travel vloggers out there. Safe travels and Always have fun. two 👍🏽 🙋🏻
You guys are great. You should (will have way more subscribers). Your videos are the perfect combination of relatable and informative and you don't BS your audience. It makes it feel like you are on a trip with your friends and giving it to you straight.
Excellent tips, thanks!
Wow, absolutely brilliant!!! For me this is exactly the type of information I am looking for ... more of this please, more tips n tricks for sure. Love you guys, keep it up and maybe we will meet up with you out in the world
This is some great advice and makes it sound fun! Good advise I will be using on our up coming trip
Thank you for the video! Great tips!!
Great video !!! very refreshing and love the humor.
Awesome great advise!! I learned so much in such a short time. This is going to help my channel so much!
Loved the beginners tip video. Actually I have enjoyed all you videos. I just found you youtube page the other day and I am hooked on you guys. XO
Hey guys thanks for the tips i started my channel like a month ago but have been planning to start for sooooo long! Really needed these tips, have been thinking of going allot more traveling in the near future.
Great info. I made a travel video and will be making another one next month. Will totally look up for these tips.
Great, simple. Thank you!
The cutting and more cutting is definitely one I needed to hear. Great tips!
I’ve watched probably 40 tips for travel videos today and this one has to be the best for advice and a smattering of humour. Thanks for posting this.
That's a very useful video, thanks guys! I'm always looking for new ways to improve my travel vlogs :)
Good points made - will take them all into consideration! Thank you for the video!
This video contains the information... it is *precisely* what I was after. Your point: "isn't it awesome out here? wish we could share it with others" is exactly why I want to make videos. However, they still suck: your point on not falling in love with footage is spot on.... gets boring real quick. I've subscribed... thanks so much for making this! Looking forward to seeing your work!
Geez! Thanks Robin! Glad you liked the video! I think a huge takeaway I should have maybe mentioned is that all you can do is learn with every new video you put together and try to do even better the next time. We like our footage later in the trip SO much more than the early stuff- but we had to start somewhere, right? We're still looking up youtube videos all the time on camera settings, editing tips, etc....just to get a little better for the next one!
Those were some great tips!! Thanks!!
Thank you for these tips! I am new to vlogging and will be doing lots of traveling for work, so this video was very simple but extremely useful!
+Alescia Penn the simplest things make the biggest differences sometimes!
Great information and tips. Thanks.
Thanks for the tips!
This was really helpful and I think some of these tips are going to help me take my stuff to the next level. You guys are making some epic stuff
Really helpful, thank you. There is nothing like education born of experience!
Down to earth video with tips and advice to help save people time and make their videos better. Thanks
Great Video!! Thanks!!
Thanks Tim for the great tips.
Thanks for the video - I'm a new travel blogger and these tips really were helpful.
thanks for the tips! great video.
good tip to get the bround videos lined up first. Thanks for sharing!
Really helpful video...
Good job ❤🤘
This was so helpful!!
Great information! Very useful!
all the best broov , nice vlog , good and kind job :)
honestly the best "how to make travel videos" video. Thank you for making and sharing!
Thanks! Tried to keep it simple and fun!
Thanks for those awesome tips :)
Steady the camera is a great tip.....that we had to learn the hard way!🥂👍
Thank you very much! It was very helpful and well explained. We have also realized a travel video before watching your video 😁 I hope it is still good 😅
Thanks for the idea
great video thanks
Awesome job. Love you both. Wish me luck on my ATW trip with all the necessary accessories. :) will keep your advice in mind.
Absolutely all the luck in the world and have the time of your life!
Thank to you and your channel, this was very useful for me, thank you, Big UP
Thanks for checking it out Dimitar! Glad you enjoyed 😀
Thanks for the tips! :)
so far the most useful tips vid i have yet seen
Love this, thanks for some great advice. We filmed our holiday movies and are trying to incorporate new skills we are learning, it's tough but we will get there. Nothing beats experience.
You said it. It's tough to go back and look at what we first filmed vs where we were at 6 months into the trip. We're the first ones to say that we're no experts- but the more time you put into it the better you get. We started at 0.
WorldTraveler | HD thanks for the reply , think I'll change my first name to Percy and my surname to Verance will see where we are after next year's trip ;)
Awesome!
Great advice! I find myself wanting to keep footage because I have an attachment to it since I know what was going on and what it felt like when it was shot, but it ends up making the video so boring for others. Thank you for these tips!
We are still fighting this weekly- especially when you try really hard to get footy that you remember was hard to capture, you were getting bit by bugs, it was super hot out...all to have to cut it out.
So helpful, love your content!
Hi Lauren! Thanks for checking it out :)
These are really good tips! Need to save this and keep rewatching it as a refresher! :)
+RoamWithJohn thanks! I make finny watch the part about holding the camera steady every day.
GREAT TIPS!
Cheers. My favourite is your motorbike ride through Vietnam. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! We poured a TON of effort into filming in Vietnam. Sometimes, the best tip is just keep the camera rolling as much as possible. It was hard in Vietnam dealing with filming in the rain, keeping a camera handy when riding a motorcycle, etc. For all the footage we published we had 20x as much that was just BAD and no one should ever see. EVER.
@@timandfin I just bought my mavic pro platinum. I'll practice here and take it tô vietnam in jan/feb. Just watching how you guys bounce off each other is inspirational.
Great advice. Hubby and I have been to like 40 countries together. Our 2 year old has already been to 10 countries. I have all this footage and it just sits on my computer.
We just started our travel channel and wanted to know whether we could have some advice on what we’ve filmed so far??
Great videos. I will be traveling around the world next year and I want to learn make great videos
Thank you
great tips i love it
Thanks Tim, it helps the viewer appreciate all the work involved indeed! I'm a 'still' photographer, much easier I'm sure, albeit, to get the best, there can be a lot of editing there as well. Unlike some....I like hearing about the 'everyday life' kind of stuff as well Tim....right from getting up (as you showed us previously from your tent when 'up the Dalton'....to brushing your teeth and deciding what to wear! Throwing a steak on the grill, and enjoying a beer while waiting, with some good banter whilst doing so! Hope you decide to leave some of the cuttings for those of us, that enjoy the small things in life that we all deal with. Stay safe, enjoy every day!
We're still finding the balance. I can't tell you how much time it takes Fin to edit. Then we usually review together, edit more still. We try to keep videos short and moving rather than overstaying their welcome.
Awesome tip about asking yourself a question! I'll be doing that from now on. Subbed!
Thanks for joining and checking out the video Dan!
It's very useful information
Great videos!!! Great adventure!!! Thanks for sharing!!! ;)
Thanks for checking out our video! Glad to have ya!
Great tips!
Thanks for the comment Jason!
Best tips thnks
nice and helpful tips! thank you :)
Thanks for checking out our video Esra!
Really helpful - I feel like we can be guilty of saying what we're doing vs showing. Lots of great tips here. Thanks!
+Liz and Andrés well, we know we are of course as well. We could bang out a montage of us shouting at the GoPro where we are and what we're doing....poor GoPro. Always getting yelled at.
Love this video - thanks for sharing! ;)
Whoa! Thanks for checking out the video! :)
I just came back from my Europe road trip and I just uploaded the first part of it. Anyone want to give me some advice on it?
👌informative 😍❤
Great tips. It is amazing how it seems that everyone goes through the same learning curve. Keep it up. ;)
We're still very much learning ourselves. There is a balance between how much time you can put into a video and how much content you want to put out there each week.
I also love that it's not about "hitting that like button" or "subscribe to us". You guys put quality ideas out there. I'll be using these in upcoming videos. Thanks!
I thought you gotta tell people to "smash that like button"!!!!! (It's 2018- we all know how TH-cam works by now, right?)
For real! keep up your good work! I liked your tips about interviewing yourself...very helpful!
We truly still do this. And we truly still sound like idiots when we interview each other and say "remember, complete sentences"
My boyfriend and I are planning on traveling the world and vlogging it starting next summer. I found your videos once I started doing more research for our trip, and I just want to say you guys are awesome! I've loved watching all your adventures, and I look forward to all the rest of the tripped episodes!
+Lydia Moriah thanks Lydia that's absolutely awesome to hear! We spend most of TRIPPED acting like the every day idiots we are so apologies if there is not a lot of info in those... that's sick you're planning an adventure of your own a year out- plenty of time to plan out some details and most importantly, sock away that money. It gets easy to remember that every $20 is another day in Bali...
actually i like when people tell interesting facts,one of my best trips ever was to europe and the tour guide was excellent . he would tell you little stories then tell you what saying you had heard all your life over in america came from he did this about 7 times, my favorite was in england when he showed us st pauls cathderal it took over 600 years to build mostly because they didn;t have the heavy machinery then but also because they ran out of money. then when they built westminister abby they had a surplus so they used part of that to complete st pauls cathedral and as most people don't realize westminister abby is really st peters cathederal and that's where the saying rob peter to pay paul came from. the tour guide we had really made the trip.
Going to give these a try in Bali next month!!
Have a blast in Bali. Hope you have fun whether you're surfing or scootering around the island.
THANKS..
Yeaiiii thanks mate!! You should visit Samoa best place to make a film
Thanks for the great tips! External mics definitely make all the difference. I'm fairly new to this but would say try and have as much fun as possible, introduce new characters and video things that excite you. Peace!
Exactly! Great advice!
Thanks.
Thanks back! We've check out a lot of the content on your channel. You're a lot braver with your drone than I am. Was way too worried to fly it in a lot of places in HCMC like you did.
so nice!:)
But I make vlog with no voice and face, some people do like it, I can't show my face and also can't share voice while I am editing, it does not work, what should I do?
Great videos guys i'll be in south east Asia from jan to may. ur videos get me hypeeed! (Btw major LIKE for not buggin us at the end of your videos to click on the like button...)
I knew we were forgetting something! LIKE SUBSCRIBE TELL YOUR MOM BOOKMARK PAGE... Have an awesome time on your upcoming trip. Sounds like you have a nice chunk of time set aside!
Great tips! That's a cleaver idea to use your forehead as a steady cam - I'll have to give that a try! 😃
great video, awesome tips !!!! what software do you edit videos with?
Finny edits everything in premier pro. She used to use imovie, but she finally joined the party over on PC so she made the hop to PP.
thank you, ill be waiting for more videos !!!!!!!
Great tips Liam neesan
What I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career.
Does anyone know what gimbal model to buy for the newest Go Pro Hero? (It is just called GoPro Hero (2018)) Thanks!!
Not sure on this one- I just spent 10 minutes looking around online- I think the Hero has a different shape than the Hero 3/4 or the Hero 5/6 so I couldn't find anything that said it's compatible with the Hero.
TIM and FIN damn! Maybe I can contact the company and ask! It is the newest GoPro so I’m sure they are still coming out with gadgets for it!
Homestly I think my videos are not bad but nobody sees them which demotivates me. Any advice ?
Do you put your drone in a carry on bag or check the bag?
Hey Vince! I always carried that big old Phantom in my Carry on bag. I carried all my valuables in my carryon (drone, laptop) which is why I ended up without clothes for almost a week when my bag got lost on the way to NZ. Well worth it!
Dil jeetya bhai tuh.. Kya hai so aise videos dalna kata main tujhe jab jab
Anyone know what the song is in this video?
Hi David.....The song is from Epidemic Sound. I'm on mobile and can't figure out what song I put in there right now though....will get back to you.
Thumbs up ere' guys! great advice and following your tips your channel will grow!!! I've added it to my Play List (Jump start your Channel). Many thanks for sharing - you have a new subscriber :)
+Expat in Mazarron thanks for the sub! Looks like you've crashed a few drones over on your channel- never a good feeling seeing $1k fall from the sky. Your aerial work is great ! I'm still working hard to get just a few seconds of usable footage from each flight....
Still got 3 drones left!!! not a great feeling when they drop from the sky! :)
Fair and useful tips, thx
What is the song at the beginning?:)
The name is "Hot Shot 2" from Epidemic Sound. It's actually where we get all of our video music from now since its impossible to find good soundtrack thats royalty free. goo.gl/ENAdF1
What cameras do you use??
We started using a Lumix G7 and are really happy with it. That's what this was shot with (excluding Hero4 and Drone footage).
TIM and FIN thanks so much you are so helpful! X
You really remind me of Liam Neeson.
You have even got a similar hair-cut 😄
Finney laughed at that. I'm hoping I at least pull off a 34 year old Liam Neeson and not a 70 year old Liam Neeson.
Mr Underhill oh my godd yesss he doesss
3:10 New Zealand?
+Graham Ray you bet! Pain in the butt carrying that phantom up mt Roy!
When people travel, they want to feel different, so it's always good to make videos explote with emotions(not meaning to verbally saying it"I feel...")... people usually react like 30% of the impressed emotion..
Actually thought about what you wrote quite a bit today since we saw this comment earlier. Couldn't agree more- While it may be obvious what someone is feeling, its usually really interesting exactly WHY they're feeling that way....
I think back to our day spent on the boat in Coron for example- I mention I'm super happy several times- but in that exact moment, that joy was wrapped up in the feeling that I knew this was literally the best day of my life. I should have talked more about how overwhelming it was to be surrounded by the beauty of Coron, the excitement knowing that the trip was not a mistake, and being surrounded by my wife and great group of friends- Would have maybe been a bit more compelling.
Hope that made sense and thanks for commenting. Something I'm going to keep in mind moving forward!
Good advice - having watched YT channels, mostly travel - for three years now and ditching TV in the process, I can say you covered most, but forgot to mention one thing, probably because it is a touchy possibly shitstorming subject - looks and personality....the problem of course is, that if you have neither your channel could go nowhere fast.....being really attractive like you guys is like, you're already halfway there, - it is not everything, because crappy content or/and bad techy will ruin everything fast - if you get everything right, including SEO - boom, set to go - about camera personality, I reckon one can work on it - but who has the guts to tell an aspiring host they are wishy washy - you guys have it all, but there are a lot of channels where I am itching to spill the beans, but don't, for various reasons - and oh, channels and host need to DIFFERENTIATE themselves from the pack......:-)
You mentioned the thing we had NO idea about until we got into this more. This started as a fun side project along with the website but if you want to get any exposure at there is a ton of learning and technical stuff you'll spend time on. On the video side, on the SEO side, coding for website, etc. At the end of the day though, if you're not passionate about doing it then that will come across in your content so that's always what we focus on first. The other thing we remember is that we're just two idiots on camera trying to have a good time. We stopped trying to make something that everyone would love and started focusing on making something that we like.
That is pretty solid advice. Without enjoyment, it just becomes like 9-5, something I have noticed time and again. Your having fun comes across real well, which is often the case with couples-hosts - makes good viewing.....:-)
Croatiaaaa,I live here
Don't forget you live in paradise then! What a beautiful country! I think it was Finneys favorite part of the trip- her goal is now to become a multi billionaire, buy a yacht, and cruise up and down the coast there.
WorldTraveler | HD heeey! :),hahha great, yes its beautifull,you inspired me to start recording and editing but dont have any type of camera only my s4 mini
+WaffleBee hey- if it something you like to do it's not the worse place to start. We filmed a ton of what we did with a iPhone 5 that would overheat and shut off randomly all the time! As we got into it more and more, we decided to buy a drone and a GoPro and go from there.
WorldTraveler | HD yea,its to expensive for me anf my family
+WaffleBee totally get it! The S4 is a great place to start shooting video though because it has a HD camera.
Loved this video guys! Lots of good tips for true novices. We'll be using them on our trip to Alaska next year. Now I'm working on streaming video for our League of Women Voters events and don't know what I'm doing. We will be using our own iphones and have a tripod. I'm looking at microphones. Have any suggestions? We don't have a lot of funds for this. What do you think of this BOYA? If I buy it can i tag you in Amazon Smile?
BOYA BY-MM1 Video Microphone TH-cam Vlogging Facebook Livestream Recording Shotgun Mic for iPhone HuaWei Smartphone DJI Osmo Mobile 2,for ZHIYUN Smooth 4
Hey Lillian- As long as you have a way to attach the mic to the tripod you should be all set. We've even used zipties before. The BOYA that you pasted at the bottom seems find. The only thing I would tell you to be wary of is that the mic input for iphones is different than the standard mic input but it looks like this microphone has the right jack. Just make sure you test the levels before its time to record! (No need to tag us for Amazon but thank you for the offer!)
hes so hilarious
What did he said? Kimble? Camble? I need to know!
th-cam.com/video/P9NahSZyoEM/w-d-xo.html I think he said gimbal...