Watch a movie getting made by not flying a drone
Mar 27, 2017
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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Most people use drones to take magnificent aerial videos and photos. I mean, that’s what drones are for, right? But, this video shows us that it doesn’t necessarily have to be the case. Here you will see a video of a couple filmed with a drone, but in quite an unconventional way – without flying it.
This young man shot the video of this couple not by flying a drone, but by hand holding it. First, he was standing more or less still, and then he began running behind the couple, filming them in motion. When I first saw this, it seemed like candid camera. I laughed, probably because this isn’t something you’d expect from a drone pilot. Or a drone… runner? But still, the drone flew in the end, and the guy started running like crazy to get away from the frame.
Although the technique is unconventional, to say the least, this video is actually pretty neat. I suppose the gimbal did its job well since it’s very smooth and stable despite the running. I can’t clearly see which drone this is, but I think its DJI Phantom 3 or 4.
To be honest, this is probably how I would use a DJI Phantom 4, at least for the first couple of weeks. I’d be way too afraid to crash it. This way, I’d get both the workout and the lovely video – and leave the flying part to someone more experienced. I think it could work.
[via 35mm.life]
Dunja Đuđić
Dunja Djudjic is a multi-talented artist based in Novi Sad, Serbia. With 15 years of experience as a photographer, she specializes in capturing the beauty of nature, travel, concerts, and fine art. In addition to her photography, Dunja also expresses her creativity through writing, embroidery, and jewelry making.
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7 responses to “Watch a movie getting made by not flying a drone”
In fact DJI themselves used the same technique in their production using Inspire 2.
Check out the behind the scenes video for the “Circle” short movie made by DJI, the whole video was shot using the drone only.
If it looks stupid, but works, it ain’t stupid.
The video of the kids practicing indoors was done (by me) handheld. It is a cool technique and a lot cheaper than a stedicam.
https://www.facebook.com/mnmhickman/posts/1176097665848956
Gotta use what you got.
The results speak for themselves. Superb
This isn’t a new technique… Philip bloom did it in Ko Yao Noi years ago
how much time battery lasts if only drone camera is used as handheld without actually flying the drone