your explanation of musicians looking at their inspirations to get better, rather than practicing scales and chords is spot the heck on. I do music production for a living and get asked SO MANY times "What can I do to be better at music production!??" and the answer I give every single time is - Remaking your favorite songs. Sound by sound, drum by drum, fill by fill, even try to sound design the same leads you hear in all the synths or flip through all your synth preset packs and try to find sounds close to it and save them in a separate folder to use later for your own work. By using your ears to recreate what you hear in your favorite song to be nearly identical you learn so many things and actually *understand* what it is youre hearing and why youre hearing it. Why it makes sense to have that certain element in the song. Way bring it in one section and take it away in another etc etc. IT makes your brain wrap your head around all the concepts so much better
When I used to play my horn more I used to get asked a million times about my practicing and how I'd sound like certain guys, and all I did was listen to them and play along to their notes and then just play over a recording to play what sounds right while mimicking their sound and style. It can be good practice to look at these shots and find what defines them and make them yours even if still mimicking it. At least with music, I was able to retain that sound and that style from whatever player I would emulate so much better if I learned to play along and then followed it up by playing how I'd imagine they'd play at a different gig or on another run-through. I'd imagine it'd better internalize what characteristics are important to the shot the same as it helped me find comfort basically doing musical impressions of the different players I've admired so much. I find it really funny I got so far without understanding past what a diminished scale is, and I've still got buddies hyping me up years later in university anytime they can invite me to a gig. Might say something about these skills. Enjoy what you're doing and you'll be able to get good at it just by seeing so much of it and doing it yourself. A good lens, a decent body, and a love for looking at gorgeous shots could probably land some solid jobs. But learning all the mechanics and settings pushes you further forward into being able to consistently perform well. But sadly that's why I quit playing so much. At a certain level, you're expected to only mess up in the sense of missing a note or two in a read, but when you can't quickly read all the chords and you're not near fast enough for those pro charts then you get a big slap in the face and learn to show all the respect to those who can perform better than your best and do it every night. I'm just glad to have a hobby now and I plan to treat photography the same so I don't burn out like I did with music for a while.
Most likely same goes with majority of art disciplines. I'm painter myself, and best way to learn it to study master paintings, 1:1 copies, in this case you have to understand how they tackled certain problems
Definitely true. I don't know scales or the very basics, since I went straight to playing songs on the guitar and the piano. Now I just learn the songs I like and practice those until I can play them the way I want.
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. " A.Einstein it applies to the whole life experience / thanks for the reminder Ryan!
@@RyanKao I have always been interested in the making of... Like thing's .. in any material and it's design & this includes how a film or game was made.. there are a few YT channels that look into this.. but I like it when DVDs include a second disc of extras and making of.. or later a documentary.. One point I notice is your film's .. your a step up from videos 😻 .. are in 18:9 but sometimes .. whatever happens (I'm watching on an android phone) and it plays in 18:9 but in the width of 16:9 having a piece at the bottom which is showing something else.. I'm not sure of the cause. It's not just your channel, sometimes by stopping that film.. going to another channel start watching for a couple of seconds and stop it.. then come back to your film can fix it.. sometimes.. I like the 18:9 and would like to upload in this format but can YT actually handle it? Ryan I've just noticed there are spam replies. Put the certain words in blocked.
Literally just found your channel and all I can say is Thank you. The way you explained everything with such a chill vibe is gold. I'm usually energetic off camera, but my mood is similar to yours and you have inspired me to go out there and just create, practice, and perfect what I love!
This makes a lot of sense. I compare this to my experience years ago when I first started learning English. My teacher told me that instead of learning individual words it was better to focus on learning complete sentences. Now I am super motivated to practice with one of my favorite series ''MR Robot'' Thanks man!
bro MAN!!! that is the content im looking for. I am a total beginner and i always wanted to learn more about filmmaking and man you are doing such a good job on showing what we need and how we can do it. it helps me so much to start finally. thank you so much!
Excellent portrayal of practicing your cinematography skills and just putting them to the test Ryan! I've been itching to create stuff like this too so you definitely boosted that for me! I loved the way you edited the ungraded footage to graded and it morphed into each other to match the shot in the film.
been starting to do this more and more and you're so right, it helps confidence so much when you pull off a fire recreation of a shot that inspires you. thanks man :)
A very good insight into filmmaking, cinematography, and personally for photography. Imitating, attempting to simulate, framing, recreating shots… so much goodness in one video. (Also enjoyed counting “of course”)
This is invaluable stuff dude. Thank you for this and I honestly understand my own frustration now at my lack of growth in my craft. Practicing the wrong way that leads too less practice. I'm switching it up form here.
I love videos like this just to see people’s workflow. I get really stumped and lose inspiration pretty easily, and seeing other people struggle, and seeing how they work through things really helps me get out of the funk. It’s hard to do that when everyone shows only the perfect results, it’s not as realistic to the real process. :)
I’m literally 2 minutes into this video and got the chills. “He’s right!” Everything else I do I follow this. Even my photography I do but for some reason not my filmmaking… I’ve even heard that quote before. Thanks a lot I’ll do better to be better.
I have been doing this with photography. I got some professional presets for Lightroom and have been examining the changes they made and then go from there on my own. I think it's the perfect way to truly grasp concepts and a fantastic way to learn
I dont think perfect practice makes perfect as nice as it sounds, but i do believe that Practice Makes Improvement. Because we are never perfect we just become better than we were
Loved seeing the BTS of all the scenes you recreated! My takeaway from this video is the realization of "I'm capable of creating frames that look like they can fit in those movies" when you put to practice your skills to create something you find interesting!
I saw a video on YT about.. I think it was the latest film.. most were Visual Effects .. actually done for real.. With a few Special Effects done after on a computer.. masking out the crane or rather large trolley car (17? tons) that made the Batmobile fly.. the lorry flipping was done for real, big spikes at the front of the cab and a massive air cannon under the trailer.. you see the smoke when it's upside down in the film. I enjoy watching the making of films.. Also have a look at filming miniatures and how magicians do things. Just looked at your channel.. didn't watch any videos.. Your getting a healthy number of views.. On average 154 videos.. long form.. are needed to get 1000 subscribers.. your above that ratio.. keep doing what you are doing. At about 625 subscribers traction can happen, only a theory.. I've noticed.
Found this video through recommendations and honestly so spot on, I was just thinking of how much I don't practice my skills but get new gear, I needed to hear this and I think I found it in the perfect time! Love your videos
Ryan, a wonderful piece of content right here! I am insanely impressed about how much you have grown and the overall storytelling and quality of your work. Been following you since you had like 10k subs and here you are rocking 170k and many more to come! Keep it up man
wow absolutely love this idea Ryan! I always notice framing of content creators' videos and admire it, but I have never gone out to recreate them! will focus on that to improve my filmmaking. this is my first video I watch of yours, will be following you! keep up the outstanding work 😊👍
Rayon, thank you for this presentation. It was very informative. Kind of one that makes you think about what we need to keep in the back of your minds. My dad was a mechanical engineer, he always said practice, practice and more practice will make improvement. This kind of hits home.
I had all the knowhow of camera and every technicality from file format to color spaces and what not. But I quit my job last year to pursue filmmaking and when I first held the camera to shoot, my mind was blank. I had references and all but no idea how to bring things in my head to life. Since then, It been 15 months and I'm working fulltime as a cinematographer/editor. I got interested in film through Peter Mckinnon in 2016 but started shooting in 2021, with one goal, to be better than peter. I'm still far from that but I'm already able to keep up people who have 5 times the experience I have. And the approach I take is simple, I'll keep observing and copying everything I can understand, and as I get better at those, I start to see even more things I previously couldn't see and rinse and repeat until I'm at the highest level. There no ceiling to how good of a filmmaker you can be, and I'll keep getting better and better.
in the great ocean of youtube as far as filmaking is concerned, I am only now aware of your great skill in communicating concepts in a simple and effective way, even from an emotional point of view. great job Ryan, bravo bravo
I definitely agree with this and have found recreating scenes or recreating color grades from movies have help me get way better. I even had a team practice a shot for shot scene from a movie. This really grew everyone a lot. And analyzing everything with the intention of recreating it is a way more involved version of analysis
Omgg this was exactly what I needed hahah! After the first min I was like I gotta go do this rnn but then I couldn't just not watch the rest of the piece. Loved it!
This is good! I’ve been putting off starting to shoot random things or solo shots just walking around but it’s putting that first step and just shoot! Failure helps you get better!
Ryan, this is great content, inspired now to try some of this. Thanks yooo, and your assistant of course. Nice apartment by the by, love the Windows to the floor..
Man great vid! I actually started to do that a couple of months ago, but I only took shots and composition of Netflix’s documentaries as I love their storytelling!! Nice color grade btw !!
As a beginner i never thought of it like that but i'm slowly starting to realize that the reason why cinematography or photography feel so abstract is because of the bits and pieces it takes from other things to create a contradictingly unique and skillful craft.
Art is all about feeling at the end of the day. You have to practice getting good at transmuting intangible thoughts and feelings into meaningful experiences via art form. Which we art form you prefer, doesn’t matter as long as you feel it.
I didnt find what i thought I would see from the video title, however I am glad i did watch the video! Man, this is so dam inspiring and u did a really good job! One of a few best videos touturial i found
your explanation of musicians looking at their inspirations to get better, rather than practicing scales and chords is spot the heck on. I do music production for a living and get asked SO MANY times "What can I do to be better at music production!??" and the answer I give every single time is - Remaking your favorite songs. Sound by sound, drum by drum, fill by fill, even try to sound design the same leads you hear in all the synths or flip through all your synth preset packs and try to find sounds close to it and save them in a separate folder to use later for your own work. By using your ears to recreate what you hear in your favorite song to be nearly identical you learn so many things and actually *understand* what it is youre hearing and why youre hearing it. Why it makes sense to have that certain element in the song. Way bring it in one section and take it away in another etc etc. IT makes your brain wrap your head around all the concepts so much better
When I used to play my horn more I used to get asked a million times about my practicing and how I'd sound like certain guys, and all I did was listen to them and play along to their notes and then just play over a recording to play what sounds right while mimicking their sound and style. It can be good practice to look at these shots and find what defines them and make them yours even if still mimicking it. At least with music, I was able to retain that sound and that style from whatever player I would emulate so much better if I learned to play along and then followed it up by playing how I'd imagine they'd play at a different gig or on another run-through. I'd imagine it'd better internalize what characteristics are important to the shot the same as it helped me find comfort basically doing musical impressions of the different players I've admired so much.
I find it really funny I got so far without understanding past what a diminished scale is, and I've still got buddies hyping me up years later in university anytime they can invite me to a gig. Might say something about these skills. Enjoy what you're doing and you'll be able to get good at it just by seeing so much of it and doing it yourself. A good lens, a decent body, and a love for looking at gorgeous shots could probably land some solid jobs. But learning all the mechanics and settings pushes you further forward into being able to consistently perform well.
But sadly that's why I quit playing so much. At a certain level, you're expected to only mess up in the sense of missing a note or two in a read, but when you can't quickly read all the chords and you're not near fast enough for those pro charts then you get a big slap in the face and learn to show all the respect to those who can perform better than your best and do it every night. I'm just glad to have a hobby now and I plan to treat photography the same so I don't burn out like I did with music for a while.
Most likely same goes with majority of art disciplines. I'm painter myself, and best way to learn it to study master paintings, 1:1 copies, in this case you have to understand how they tackled certain problems
Definitely true. I don't know scales or the very basics, since I went straight to playing songs on the guitar and the piano. Now I just learn the songs I like and practice those until I can play them the way I want.
"In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. " A.Einstein
it applies to the whole life experience / thanks for the reminder Ryan!
“Wait, did I say that”
A. Einstein
he isn't just 'A' Einstein
He is THE Einstein smh
Can't tell you how much I needed this reminder to go out and practice and try and recreate some of my favorite content creators shots! Thanks!
It’s so refreshing!!!
@@RyanKao
I have always been interested in the making of...
Like thing's .. in any material and it's design
&
this includes how a film or game was made.. there are a few YT channels that look into this.. but I like it when DVDs include a second disc of extras and making of.. or later a documentary..
One point I notice is your film's .. your a step up from videos 😻 ..
are in 18:9 but sometimes .. whatever happens (I'm watching on an android phone) and it plays in 18:9 but in the width of 16:9 having a piece at the bottom which is showing something else.. I'm not sure of the cause.
It's not just your channel, sometimes by stopping that film.. going to another channel start watching for a couple of seconds and stop it.. then come back to your film can fix it.. sometimes..
I like the 18:9 and would like to upload in this format but can YT actually handle it?
Ryan I've just noticed there are spam replies.
Put the certain words in blocked.
Literally just found your channel and all I can say is Thank you. The way you explained everything with such a chill vibe is gold. I'm usually energetic off camera, but my mood is similar to yours and you have inspired me to go out there and just create, practice, and perfect what I love!
Learnt something new today, "Don't just try filmmaking, practice it.. and practice it in the right way". Thank you so much for this
This makes a lot of sense. I compare this to my experience years ago when I first started learning English. My teacher told me that instead of learning individual words it was better to focus on learning complete sentences. Now I am super motivated to practice with one of my favorite series ''MR Robot'' Thanks man!
Can't go wrong with mr robot, best show out there...
@@lewisguapo I've seen it 3 times already and I think this is going to be the 4th time 😂
bro MAN!!! that is the content im looking for. I am a total beginner and i always wanted to learn more about filmmaking and man you are doing such a good job on showing what we need and how we can do it. it helps me so much to start finally. thank you so much!
This should be a series on your channel! loved it man!
Beautifully done, Ryan! Would love to see more of these.
Got more in the works!! Thanks Chris
Excellent portrayal of practicing your cinematography skills and just putting them to the test Ryan! I've been itching to create stuff like this too so you definitely boosted that for me! I loved the way you edited the ungraded footage to graded and it morphed into each other to match the shot in the film.
Thanks so much Kurtis! Give it a try!!!
been starting to do this more and more and you're so right, it helps confidence so much when you pull off a fire recreation of a shot that inspires you. thanks man :)
A very good insight into filmmaking, cinematography, and personally for photography. Imitating, attempting to simulate, framing, recreating shots… so much goodness in one video. (Also enjoyed counting “of course”)
This is invaluable stuff dude. Thank you for this and I honestly understand my own frustration now at my lack of growth in my craft. Practicing the wrong way that leads too less practice. I'm switching it up form here.
One of my favourite videography videos I've watched in the last 2 years of binging! What a unique, inspiring and amazingly executed idea!
I loved just coming along with you on this and watching you practice framing. Felt oddly soothing. 😃
I love videos like this just to see people’s workflow. I get really stumped and lose inspiration pretty easily, and seeing other people struggle, and seeing how they work through things really helps me get out of the funk. It’s hard to do that when everyone shows only the perfect results, it’s not as realistic to the real process. :)
Very true
I’m literally 2 minutes into this video and got the chills. “He’s right!” Everything else I do I follow this. Even my photography I do but for some reason not my filmmaking… I’ve even heard that quote before.
Thanks a lot I’ll do better to be better.
I'm telling you it's so weird😄
I have been doing this with photography. I got some professional presets for Lightroom and have been examining the changes they made and then go from there on my own. I think it's the perfect way to truly grasp concepts and a fantastic way to learn
I dont think perfect practice makes perfect as nice as it sounds, but i do believe that Practice Makes Improvement. Because we are never perfect we just become better than we were
Very true!!
... Experience...
Loved seeing the BTS of all the scenes you recreated! My takeaway from this video is the realization of "I'm capable of creating frames that look like they can fit in those movies" when you put to practice your skills to create something you find interesting!
Your results were seriously spot on! The frame, the lighting, the colour. I'm blown away.
This is really inspiring! You should make this a regular thing!
Awesome video bro I’m definitely going to try this! I love this idea. Is it a bit far fetched to recreate the Batman car chase scene😅
Do it!!!!
I saw a video on YT about.. I think it was the latest film.. most were Visual Effects .. actually done for real..
With a few Special Effects done after on a computer.. masking out the crane or rather large trolley car (17? tons) that made the Batmobile fly.. the lorry flipping was done for real, big spikes at the front of the cab and a massive air cannon under the trailer.. you see the smoke when it's upside down in the film.
I enjoy watching the making of films..
Also have a look at filming miniatures and how magicians do things.
Just looked at your channel.. didn't watch any videos..
Your getting a healthy number of views..
On average 154 videos.. long form.. are needed to get 1000 subscribers.. your above that ratio.. keep doing what you are doing. At about 625 subscribers traction can happen, only a theory.. I've noticed.
Found this video through recommendations and honestly so spot on, I was just thinking of how much I don't practice my skills but get new gear, I needed to hear this and I think I found it in the perfect time! Love your videos
Really appreciate this Liz, and glad you could resonate with the message. Thanks for keeping up with the channel!!
Both some how delivering the same message. beautiful
Love this man! What a great reminder.
Great point bro, mindful about the practice and works is always the key
Ryan, a wonderful piece of content right here! I am insanely impressed about how much you have grown and the overall storytelling and quality of your work. Been following you since you had like 10k subs and here you are rocking 170k and many more to come! Keep it up man
Very productive way of keeping your creativity fresh
This is so amazing and inspiring. I finally got my on camera monitor and can’t wait to practice out. 👏🏻
It's also important to not just know how to visually create those looks but to understand when and why you would use them
I loved this one. Congrats! So inspiring!
Awesome overview. It's one thing to have to learn on the fly, but practicing fundamentals helps make those "on the fly" moments much easier to handle.
wow absolutely love this idea Ryan! I always notice framing of content creators' videos and admire it, but I have never gone out to recreate them! will focus on that to improve my filmmaking. this is my first video I watch of yours, will be following you! keep up the outstanding work 😊👍
This makes so much sense! I'm inspired. Thanks Ryan.
you're the best! this really got me thinking. many thanks from korea I'm your big fan!
Thanks man really needed this in my life
Yes, definitely I’ve been in a major slump not having ideas or trying to save to purchase n produce good content but, this omg 😱 thank you 🙏🏾.
This is one of the most inspiring videos I’ve ever watched on TH-cam ! Thanks
Humbling to see you continue to practice in your filmmaking journey!
Thank you Jack!!! 🙏
Loving your content, thank bud.
Rayon, thank you for this presentation. It was very informative. Kind of one that makes you think about what we need to keep in the back of your minds. My dad was a mechanical engineer, he always said practice, practice and more practice will make improvement. This kind of hits home.
I had all the knowhow of camera and every technicality from file format to color spaces and what not. But I quit my job last year to pursue filmmaking and when I first held the camera to shoot, my mind was blank. I had references and all but no idea how to bring things in my head to life. Since then, It been 15 months and I'm working fulltime as a cinematographer/editor. I got interested in film through Peter Mckinnon in 2016 but started shooting in 2021, with one goal, to be better than peter. I'm still far from that but I'm already able to keep up people who have 5 times the experience I have. And the approach I take is simple, I'll keep observing and copying everything I can understand, and as I get better at those, I start to see even more things I previously couldn't see and rinse and repeat until I'm at the highest level. There no ceiling to how good of a filmmaker you can be, and I'll keep getting better and better.
Amazing outcome. Can’t wait to get to color grading/correction part
Soon ;)
Love this idea Ryan! Definitely something I need to try myself.
Great exercise for beginners! Thanks Ryan 🙏
we need nore videos like this , i loved this one
Great video! My cinematography teacher in the past also asked us to do this exercise. We had to perfect the lighting as well too though.
Love your videos, keep up the good work.
This is inspiring, Ryan! Now I want to try to recreate shots from movies I like
Awesome idea for actual practice 👏 giving some purpose to playing around love it
Every camera video test video
"Plants is the perfect thing to shoot to test this camera"
Nice work. Thanks for the inspiration!
What a great video. Motivating, HQ results, perfect example of a great practice for a daily routine.
You got my honest Subscribe, buddy
very nice, ryan. i think you're the most underrated creator right now on youtube. thanks for the great tips as always. cheers from brazil!
Wow, thank you Matheus 🙏 appreciate your support
You did a fantastic job here! Great video!
11:50 Wow you make that couch sitting almost look easy! 💪🏼😉
I wouldn't have guessed the core endurance that slouch took.
This was a great one, great analogies!
U r the most well spoken filmmaker I follow. Bought the Sony 24-105 after seeing ur review on that. All ur posts are dope
in the great ocean of youtube as far as filmaking is concerned, I am only now aware of your great skill in communicating concepts in a simple and effective way, even from an emotional point of view. great job Ryan, bravo bravo
This is very helpful! Thank you. Wanna try this one out soon.
I definitely agree with this and have found recreating scenes or recreating color grades from movies have help me get way better. I even had a team practice a shot for shot scene from a movie. This really grew everyone a lot. And analyzing everything with the intention of recreating it is a way more involved version of analysis
Omgg this was exactly what I needed hahah! After the first min I was like I gotta go do this rnn but then I couldn't just not watch the rest of the piece. Loved it!
This is good! I’ve been putting off starting to shoot random things or solo shots just walking around but it’s putting that first step and just shoot! Failure helps you get better!
Absolutely!!! Go for it dude
Carry a camera with you ready to film...
Best video I have seen on the internet bro. Seriously great to see and motivating.
Ryan, this is great content, inspired now to try some of this. Thanks yooo, and your assistant of course.
Nice apartment by the by, love the Windows to the floor..
Very interesting point of view about practice... I'll try it...Thanks!
This video was super inspiring bro. Well done. Love the idea. Definitely gonna give it a try
This is so helpful and on the nose. Thank you!
Man great vid! I actually started to do that a couple of months ago, but I only took shots and composition of Netflix’s documentaries as I love their storytelling!! Nice color grade btw !!
Last shot was pretty cool. Definitely going to try this exercise. Thanks heaps man.
Wow! Pure Talent! This is indeed inspiring. Thank you!
i love this idea. I have been wanting to do this with music videos for years!!
Do it!! So much fun
As a beginner i never thought of it like that but i'm slowly starting to realize that the reason why cinematography or photography feel so abstract is because of the bits and pieces it takes from other things to create a contradictingly unique and skillful craft.
This is a great video thank you Ryan for sharing
That's so very true! I've been practicing wrong, I'm glad I saw your video! You have a new subscriber!
Yes! very inspiring! thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for this video which inspires me to practice in a much more efficient way. ♥️ from Việt Nam 🇻🇳
Great exercise! Enjoyed the video. Subscribed.
Loved this man, it’s so true! Why don’t we do that more!!
Thanks for the amazing videos! Super helpful and inspiring!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 🤝
Epic practice routine & Nice Interior 👍
Best and most useful video i've watched so far this year.
Thank you for doing this video!
Amazing stuff and shots! Thx a lot!
Lovin’ this video! I’m gonna need to give this a try!
Art is all about feeling at the end of the day. You have to practice getting good at transmuting intangible thoughts and feelings into meaningful experiences via art form. Which we art form you prefer, doesn’t matter as long as you feel it.
Super inspirational and informative video. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So cool! gonna try that as well!
Great advice!!! I'm setting straight away to try some Wes Anderson inspired shots!
Should make this a series
Great idea!!!! its fast forwarding and challenging ourselves to EXPERIENCE IN THE FIELD ACTION! good video!
Yes! Thank you!
Practice makes perfect.
Excellent video mate! 🤍
100% 🙌
Amazing advice mate!
Glad it was helpful Tom!!
very much creative way of getting better
🤗
i know i just got into this hobby recently
ive been thinking about this alot, just gotta find the right buddy to help me over
I didnt find what i thought I would see from the video title, however I am glad i did watch the video!
Man, this is so dam inspiring and u did a really good job!
One of a few best videos touturial i found
Amazing to hear. Glad you found it inspiring!! 🙏🥲
Love this idea! Great vid bru
The lighting and tha doggy 😅... Great work!!
This is awesome! I'm gonna try this out for sure! Fun video! 👊😃