I shoot contemporary and modern dance, and this video is still the most helpful and applicable one I've seen on shooting dance. Even if you are shooting a more off-beat or creative dance film, almost all of these tips still apply! Thank you!
This one goes for people asking for tips if you film yourself because you don't have anyone else to help you with the filming. (a lil long but worth reading i promise lol) 1. Use a tripod. Yeah, you can use notebooks or a chair, but tripods allow you better to fix the angle, the height, etc. Not neccessarily a big one, you can use one of those that you can easily carry around, but make sure wherever you put it, it's a flat surface. 2. be really, REALLY careful with the angle and the kind of shot you're using to film yourself. Since you're all by yourself, you don't have anyone helping you adjust the tripod or wherever you put your device to film in, so if you're not careful to make some tests before actually filming, you might waste energy dancing with the best you have and finding out the angle was off or the shot doesn't show your head or feet. 3. You can simulate camera moves with a video editor. A panning to the left or to the right, zoom in or zoom out (these are really common though), but do not overuse them, since it can make the video too shaky and lose charm. When zooming, be careful with the quality, since zooming can reduce quality (the more you zoom in), know the limit and don't go beyond it. Play around with these camera movements to a point where it almost seems natural and fluid and not too obvious you edited it. 4. Glitches and cloning yourself are a huge YAS but if you overuse them they can easily turn into a huge NOPE. Glitches can be good for crucial moments in the dance, DO NOT ADD GLITCH TO THE WHOLE VIDEO SINCE IT CAN BE TOO DISTRACTING. Cloning yourself is also a huuuuuuuGE YAS because it gives it a not so expected surprise, but with this effect you need to be shooting on a wide angle and mostly on a plain bg for the effect to blend perfectly. And last but not absolutely not least... 5. Color correction, lightning, contrast, etc.
This was really worth the read! Do you have any recommendations where to start learning color correction, lightning, contrast, etc? Any direct links or channels?
This was soooooo good and so thorough! LOVEEEED IT. I’m actually going to shoot a couple of dance videos this week and sent this to the person who’s going to help meee film it :) THANKS FOR DOING THIS!
That's great. But most of the times I shoot my dance videos myself using a tripod and a smartphone which remains standing at one point. Do you have any tips? Can shooting 2-3 times from different angles help me?
You can crop and zoom in/out and pan left to right or up and down in post as you edit your vid. This depends on the quality of the original video though as to much cropping will degrade the quality of you image. Here you can see how I used the technique as I zoom onto the ring (@ about 28 secs). That isn't the camera zooming, that's me cropping and zooming onto the ring as I edit the vid. This is a slow zoom but you can get all sorts of effects this way (panning, camera shakes, zooming, cropping...) And yeah shooting 2-3 times from different angles (if you only have one camera). Synch the different clips up in your editing program then cut between the different camera angles. Just make sure you start off at the same spot each time you shoot your dance. You'll also see me do this in my fight videos as that's exactly what I do. I have 3 cams all at different angles/positions. I cut between them to show best fight angle. ruclips.net/video/6PE0yJ0MbGA/видео.html
Thank you Steezy! You are professional and personal the same time. You are the only dance channel I miss NOT A SINGLE video from ))) Now I will try some visual effects from this video.
I entered a small dance competition online as my first time really dancing and I just had myself, a camera on a tripod, and my hallway. I have a chronic illness that makes it hard to dance or stay upright for too long so I incorporated levels, closeness to the camera, and also using the walls in the hall to help emphasize motions and keep myself upright. I plan to use it again when I film myself. With contests, I'm not sure if they allow editing videos together, but I know I want to play with lighting in some way. It's just a navy blue hallway with some off-white detail which is kind of boring and a little old looking. But not big enough to do much with.
This is a great video, unfortunately I can't use show to my students. I'm a teacher and the students shoot their own dance films, but I can't use this resource as it has swearing in the lyrics of one of the songs featured. What a shame!!
Hey STEEZY!! Thanks so much for these tips. I’ve noticed some dancers can edit their videos and make their popping and locking, and their kicks and hands toward the camera look way more enhanced. Anyone have any good tips on which editing tool to use and how to do this?
This video was so incredibly helpful (and hilarious) - thank you so much for sharing! Would you perhaps be able to share equipment ideas/suggestions for folks looking to use dedicated cameras/stabilizers/etc. beyond their phone cameras? Thanks again for all you do!!
Can you tell me please, how to replace a song over an existing dance video and keep the dancers still dancing on beat with the new song? Do you have to know in addition to the genre, the tempo of the beat etc? Is there some easy way to do this please. Thanks so much!
Cool video, thank you very much, so young video tutorials about shooting a dance video. I discovered a lot of new things for myself. Will there be a video tutorial on setting up lights when filming a dance video? How to illuminate the location and dancers, what devices did you use on the set of one of your videos.
I want do dance covers but i dont have good mobile / lighting / somany dressess yeah i agree i love black thats enough... Can you suggests me a budget friendly mobile / camera... I would like to know learn more about lighting and editing... Keep posting✌️
If you film yourself at home, get a green screen and tripods to hold it (around 150$) and use OBS to plant a decent studio / location background behind you.
Hey stezzy. I practice daily but after few hours my body be tied and sleepy and my mind is sucks So want a video for full day diet for dancers Please post it
Guys is there a way I can film myself by putting my camera on a tripod and use panning techniques in post production to get a similar effect to camera movement Because I'm doing this alone
Hey Steezy, you guys have said in the past "Don't just watch videos to be wowed, but watch them to learn from and feel what the artist is trying to express" can you explain?
This is late but I think they mean pay attention to the way the dancers tries to communicate through certain moves. So actually study the movements, don't just watch for entertainment purposes.
Dear steezy!! I’m not a stiff dancer but a loose Dancer any tips on how to not be so loose because I need to put in extra work to match up to my other friend’s control level
Anyone have any recommendations for what kind of lighting to buy? I see alot of dance studios using LED bar lights but not sure what brand/style is good to start with
What camera and lens should you us? Im looking for a affordable wide angel lens for canon. I record inside with little space and i need full body shots ti record fitness videos .
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Any tips for filming yourself?
I don't have anyone to help me film a choreography or freestyle but I still want to post good videos.
Same here.
Second this
Same here
it's work but record yourself multiples at different angles and heights. Perhaps even play around with zooming in and out post-production.
@@itsjimmyyo3712 yo man i am planning to start my youtube soon..i dont have a team and place . Do u have any tips for me
Yesss lack of money makes creative😝😝 GOLD advice there, again HUGE thank you steezy!!!
Man, this channel is really underrated. They deserve more subscribers and views.
I shoot contemporary and modern dance, and this video is still the most helpful and applicable one I've seen on shooting dance. Even if you are shooting a more off-beat or creative dance film, almost all of these tips still apply! Thank you!
This one goes for people asking for tips if you film yourself because you don't have anyone else to help you with the filming. (a lil long but worth reading i promise lol)
1. Use a tripod. Yeah, you can use notebooks or a chair, but tripods allow you better to fix the angle, the height, etc. Not neccessarily a big one, you can use one of those that you can easily carry around, but make sure wherever you put it, it's a flat surface.
2. be really, REALLY careful with the angle and the kind of shot you're using to film yourself. Since you're all by yourself, you don't have anyone helping you adjust the tripod or wherever you put your device to film in, so if you're not careful to make some tests before actually filming, you might waste energy dancing with the best you have and finding out the angle was off or the shot doesn't show your head or feet.
3. You can simulate camera moves with a video editor. A panning to the left or to the right, zoom in or zoom out (these are really common though), but do not overuse them, since it can make the video too shaky and lose charm. When zooming, be careful with the quality, since zooming can reduce quality (the more you zoom in), know the limit and don't go beyond it. Play around with these camera movements to a point where it almost seems natural and fluid and not too obvious you edited it.
4. Glitches and cloning yourself are a huge YAS but if you overuse them they can easily turn into a huge NOPE. Glitches can be good for crucial moments in the dance, DO NOT ADD GLITCH TO THE WHOLE VIDEO SINCE IT CAN BE TOO DISTRACTING. Cloning yourself is also a huuuuuuuGE YAS because it gives it a not so expected surprise, but with this effect you need to be shooting on a wide angle and mostly on a plain bg for the effect to blend perfectly.
And last but not absolutely not least...
5. Color correction, lightning, contrast, etc.
Hey, do you have advice for a good editing software for dance videos. Love the tips by the way
@@wendy-wej Sony Vegas pro or Adobe premiere are fine. They both are professional video editing softwares and run on both, windows or apple :)
This was really worth the read! Do you have any recommendations where to start learning color correction, lightning, contrast, etc? Any direct links or channels?
Thank u senpai 🙏
These are great filming tips! Are you making dance covers as well? If yes, I'd like to see them, but I didn't find any videos on your channel. :o
This was soooooo good and so thorough! LOVEEEED IT. I’m actually going to shoot a couple of dance videos this week and sent this to the person who’s going to help meee film it :) THANKS FOR DOING THIS!
That's great. But most of the times I shoot my dance videos myself using a tripod and a smartphone which remains standing at one point. Do you have any tips? Can shooting 2-3 times from different angles help me?
You can crop and zoom in/out and pan left to right or up and down in post as you edit your vid.
This depends on the quality of the original video though as to much cropping will degrade the quality of you image.
Here you can see how I used the technique as I zoom onto the ring (@ about 28 secs). That isn't the camera zooming, that's me cropping and zooming onto the ring as I edit the vid.
This is a slow zoom but you can get all sorts of effects this way (panning, camera shakes, zooming, cropping...)
And yeah shooting 2-3 times from different angles (if you only have one camera). Synch the different clips up in your editing program then cut between the different camera angles. Just make sure you start off at the same spot each time you shoot your dance.
You'll also see me do this in my fight videos as that's exactly what I do. I have 3 cams all at different angles/positions. I cut between them to show best fight angle.
ruclips.net/video/6PE0yJ0MbGA/видео.html
@@FightCollective dude I just learned you could do this last night. (I use lumafusion app) Thank you so much for adding an example!!!
Seaech for key frams in premiere pro if you are using Adobe.
And yes taking different angles with different apertures likes closeups and full body l.
those last 2 tips were exactly what i was looking for!!
Thank you Steezy! You are professional and personal the same time. You are the only dance channel I miss NOT A SINGLE video from ))) Now I will try some visual effects from this video.
The throw up during the bad edits loooooool yesss
Really good, engaging instructional video. Excellent. Steezy, you should be on the stage!!!
This is my favorite video on RUclips by far as a dancer, thank you
It helped a lot Steezy Thanks ❤😇 for always being there for us 🌟 we dancers are blessed to have y'all 🌟👌😇👍
04:16 gives me life LMFAO
🤣🤣🤣
I can't stress this enough.. I LOVE YOU.
Literally pressed like on the double chin moment👌 love you steezy and co
I'm about to shoot my 1st music video and you're such a saviour!
awesome tips! I'm gong to try the higher shutter speed tip on my next dance shoot
I NEEDED this video. Thanks!
These tips are so helpful! Thank you!!!!
Amazing content for a dancer man. Bravo & thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
I love your sense of Humor and your on spot tips. Greetings from Saudi Arabia
GUYS YOU ARE DOOOOOOPEEEEE! Thank you for such DOPE and very helpful content!!!!
Very informative! Thanks Steezy for all you do!
HUGE ! THANKS !
Hi Claaaayyyyyy!! Great video!!
Your videos are so helpful, thank you❤️
great vid man super helpful
This video is so valuable to me.
These tips were very good
Thank you for this golden content 🙌💯
I entered a small dance competition online as my first time really dancing and I just had myself, a camera on a tripod, and my hallway. I have a chronic illness that makes it hard to dance or stay upright for too long so I incorporated levels, closeness to the camera, and also using the walls in the hall to help emphasize motions and keep myself upright. I plan to use it again when I film myself. With contests, I'm not sure if they allow editing videos together, but I know I want to play with lighting in some way. It's just a navy blue hallway with some off-white detail which is kind of boring and a little old looking. But not big enough to do much with.
awesome tipps!! Thanks man.
Perfect example that goes with this is Dababy - BOP music video. Tell a story and know the choreo ahead of time so you can flow with it.
Great tips! Tnx🙏
great video!!! thank you so much
Hey Steezy, floorwork is the BANE of my existence, can you teach us some cool ways to get up off it?
Steezy deservess 1 mil. Subs frrr
Wonderful!
Can you do tips on filming yourself with your phone
I love how chaotic this video is
this was helpful!!
thank you so much for this video!!!
Great!
This is a great video, unfortunately I can't use show to my students. I'm a teacher and the students shoot their own dance films, but I can't use this resource as it has swearing in the lyrics of one of the songs featured. What a shame!!
This is a great video
Hey STEEZY!! Thanks so much for these tips. I’ve noticed some dancers can edit their videos and make their popping and locking, and their kicks and hands toward the camera look way more enhanced. Anyone have any good tips on which editing tool to use and how to do this?
Mee too!
Thank you!
Thank YOU GOD BLESS you bruv
Thanks a lot ♥
You're so cute. Thank you, great new tips
Thanks steezy
Thank you... so helpfulll 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you so much for this ❤️❤️
thank you!
Hey STEEZY, what’s a good camera to do dance video?
I was wondering the same
This video was so incredibly helpful (and hilarious) - thank you so much for sharing! Would you perhaps be able to share equipment ideas/suggestions for folks looking to use dedicated cameras/stabilizers/etc. beyond their phone cameras? Thanks again for all you do!!
Can you tell me please, how to replace a song over an existing dance video and keep the dancers still dancing on beat with the new song? Do you have to know in addition to the genre, the tempo of the beat etc? Is there some easy way to do this please. Thanks so much!
this is a great tutorial
This is good
nice!
Cool video, thank you very much, so young video tutorials about shooting a dance video. I discovered a lot of new things for myself.
Will there be a video tutorial on setting up lights when filming a dance video? How to illuminate the location and dancers, what devices did you use on the set of one of your videos.
Thanks!!!!
I want do dance covers
but i dont have good mobile / lighting / somany dressess yeah i agree i love black thats enough... Can you suggests me a budget friendly mobile / camera... I would like to know learn more about lighting and editing... Keep posting✌️
Wow, so so helpful, thanks! I still don't know which one is high and which one is low angle though 😀. Please help!
Thank you
Thanks
Hey Steezy! Do you have a recommendation for what lenses to use? Esp for Canon 250D
Could u please make a video on how u guys edit your dance video ?
If you film yourself at home, get a green screen and tripods to hold it (around 150$) and use OBS to plant a decent studio / location background behind you.
Hey stezzy. I practice daily but after few hours my body be tied and sleepy and my mind is sucks
So want a video for full day diet for dancers
Please post it
Ah very good information and for a second I thought I saw Ethan fineshriber, sure would be nice to meet him.
thnksss
Guys is there a way I can film myself by putting my camera on a tripod and use panning techniques in post production to get a similar effect to camera movement
Because I'm doing this alone
Yes. Use a decent 360 camera to shoot the video and then zoom in-out and pan as needed in Adobe Premiere / Virb Edit
What are the best settings to film a dance video in low light without bumping the ISO too high?
ed sheeran perfect
narrow aperture? what would be an example? 3.0?
can you give me tips what is the best and cheap lens to shot dance video ???
Hey Steezy, you guys have said in the past "Don't just watch videos to be wowed, but watch them to learn from and feel what the artist is trying to express" can you explain?
This is late but I think they mean pay attention to the way the dancers tries to communicate through certain moves. So actually study the movements, don't just watch for entertainment purposes.
Can you please tell us What camera do you use?
This is all great information, but my biggest, burning question is how do you get rights to the music you use in your videos?
Pls make a video on how to make dance videos of yourself
💯
Can you please mention the links in discription of all dance videos. who's clips were used used in this video
Dear steezy!! I’m not a stiff dancer but a loose Dancer any tips on how to not be so loose because I need to put in extra work to match up to my other friend’s control level
This was such a good instruction! Love this! 💗💗💗
What lens should I use please reply.
Do you ever perform the dance to slowed down the audio, and then put it back to the original speed to make the movements pop more?
Which one will you recommend for dance videos
Go pro / osmo pocket / osmo +?
Anyone have any recommendations for what kind of lighting to buy? I see alot of dance studios using LED bar lights but not sure what brand/style is good to start with
What’s the effect you used at 4:37 ?!
What is a “narrow Aperture?” Like a low one?
Narrow Aperture means Higher Number.
f/1.8 or t/1.5 = Wider Aperture
f/16 or t/16 = Narrow Aperture
Just as its phenomena, narrow aperture shoots sharper image with wider focus range. Wide aperture shoots Shallow Depth. :)
hello can you help me to recommend which is the best Picture profile to shot music video
Hey what kind of gimbal do you guys use and camera?
Can you plz tell me some good apps in phone fore editing dance covers
Hey Steezy! What are some good softwares to use to edit dance videos?
What type of gimbal were you using
Good job bro ! useful info for sure ! =)
How to choose the songs
What camera and lens should you us? Im looking for a affordable wide angel lens for canon. I record inside with little space and i need full body shots ti record fitness videos .