7 Things I Outgrew As A Filmmaker
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Everything slomo, everything wide open, everything gimbal is the holy trinity of the beginner stage
@@videotuotannot2693 haha we all learn from somewhere 😂
My least favorite crutch is unmotivated slow motion. It's horrible. Slow motion is to highlight something moving so that the viewer can see what's happening that would be difficult to see at normal frame rates. Unfortunately the damage is done, so many millions of shooters shooting everything in slow motion. I'm completely over slow motion for 99% of things, I never use slow motion anymore other than tabletop to smooth out motion judder.
This years slow motion abuse is shooting unmotivated anamorphic. There's always some filmmaking vocabulary that eventually becomes cheap and simple and that's where anamorphic is today. I'm quickly growing to hate anamorphic, so many people are shooting it with no story motivation, no exhibition requirements, it's just beyond lame. Anamorphic, when used correctly, can be epic, but few shooters use it correctly, they just firehose everything they shoot anamorphic. Ugh.
@@danbrockettDOP as technology becomes more accessible, I think people are bound to use it and see where it fits for them, thing is that how can one learn how to do something properly without trying it and not doing it 'wrong' in the first place, everyone will start from somewhere!
Sooo the Zack Snyder package?
I use NiSi Pro Mist 1/8 filters for interviews and that's basically it with filters for me other than NDs.
They’re pretty nice I’ve tried em on the C5!
One of the most well spoken, consistent and honest working film makers creating content on TH-cam
Hey I appreciate that ! Some people would viciously disagree but I try to do my best 😅
@@KofiYeboah I assume you're (extremely) good at talking to people in person, so I'm guessing this video is not scripted?
I really appreciate your update on your growth and insights. Part of why I watch your videos is that you try new things, see how it works out and are always developing and sharing your results.
@@Ironcladstudio that’s my favourite part about making videos, currently, I’m in a beyond blessed position to have access to things, and I like trying new tools and techniques, appreciate the view 🙏🏾
Ive been using 25fps at 1/50 shutter and the results look so perfect. you get the best of both worlds. Cinematic, fluid, space to slow a little, no flickering.
Love the growth. Great video
Thanks 🙏🏾
I used to try and use gimbles a lot, but to me they felt more like a headache than helping me get the shots I want. I shoot with Blackmagic cameras and do some gyro stabilization when needed and that's all I need sometimes. I come from the post world and tend to want less equipment on set so that it doesn't distract actors or inconvenience a location too much if the location is open to the public. Try to keep a small footprint when filming.
@@AndrewZeletrainStudios great call, especially on those Blackmagics they were a nightmare on a gimbal
Just discovered your channel! Love the talking points of this vid! Some of these hit so close to home 🏠😂
Hey thanks for the support !
I can definitely say I grew out of shooting everything wide open, I love shooting between a 2.8 and 4 it retains a ton of sharpness with shallow DOF. Same with diffusion filters I stopped using so much of them considering I shoot on my FDs all the time. However, I still shoot a lot of handheld, I love handheld and I never force it so long as its appropriate for the story. The scale of the production and how well planned it is doesn't mean I wont plan to shoot some scenes handheld.
It’s all about context and when to use the thing! Keep going 🙏🏾🙏🏾🫡
YOOOO!!!! I am feeling ATTACKED!! The Siege and Ryan used to be my go to’s everytime🤣🤣🤣
@@JusttJC ahah the hallmark of any fitness shooter 😂
Man good stuff and thank you for sharing. T4 is buttery! ✊🏼
Especially when you have a nice set design :)
@@KofiYeboah that definitely helps, thanks again.
Can't agree more with most things on your list! :D
- I used to shoot all the B-roll in 60fps (as this was my camera's max. possibility), nowadays I only use it intentionally 👍
- Everything wide open - actually, switching from a Full-Frame DSLR to a S35 BMPCC a few years ago taught me to embrace deeper DoFs. But one thing I certainly grew out of is putting these focus switches from foreground to background everywhere I could, which I used to overuse a lot (perhaps believing it shows off my camera skill),
- Breaking rules with no reason - I never did this very much,
- Filming handheld - it's a bit the other way around in my case, as I used to film everything on gimbal and now I adopt handheld far more often 😅 but last year I bought a slider (when 99% of the Internet claimed it's no longer relevant due to gimbals being a thing) and it turned out to be one of my best gear purchases (it also allowed me to stop shooting everything in 60p, as it suddenly became possible to do slow camera movements without slowing the footage down 🤣 it's also WAY faster to mount and dismount a camera from than a gimbal.
- Mist filters - actually I need to grab one and start using them from time to time, when it fits the shoot :D
- 50mm for everything - been there, done that, now I try to switch different focal lenghts as much as possible (and if I can't, I'd rather shoot everything on 24-35mm with occasional shot from 50)
- Same music for everything - I've always battled that due to corporate clients often wanting only that blandest corporate music, or "mock heroic" theme to a boring motion graphics slideshow 🤣 but I recently learned in the AOD to put different pieces of music in the same video instead of running a single track for the entire duration.
- Not doing everything by myself - THIS!! I learned hard way that it doesn't make you look better, but rather just "cheaper" and less professional. And you often do things slower than when you bring some help to the shoot, which seriously infuriates clients if there's a need to hurry up with different scenes. I think over the years, I may have lost several opportunities for being hired again due to this. Even bringing a tech assistant improves things significantly, so now I try to get at least a minimal crew whenever it's possible with the budgets :)
Best regards, and I hope your back is better now!
Thank you man ! And it’s healing ! My lower back is unforgiving of the things I’ve done to it 😂😂
Some Great tips in this video! Appreciate your insight Kofi
@@prestonurvina appreciate you brotha man!
I'm adding gimbal as it was a bloody nightmare to setup and use every single time. Another one is drones, you get the same shots every single time with those two. It's nothing really new anymore. I tried both and i got tired of them, sold off the gear and haven't missed them since.
However now i mostly shoot handheld (sorry!) and i unfortunately also have a 50mm lens. The good news is i rarely shoot wide open with any of my lenses. 😂
Ahah gimbals were THE CRUTCH back in the day , that Zhiyun crane 2 😂😂
Haha yeah what a horrible thing to work with, i hated it! and you could not use any fancy audio gear on it because the motors struggled enough with just the camera and the lens.
I got a few more for you.. 😂
- Anamorphic lenses, so overdone in every little production
- Speedramping, a totally abused editing technique which just needs to go away
- Over exaggerated camera moves, if your shot doesn't require them don't do them
- Overdone grading, just because you can do it doesn't mean you should do it, and grading with blue tone in shadows and yellow tone in highlights is just too classic
For shooting interiors I’m actually shooting more 100p now than I did 5 years ago! 😂
I am shooting deeper depth of field than ever before. Normally sitting at F8.
How the tables have turned 👀👀
I think this is very normal for new filmmakers as we discover our own styles and develop the confidence to forge our own paths independently of what is the cool trendy thing everyone is doing. Also worthy of mentioning, there are clients out there that want that trendy flavor because they themselves aren't confident or experienced enough to be unique. It's important to be capable of delivering both, the generic style and the film maker premium version. Thanks for the good video.
@@autonomous9031 you’re right! Appreciate the view man !
So true about some clients lacking confidence. They’re definitely worth outgrowing. Leaning into your own style - informed by your unique strengths and lived experience - can be a good way of filtering for clients that are the right fit.
I've been up too late, but I can keep going some more for this video!
Keep up the great work and enjoy yourself!
Thank you man 😁😁🫡
Before I watched your video I was sure I saw a lot of gimbals on here. LOL!
We all go through phases! 😉
I love the irony for me of avoiding mist filters for the past four years and I’m just now deciding I could make artistic use of them 😂 here’s to overusing a new tool for a little while :P
On the other hand I completely avoid 50mm. 35 and 85 are my most common uses. My 16-35 and 70-200 always stay in my kit!
I just got the shortstache filter and a video context for it and now I’m ruined 😂
@@KofiYeboahI don’t need you to enable me 😂 just looked it up and it seems like the best mix of utility and style. I like that that a lot…and it’s sitting in my cart 😂
Feel these lol. TH-cam is one for me also. I don't watch as many vids anymore. I watch more films. But I do watch BTS and podcasts on here a lot. The filmmaking space online is too gear and 'cool shot" focused. Keep creating my man!
Different strokes for different folks!
I grew out of Artlist, put my big boy pants on and started using Musicbed year 2.
Ahah ironically I use it WAY more now (especially its other non music features )
Coming from a theatrical background (LIVE performances) one appreciates that LIVE is LIVE and (digital) film-making is… COMPOSITION. Even videoing LIVE events is a selection of shots, sounds, moments… completely at the mercy of the cutting room “trashcan” and one needs to be aware of this - before - the shoot!
Otherwise you are wasting a whole LOT of time (because the cost of storage is relatively ‘cheap’ and - as any “quick shooter” knows… they end up ignoring 90% of it before the brain gets fried!
So SCRIPT and STORY and REHEARSAL (from my stage background) is a TIME and MONEY saver! The SIMPLER the story and the TIGHTER the script and the more repetitions in rehearsal will save TIME, MONEY and the TECH CREW (which usually has NO interest in either… really, trust me!)
If you don’t have a Hollywood Pitch line story and a script to ADHERE to it - you are begging for trouble - and you will pay for it!
That’s not to say you shouldn’t improvise - the best performers drop the rehearsal and improvise - but ask yourself “Does it fit the storyline? If not - DROP IT - which is easier to do in the cutting room than a LIVE performance where the talent goes off and - either - the audience LUVS it or they go WTF???
But I started with “story” because the audience will immediately let you know “what’s next” vs “Who cares” and MOST filmmakers - even the great Ridley Scott has produced FLOPS because the story was never clearly worked (if there even was one “Napoleon?”)
Sound advice in this video😎💯
@@anoophothi thank you !
As we got a new brand guide at work I've gone from smooth gimbal and sticks to having to shoot all wobbly handheld like it's 2014 again...
Haha the amount of jobs I’ve got because they wanted the “handheld feel” ( and put my spine at risk) lol
@KofiYeboah I think that potential long term health problems aren't talked about enough to young camera ops and editors. Even more so if you're doing both. Opening yourself up to a world of tendonitis , tennis elbow etc. I'm speaking from experience 😆
I feel victim to using mist filters all the time. At first I liked the look for what I intended to use them for and then started using them for...everything. I did them on a corporate shoot and I regretted it sooooo much. It should have been sharp. And I shot it at a 1/4 mist. You can emulate mist now pretty damn good so I just do it in post. I do use Mist very exlusively for weddings however, every single wedding client has loveeeed the mist look
Thats dope! I think all of this is just applying the right context and knowing WHEN to use it, thing is, the only way to know that is screwing it up or over using it first lol
Dope vids, also would like to check out some of your films. Where can I find?
@@picxlproductions websites in the description, haven’t updated my site in a while though
Finished work is also on IG
Regarding the slow motion, idk. I think a much bigger offender is stylized editing (not to be confused with dynamic editing). Especially with the rise of reels and youtube shorts, people rely so much on editing pyrotechnics that, aside from being distracting, it actually causes a headache. People lean on it to make something boring more interesting, just like with slow motion - the difference is that slow motion can make people appreciate a moment in a different way, thus injecting value, whereas editing pyrotechnics become solely about the pyrotechnics. It’s masturbatory and a surefire way to reveal the person doesn’t know how to shoot.
I wouldnt call it an offense, some clients pay for that stuff tbh, so its hard to argue when theres a demand and someone is a supplier, that said, eventually someone will either out grow that, or it'll evolve into something else with time, like anything else!
Shooting things wide open all the time... lowkey feel like f4 is my favorite right now hahah. And probably raw dawging my filming hahaha, a bit more prepro would go a long way and save time and headaches for ya boy haha
Right !!!?
You forgot Dehancer lol
For real though great video, I hate a lot of those trends too!
Ahah I never had dehancer 😅
Idk if it’s HATE, I had to over use these to know what my style is and know when it’s needed and when it’s not, and it’s not a lot of the time lol
@KofiYeboah Haha I've never used it either, I just see it everywhere. It actually gets some cool looks, but I'm seeing it everywhere now!
Shooting open or closed is more down to getting better sets and locations other than just stopping down because of taste.
Ahah hey when I started set design wasn’t in that budget lol
@ yeah even small rooms with dull walls in offices verse larger rooms with depth can make a big difference to aperture choice 👍
Hi
With filmconvert haze and Missfilter emulation you can have the character in post no need for them downside you need a beefy computer...
I’ve heard that, but I e also heard it’s a little exaggerated in effectiveness
@KofiYeboah give it a try I love it haze and miss you can really dial what you want full control really good...and cheap and Cinematch is really top notch to match cameras using it since 2022...
Lol for a very long time was stuck on using my 50 at 1.2 for everything LoL
Bro I thought I was HIM when I got that 50 f1.2 😂
T2.8 GANG (or 2.9, because Laowa Ranger).
haha i feel ya i have a DZO Catta Zoom
I've never liked slo-mo Ive always felt it was a cop out for true creativity when It comes to film making. It's nice in small flashes to make a certain shot have some flow but it's boring and overplayed 99 percent of the times
Tastes are made to be difffeent and develop over time 🫡
I think I’m inspired by a big dude making it happen.
I definitely stopped using 120fps 😅 I think the other thing I grew out of was over editing my videos, tons of cheesy transitions, for example!
@@LMDiesel same, in part because I’m not good at editing😂
Just started just got my first pay from a client
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS
Doing everything by yourself is stupid
@@whipkeymedia nd it’s BORING
I stopped using RGB on everything
RGB stuff got boring quick.
@ Haha RGB for RGB sake, no motivation, rhyme or reason. Looking back, I cringe.
yall don't like colour contrasting tube lights?!
😂 I started typing this comment before finishing the video because I was so confused about why you told me to watch it during your live. Turns out, I’m the giveaway winner-that’s insane! Appreciate it, man.
That said, I’m still salty at Kofi for convincing me to buy an FX6, only for him to sell his right after. Smh.
Also, huge thanks for making me want to pull out my credit card every time I watch your videos. And before I go… KOFICUPS KOFICUPS KOFICUPS!
If this is your first time watching Kofi, just hit subscribe-you’ll learn something for sure.
I did no convincing, i just talked about what it does, and what everyone does after is up to them! ;P
I'll message you for your details ahah
@KofiYeboah exactly... You clearly explained to me the benefits of needing the FX6. I was hoping you would do 100 more videos so I can continue to get free knowledge from you about the FX6. 😅. Safe travels and thank you always!
2028 here. We're done with shorts. We're not into dzo and helios lenses anymore. We want crisp and sharp images with auto focus! Only steady shots with trypods. 4:3 is so not done.
We have a time traveler in the comments !
People need to grow out of using a "rig" for every freaking shoot. If youre filming a dog, or a reel, or anything less than 2 hours long like a workout.......you dont need a rig. Its just to look cool in my opinion
Idk about this one, rigging a camera has a pretty functional use case imo, if you said like using a mattebox when you don’t need one, I could get behind that, but I can’t get behind this one 😅
@@KofiYeboah why do i need 3 days of battery for 3 hours of shooting? A matte box with no filters? lens supports with a sigma 16mm? You can literally throw a monitor that has its own battery on a fx30, with a sigma 16 or 30 and accomplish 95% of what is on youtube. And yet people feel the need to build a massive rig for talking head videos. Heck most of the stuff done in your video here was super simple stuff. If the only goal is to make it heavy to reduce jitters, just use a gimbal.
@@nomadikmind3979 I hate to be nit picky, but there isn’t a v mount that has 3 days of battery life 😅 matteboxes without filters when shooting outside cuts flares when used properly, my point is rigging has context, you don’t need a scuba mask to climb a tree, but if you know you might go swimming , might be a handy thing to have.
And if I already own that rig, if I don’t want to HAVE to take it apart and don’t have to, I’m probably not going to imo, do you need a massive rig for TH-cam videos in my office? No, unless the shot needs it.. does it solve a lot of problems working on things outside of TH-cam? Absolutely
@ i can agree with not wanting to break it down every time
Mist feelters 😂
It’s my Canadian accent lol
mist FEELTERS
@@A1Bokeh right ?! 😂
Stop DOWN to t2 😂
Meh, yall know what I meant 😂
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