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1. Introduction: In this course, I'm
going to show you how you can film car shots. I'm going to show you how you
can mount your cameras to the inside and the
outside of your car. I'm also going to take you
through how you can fake it. If you don't want
to take the risk of mounting your
cameras to your car, then you can fake it. But I would definitely
recommend shooting it. So, stick around, watch the episodes because I'm going to show
you how you can film driving shots with your
cameras and your car. Filming people in a moving
vehicle is probably one of the most logistically
difficult things you would do as a video creator, because there are so
many different things that are out of your control. If somebody is driving a car, then you've only got a specific amount of
room to work with. You can sit behind them, you can sit in the
opposite passenger seats, you can sit in the
front passenger seat. But unfortunately, sometimes you just can't
get the right angle, it never look quite right. In this course, I'm
going to run you through a few different options and
a few things to keep in mind when you're making videos of somebody in a moving vehicle. But before we get into that, let me please just
introduce myself. My name is Chris Brooker. I'm a full-time video
creator and video editor. I have been thrown
into the deep end, I have been forced
to film music videos and the whole video
has been based in a car or they want a car scene, they want to have the camera mounted in really
interesting ways to get really amazing shots
and that has thrown me into the deep end of
trying to figure this out. Let me run you through
everything that I know about filming car scenes.
2. Film it? Or Fake it?: First of all, you first just wants to decide
whether you want to shoot it for real
so place a camera in a moving car or fake it. Now, there's pros
and cons of both. Let's start with
shooting it for real. The main benefit of shooting it for real
is it looks real. If you mount the camera onto the car and you frame
this up correctly, it's going to look real
because this is real. The problem is though, there's a lot that goes
into filming moving cars and you also really
have to think about safety. Is the camera going to get in the way of the person driving? Is the camera going to fall off and cause damage to the vehicle, somebody else, or
somebody else's vehicle? Of course, there's quite a
few logistical difficulties when it comes to actually
filming a moving car. That's all of the cons. Now, when it comes to faking it, you can either place the
car onto the back of a truck and you can
move the truck and you can mount the
cameras onto the truck. This means the person in
the car is not driving, which means instantly they don't have to think
about driving the car. They can act and they can
give you a great performance. Of course as well, if the cameras and the car are
on the back of a truck, you've got more flexibility and freedom on where you
put the cameras. You don't have to map
them to the bonnet. You can have them on a tripod on the back of a truck and you can have everybody harnessed in
and it feels a bit safer. The problem with this though, is you do require a
big filming truck, and these are big, expensive and you
typically going to need permits to get away with
something like this. That unfortunately for most
people is out of the picture. The next way of faking it is to shoot it on green screen
or with projections. You can either place the car in front of a
big green screen and you put green screen just behind the windows and then you
can change it later on. Or you can have a big projection
so you could put the car into a studio and just project a video
in the back film from the right angle and with a
little bit of camera trickery, you can make that look right. The benefit of
that is it is much safer because nobody is driving. Unfortunately, this one can be quite difficult to get right, especially when you're shooting a daylight scene because there's so many reflections on the windows and because
projections can look fake. Unfortunately, this one can be difficult to get that typical look that you're looking for. You will notice on a lot of
high-end Netflix shows or other big high-end movies
or series you will notice they do use this
technique quite a lot. That is because it is
much safer to do so. But of course, this requires access to the right equipment, the right lighting,
and this can get very expensive and
very difficult. Let's begin running
you through how to shoot this practically.
3. Mounting Cameras Inside the Car: If you've decided to
shoot this practically, the first way of filming is to mount cameras to the
inside of the car. This is a GoPro Hero. I think this is the
sixth or the five, and then with this, I can get a suction mount. I can stick this to the window
on the inside of the car. I can put the GoPro
into this mount, and then all I have to do is just angle this up correctly, stick this to the dashboard, and then this is going to film. Now, the great news about using a GoPro is it has a very
wide field of view. This means I can mount
this in the middle of the windscreen and it's going to pick up not only the driver, but it will also pick up
the passenger as well. However, I could also
change the field of view on this camera that
I shoot a little bit tighter or get a
really tight shot. I'm only focused on one person. Now, the beauty of using small, lightweight cameras like a GoPro with a small suction
mount like this is, one, they're super light, and two, they're really small. This isn't going to cause too much of a distraction
to the driver. Because if you had a really
large camera mounted, it's going to block a lot
of the view and you might end up causing an accident because you didn't
see something. Whereas a camera of this size, if you mount this out
of somebody's eyeline, and you have this
in a safe space, you can get the
angle that you're looking for and you can still get a really awesome shot
without distracting the driver. Now, the problem is with
cameras like this is, yes, they do work and they will
look great in most videos. But if you're looking
for something a little bit more cinematic, then unfortunately, a small suction mount like this is not going to do the job. If you're going up
to something like a Sony a7S Mark III, for example, then you're
going to need a suction cup, which is a little
bit more heavy duty. As you can see, this is a
much larger suction mounts. There's a protection
cup on the bottom, so I'll take that off and
this is the suction plates. What I would do is, I will mount of base plates onto
this or I'll mount clamp onto this and then I could mount a larger camera onto this. Again, I could stick this to the inside of the windscreen, I can mount that down, angle the camera to
where I want it to go, and I would then get the
shot that I'm looking for. Now, these are great
because they do stick to the windshield
and something like this does have a
really strong grip. Now, of course, I
would definitely recommend using the
belt and braces method, which is a term for just
having a backup plan. Maybe add some wiring or a cable onto the camera so that
doesn't completely fall off. If it falls, is
the suction fails, then the camera fall and the
cable will catch the camera. Of course, because this
option is bigger and bulkier, this might cause more
of a distraction. But this does give
you the option of using heavy duty cameras. However, the problem is so far, we've seen everything is mounted to a suction cup
and the problem is, if the car is vibrating because this is connected
to the suction, because this is just hard
plastic and this is hard metal. Unfortunately, it's not going to soak up any of that vibration. If you're going down a particularly bumpy
road, unfortunately, it means the footage
is going to be shaky, vibrating, and it's going
to be completely unusable. That is why you can get
something like this. This is a gimbal for the GoPro, so that means you could mount the stabilizer to the
inside of your car. You might need this heavy duty suction cup in order to do that. But you could map the
GoPro to the inside of the car using the stabilizer, and this means
you're going to get that really smooth
footage that you've come to expect from your videos. Of course, this is getting a
little bit bigger and that means unfortunately
this becomes a little bit more
distracting again. However, that's probably
the options that I would go for filming inside the car. I would use a suction
cup on the window and use a small one if you've got a GoPro or a small camera. If you want to go up to a
mirrorless style camera, then you can use a
larger suction cup. But unfortunately, if
you have something like an FS7 or a Red, unfortunately, I don't think one suction cup
is going to hold. This is where we need to
go outside of the car.
4. Demonstration: Mounting a DSLR Camera Inside with One Suction Cup: When it comes to mounting
a larger camera, like a Canon 5D for example, so a digital SLR, you've got two options. You can either go for
one large suction mount, and with this large suction
mount you can get a clip, and you can just screw this clip onto the suction
mount like this. Then we can just
mount the bottom of the camera in to
this arm like this. Then essentially all you
need to do is just stick this suction cup onto the window and you can mount
the camera upside down, and that's going to give
you the most secure hold. Let me show you how to do that. To mount these
camera in, I'm just going to place it
against the window, and we're just
going to push in on this locking mechanism here. Now as you can see, that
should be locked in. Now with that locked in, we
can just get rid of this, we can move this up here. Then we can grab the mount, we can grip this on to the
suction mount like this. Then we can just
screw the bottom of the camera into the arm like so, and then you can just
rest this like this. That is a great way of
mounting your camera. Now, if you wanted to get rid of vibrations from these shots, then I would definitely
recommend just pushing the camera down
on to the dashboard. Make sure it's pressed up
against the dashboard, and then that should help to
get rid of any vibrations. It's also going to add an
extra point of contact onto the camera and therefore
make it more secure. Alternatively though, if you did not want to go
for this option, you could go for
the stage option. You could mount this stage
onto the windshield, so you would put one
suction cup up here and then you can put
another one on to the door. Then all you need to
do is mount in one of these railings between the
suction cup and the stage, and you put multiple
points of contact so we've got one up here and
then one over there. Then you just mount this stage
in somewhere around here, and then point the camera in whichever direction
you are looking for. But that is how you
mount your larger camera inside of a car using
these larger suction cups.
5. Mount Cameras Outside the Car: When it comes to mounting your camera to the
outside of the car, there's a lot that
you have to think of, but let me first just begin with the smallest cameras and
then we'll build our way up. Again, you could actually
use this same mounts for your GoPro and
you could just stick the camera to the
outside of the car. Just make sure that
you clean the parts of the car that you're going
to be sticking this to. Make sure it's not greasy, make sure it's not dirty, because if there's dirt between
the suction and the car, unfortunately, this
might slip off, and if there's grease it's
going to be the same thing. Make sure you clean
the car in that area, make sure it's not
greasy or dirty. Then we're just going to
map this onto the car, make sure that it's
firmly secured down. Then I would always
definitely recommend having as extra
safetiness as well. I use these ratchet straps here. Now, these are very big
and very heavy duty, so I probably wouldn't
recommend that for this smaller GoPro, but I would definitely
recommend having some cable or a smaller strap just to make
sure that it doesn't fall. Then of course, if
we are moving on up, we're going to want to
have a more heavy duty suction support mounts
for the outside of the car if we want to have
those bigger cameras. Here we have three
suction mounts, and this means we have three points of
contact with the car. It means, if one of these
suction mounts slips, the camera is not
going to go flying. You could get away
with using two, but personally I find having three is going to
give you that peace of mind, because it's not
very likely that three suction cups
will all slip. I'd definitely recommend having two or three suction
cups if you can, and then you connect all
of those up to a mount. This is what you
would call the stage. As you can see, you've
got your base plate on the top of the stage, and then you've got
these sections here, and this is where you
feed a poll through here, and this connects up
to the suction mounts. Essentially, you've
got the stage here where the camera lives, and that's connected up
to three suction cups. Now you want to make sure
that the system that you're buying supports the
weight of your camera, never exceed the weight of the equipment
that you're using. I believe this says it can take a camera of up to
around 10 kilograms. If I was using a camera
any heavier than that, I would want a more
heavy duty system. What I do when I'm mounting this to the bonnet, for example, is I make sure that they are mounted to the flat
part of the bonnet, make sure it's not
over any curves or any lines in the body work. Then make sure they are all
wide apart from each other. If all three are very close
to each other on the bonnet, then unfortunately,
if one slips, it might slip into the other one and that could cause
that one to come loose and that could cause the last one to
come loose as well. You want to make sure
these are all really wide apart from each other
as wide as they can go. Then once you've got
them all mounted in, you want to mount the stage in, put the camera on, and then you also want to
make sure that you have some form of foam padding
or protection for the car. Now, this stage in
particular does have rubber padding
at the bottom, but as you can see, there's
quite a lot of metal. If you're hiring a car, you're using a friend's car or you're using just your own car, you don't want to be
damaging the body work. Just placing something like
this underneath this stage here where the camera and
all of this metal lives, that's just going to help you
to protect your body work. Then, of course, once
you've done all of that, you want to mount
your camera on and you want to frame
your camera up. Of course, once you've
mounted the camera, then we want to go ahead and secure this end
with some straps. Now, these are ratchet straps, and these are really great
because they can tighten. As you can see, [NOISE] I've
got this mechanism here. What I do, there's
two halves of this, you've got this here, and
you've got this here. This is the strap and then
this is where it secures. In order to secure this in, I feed one-half of
the strap through, feed it back through [NOISE] and then I can
tighten that down. Then once that's tight, that will not go anywhere. Now, this is just a
piece of mind thing. If you've got all the suction
mounts mounted correctly, then chances are this isn't
going to go anywhere. But if you've got
these ratchet straps secured onto the mount, it means if for some
reason these do slip, that's not going to go anywhere, because safety is the
most important part of this entire process. If you're driving down
the road and your cameras slips and falls off and
hits the car behind, you're going to cause
a massive accident. Having these straps there
to just catch the camera in case it does happen to
slip, is super important. Of course, as well, don't forget to strap down the camera. Because so far we've strapped
down the suction mounts, we've strapped down everything
attached to the car, but the only thing holding down the camera at the moment is just this small bit of
plastic on the base plate, just this one little dial here. It's always worth grabbing another ratchet strap
or you can just grab a big piece of elastic
cord and just wrap it around the camera and the
bottom of this stage, because that's going to give you that extra piece of mind. Then once you've
done all of that, you should be in a safe position to turn the camera on framer, get everything looking the
way you want it to look, and then just start filming. Of course, as well,
you don't just have to mount this camera to the bonnet. If you wanted to you can
mount the camera and place all of these suction
pads onto the side of the car. Generally, what I do
in that case is I put two suction cups on the bonnet and I put one
on the side of the car, and then mount the stage at
an angle just off the side. This enables you to get some really cool and
interesting angles. But again, make sure
that the suction mounts, the stage, and the
camera are all safely secure and strapped down.
6. Dealing with Reflections: One of the difficulties of filming moving car
shots when you've got the camera mounted
onto the front of the car is filming
through the windscreen. Now, this isn't a problem in the evening when it's
dark because you're not going to have to worry about bright reflections from the sky. But the problem is, when you're filming in daylight,
chances are, because of the way
the windscreen is angled at a 45-degree angle, you're going to see the sky reflected down in
the windshield. This is where we have one of two different options
to play with. First of all, we can get a
circular polarizing filter. A circular polarizing filter
is just a screw-on filter, you can screw this onto
the front of your lens, and if you turn it, you'll notice it will cut reflections away
from any windows. If you are shooting
through a window, my first step is to
grab a polarizer, screw this onto the
front of your lens, and see how much of a
difference that makes. Now, sometimes depending
on where you're filming and the intensity of the light and
the reflections, this might not be enough. This is where we
need to think about blocking off the windshield. The problem is,
with this though, this requires even more mounting and this can
get a little bit crazy. Essentially, what we want
to do is have a cloth or a screen angled up from
the top of the windscreen, and that's going
to stop the light casting down onto
the windshield. The problem is,
with this though, is you're going to
need rails mounted off from the top two
corners of the car. This means you need even
more mounting equipment, you need grips or you
need suction cups, and then you need a big piece of black cloth over the top of the windscreen to
block that light from hitting the car windscreen. Now, if you watch any
behind the scenes of any high budget TV series or films and they're doing a
driving scene practically, you'll notice they've
got a big black cloth at the top of the window. This is because they're
blocking off that reflection. Unfortunately, this option
is getting a little bit too expensive and a
little bit too high-end. That option definitely works and it's definitely the
recommended option. But the problem is, again, if you're on a public road, you've got a car strapped
to the front of the car, you've got two big poles sticking out from
the top of the car, you got a black cloth to
block the reflections, it's all getting a bit
much so I would definitely try the polarizing filter
first and foremost. But if that's not quite
cutting it and it's not removing the reflections in
a way that you want them to, then I would recommend
filming on a cloudy day. When you've got that
harsh direct sunlight bouncing down onto the window, it can be very difficult to
get rid of those reflections. But when you've got a very soft, gentle light from the
clouds coming down, you can very easily cut those reflections using
a polarizing filter. If you are worried
about reflections, film on a cloudy day rather than a really
bright sunny day, or just block this off
using a black cloth. But that can get a bit expensive
and a little bit crazy.
7. Dealing with Vibration: Once you've been driving
around for a short while with your camera mounted
onto the bonnet, you'll notice you're getting
some really awesome footage. But the problem is
if you're driving in any particularly bumpy areas, you'll notice you're
getting quite a bit of vibration in your footage. The best way to
smooth that vibration out is to use a gimbal. Now, this is the
Manfrotto 300XM. The reason why I love this gimbal is because
it is modular. You see, this would
be too much to mount onto the front of the car in
order to get a driving shot. What I love about this
particular gimbal, is I can take the handle off. Of course, most gimbals
you can do that. However, this
specific gimbal has a battery in this
part of the gimbal. I can take the handle off, and this means I'm left with this part of the gimbal only. This has its own
power source in here, and I can mount the
camera onto here. This means I can mount this
gimbal onto the stage, so I can put the two
together like this. This means I've got a fairly
low profile on my stage. It's not a really high gimbal, it's a very small gimbal. This means I can use
the gimbal to smooth out any vibrations
I might be getting. If I was using the gimbal in conjunction with the car mounts, I would make sure
that as well as the car mount being
strapped down, I would also make sure that the base of the gimbal
is strapped down. Get a really solid base plate
for the bottom of here, make sure it's securely
mounted in here. As you can see,
you've got a bit here which I can mount
a strap around, and there's also
a bit here that I could put a strap
around as well. Make sure it doesn't get
in the way of the gimbal, or the motors, or anything. But just make sure
that you've got this part of the gimbal
strapped down as well. Then also make sure
that you strap the camera to the
top of the gimbal, because you don't want to
mount the gimbal and then the camera flies off
the top of the gimbal. Make sure the camera
is also strapped into the gimbal just in case. Now, the beauty with this gimbal is because this is modular, because this splits in half, this also has its
own power source. This part of the gimbal
has a power source, and this part of the
gimbal has a power source, so the actual gimbal. The great news is when I make an adjustment
on the handle, it makes an adjustment
on the gimbal. If you had a wireless
monitoring system, so you're using the Hollyland
Mars X for example, and that's transmitting
a signal onto a monitor, you can make adjustments while sitting in the car
with the person. You could be in the backseat, you could be monitoring
what it looks like, and then if at any point you wanted to make a camera move, or if you wanted to pan
and tilt up to the sky, or face it forwards, all you have to do is just turn it around with the handle. Of course though,
if you do happen to use your gimbal to
grab these call shots, then it's really
important that you set the motor strength on
the gimbal to strong, or ultra, or one of
the higher options. Because if you have a
light motor strength, it means as you're
driving along, the wind is going to be hitting the gimbal and it's not
going to be very stable. If you've got that
set to ultra or high, somewhere up there, it means it's going to fight
the wind quite nicely, and you'll get your
nice smooth shot. Of course as well,
you don't just have to mount the gimbal
onto the bonnet, you can mount this
onto the side of the car using the
same techniques.
8. How to Film from another Vehicle: That is the process that I would follow to film
somebody on the car. This is how I would put
cameras in the car, on the car, make sure I
get all of those angles. But of course,
you're going to need wider shots of the car as well. This is where you can film
from another vehicle. Typically what I like
to do is have two cars. I've got the talents car. That's where the actor, the talent they're going to be. They're going to be
driving and doing their performance in that car. Then we'll have a
separate car in front. You want to make sure
that the boot is open, or if you're filming in a van, make sure you can open
the van doors out. Then essentially you're
just going to sit in the boot or sit in
the back of the van. Make sure you are
securely strapped in, and make sure you're
using a harness system, if you have access to one. Then you can go ahead and
hold your camera out of the back of the car or the van and then film as
you're moving along. Alternatively though, if
you didn't want to do this option and you wanted peace of mind and you just wanted
the camera to do this, then you can have a very
similar setup to what we have, but rather than mounting it
on the front of the car, we can mount it onto
the back of the car. Now, of course, that is all a very low budget
version of doing this. You can spend a ridiculous
amounts of money getting crane arms for your car. You could get a
really cool system at the back where you can dip
the camera up and down. There's so much and there's so much potential
with car filming. But if you're at the lower end, then you just want to
be paying attention to the suction mounts and
attaching a gimbal on as well. Just make sure whatever
option you go for, just make sure
you're being safe. Make sure you're not doing
this on any busy public roads. If you are filming
on a public road, then make sure it's very quiet, make sure there's not
many people around, and make sure you've spoken to the local authorities in the area to let them
know what is happening. Or alternatively, if you can, if you do this on
a private road, or private land, that's
going to be so much safer. That brings me onto
the next video, and that is safety. In the next video, I'm going
to talk everything safety, and talk you through
everything that you need to know and need to
pay attention to, before you start moving
the car with the camera.
9. Safety: If you're filming
a video and you've got cameras mounted
to somebody's car or you're in the back of
another car with the doors open or the boot open and you're filming them from there, you want to pay very close
attention to your safety. Because it doesn't matter
if you get an amazing shot, if you're putting your life or your safety or somebody else's
life or safety at risk, then it's not worth it. Make sure everybody is safe. First of all, you want
to make sure that everything has a safety net. If you've got a camera
mounted to the outside, then make sure you're
using the straps to secure this camera down. You don't just want one option, you want to have
multiple options. If something fails, you
want the safety net of knowing something is
going to catch it. If this slips and
the camera falls, the ratchet strap has got that pinned down and it's
not going anywhere. You can then successfully cut, slow down, stop the car, and then get the problems solved without the camera bouncing off along the road and potentially hitting
somebody else's vehicle. Of course, when you are
mounting cameras onto your cars make sure the driver's
view is never blocked. Because if you mount a
camera directly in front of the driver and they're
having to look past the camera to see
where they're going, they might cause an accident. They might not see somebody
and they might hit them. They might not see
a car lose breaks and they'll run into
the back of the car. There's so much that
could go wrong when you're blocking
the driver's view. Make sure that the cameras
are at a safe point, a safe angle, and make sure that safety is always your
number one concern. Of course though, if you
did want to get that angle, then try your very best
to push the camera far down the bonnet and zoom in, or just lean it over
the side a little bit. You want to make sure they can clearly see what they are doing. Of course, if you're
on a private road, you have a little bit
more flexibility but you always want
to make sure that they can see what
they are doing. This is why smaller
cameras like GoPros and GoPro mounts are brilliant
because these are very small and very
non-intrusive. A massive package with
three suction cups, a big stage, a camera, and a gimbal-mounted
onto the car. This will give you the
best look visually, but it's probably the
least safe option, so make sure when you're
making these decisions, ask yourself, do you
need all of this? Or can you get away with a smaller camera just
stuck onto the winder? Of course, like I've
already mentioned if you do have cameras
hanging off your car and you've got people
filming you from other vehicles then
film on quiet roads, or if you can't, film
on a private road. Because you're not going to
have to worry then about traffic or any other
people being in the way. With all of these said and done, the number one thing
you want to pay attention to is your safety. You're not holding the camera, you're sticking it onto
the front of a car, so this means you want
to make sure that everything and everyone is safe. Safety is your number
one priority here. It doesn't matter if it's
a really awesome shot, if it's causing a risk or
possibility of any danger, then it's not worth it. Make sure everybody is safe, that's your number one priority. Then focus on getting
some really cool shots.
10. Fake it: Filming practically requires
a lot of bits and bobs. We've got suction mats, we've got camera stages, we've got gimbals with
wireless control, we've got wireless monitoring. Filming practically can
look really awesome but the problem in film and practically is there's danger. There's risk and there's
a lot that can go wrong. So faking it rather than
filming it for real, it's probably the safer option. The only problem is it
requires more time and more artistic direction in
order to get the perfect look. There's two ways that
you can fake it. You can get a green screen
or you can use projection. Let's focus on
green screen first. You want to part the cost somewhere completely
controllable. So you want to make
sure you're in a studio or you're
in a car park. When I say controllable I mean you can control
the lighting because if you're outside and the sun is jumping
between cloud and sun, it means the lighting is going
to be constantly changing. This means the lighting on the green screen is
always going to change. You want to try and make
sure that you get a soft even look on
your green screen. Then once you've got
your green screen mounted and you've got your car parked in somewhere
where you can control the light
a little bit more, then you want to go
through and follow all of the usual green
screen advice. Move the green screen
a few meters back away from the car
or the subjects. You want to change your
shutter speed to 1/100. You want to put your
camera onto a tripod. Then you want to just make sure that you're getting
nice even lighting. Then of course you
can just go through, do all of your action, get all of your
different angles, and then it's up
to you in the edit to find footage filmed from a car or a moving vehicle and then add that into your
green screen footage. This can look terrible
on a low budget. This can look really good. But 9/10 times, this is not
going to look incredible. This is where using
projection is really handy. Using a projector to film
your footage works similar to green screen
in the sense that we need to be somewhere
controllable. We can't use a public
car park for this now, we can't use a sheltered
car park or anything. We need to be in a
studio for this. If you could get into a
studio that can blackout, that would be the best option. Then from here, you want to
light up your scene and you want to place a projector
just next to the car. Then you want to project
a video filmed from a moving car onto one
of the back walls. Now, you want to
frame up your shots. Because we're not doing green
screen here, by the way, you can go handheld
or be on a gimbal but you just want to
get in nice and close. Make sure you can
see that video in the background and then
you can film your footage. Of course, as well,
the beauty here is you can use multiple
screens or you can use multiple different projectors to project onto the windscreen, onto the back wall, onto different parts
of the car and that's going to give
you a really nice look. Of course, though
the problem is with this option is you
need a studio. You need to be able to
drive a car into a studio. You're going to
need fancy lighting to get the looks
that you're going for and it does get very
complicated and very expensive. So faking it is probably the safer option
but unfortunately, it is also the expensive option. That's why studios
like Netflix go for this option because
it's safe and they've got all of the
facilities there to get a really convincing
and cinematic shot without having to actually place a camera onto a moving vehicle. Even though faking
it is probably better because of the
safety point of view, if you're on a low budget
filming get practically, is probably actually the
better option for you. You just have to make
sure though that when you're filming
it practically, that everything is
completely safe.
11. Outro: Thank you ever so much
for watching this course. Filming with moving vehicles
can be a challenge. There's a lot to think about because there's a lot
that can go wrong. But I honestly believe
if you put the time and the effort into
getting this right, filming moving vehicle scenes
can look really cinematic, and it can add so
much production quality into your video. The reason why these look good
is because it's giving us a perspective that we're
not used to seeing. When we're sat in a car, we're sat in the car, and we look at the
person from the side. We're not used to seeing the point of view from
the end of the bonnet, looking back into the car. It gives the audience
a new perspective and it makes the video feel more expensive and it increases
the production value. Driving shots are
definitely really good. If you can pull them off safely, they can look incredible. Just make sure you're paying
very close attention to the safety and the well-being of your crew and everybody
else around you. Driving shots are
definitely worth it. If you are thinking about
doing some filming with a car, then just make sure
you follow all of the tips in this
video and just go and have some fun filming your really awesome
driving shots. Again, to round this
up, to conclude this, if you don't need all this extra [inaudible] then
don't worry about it. Just get a small suction cup, and mount that to the
inside of the car. It'll be completely fine. But if you do want to get cinematic than just mounting
all of this stuff on and paying attention to all
the tips will give you some really great footage.
But there you go. Thank you for
watching this course. If you are interested
in learning more about video production
or video editing, then please do
consider checking out one of my other courses because I have over 15 courses
available now. But if you're not interested,
that's completely fine. Thank you ever so much
for watching this course. I really do appreciate it. Hopefully I will see
you on the next course. See you there.