Do you agree that "Cinematic" Settings just mean getting your shots to look great with the proper exposure, correct white balance, and understanding frame rate? Or is there more to it? Let me know! :) Free Filmmaking Course Playlist: geni.us/g8dIM Travel Film Kit: geni.us/KFY9Zs
Wait a second. If you're in Europe you should use 25 instead of 24 frames because of the artificial lights here. I ask myself if I have to use a 25p timeline as well when shooting in PAL...and cinematic is what looks best in my opinion. You can also break rules if it makes a shot better. But yeah, sticking to rules always help.
Thanks for clearing that up for so many people, understanding exposure, lighting, and frame rates is king. It's tough to cover cinematic filming when you're just doing gear reviews. I love the change of pace and how you're showing your film-making chops now. Kill that "gear is king" mentality.
Made the jump to Sony a month ago, and boy are your videos helping so much. Just want to say thanks for all the stuff you put out. Keep up the awesomeness Jason!
Another great video. Just playing with my new A6400. This is all very helpful. Plus you seem like a cool dude when you present these videos making them entertaining.
Its nice you say peace in the end. World needs it. Being a Muslim when we great fellow Muslims. We say Assalamualaikum. Meaning Peace and blessing be upon you.
I love your content. I have a very small channel, as a noob. I use your tips and can’t wait to see how I will grow as a content creator over the next year or two. Thank you.
@@JasonVong well - I watch lots of RUclips in re: photography, you seem to present it at a very "learnable" level. Very talented, personable, sometimes corny but that makes you human. I appreciate your sharing the expertise you have acquired making my search for other photography videos much less difficult - meaning you are becoming my main resource. Thanks again!
Since you are a huge Sony fan, I thought you might have an answer. I am a solo interviewer and added Sony to GH5 and GH5s for 3 camera recording. But I am experiencing some serious issues when shooting in 4k. 1) I can't use an external monitor like SmallHD (Ninja is useless given the fan noise.) as in 4K mode Sony doesn't display ANY info like recording status or timecode. 2) OK, try using a laptop to tether. Again you can't see any display info. Including the recording time. 3) How about using a smartphone but now u can't use touch screen of smartphone to fine tune focus, something you could do with tethering. Is Sony trying its best to ruin user experience?
Hey Jason... loving this series of tutorials. Question for you, I was in Europe for a couple months recently, and I noticed anytime I shot indoors there was a lot of flicker in the lights. I believe it’s because they use a different frequency than the United States. How do you get rid of indoor light flicker?
Just got back into filming. Entry level since I forgot everything. Your video is incredible. Very informative and you included EXTREMELY important info that others left out. Good shit.
Super good video Jason. Props for keeping the channel informative and ffffuuuuuun (lil quote here 😂). May I ask tho, I'm a bit worried about Danny. He hasn't posted anywhere on social media for a long time. Hope everything is fine with him, Really liked the guy and your podcasts.
@3:50 im so happy you showed both of those shots. I know and follow the rule but have never seen the outcome if you pump the up the shuuter.. also.. I just preordered the new tamron! have you?
4:47 and 5:34 [whatever] fps slowed down at/to 40% or 20%, not 'by'. If you slow down 120fps BY 20%, you would get 96fps (120fps - 0.2×120fps). Just a minor observation 🤭 Anyway, great video and great series! I know this is a 3y+ old video, but whatever.. 🙂
Jason, I'm shooting on the A6500. And I have a problem with file-numbering. Every time I format/transfer over footage, the file count for my video files goes back to 0. I've adapted to it by always creating folders but I think it's crazy sony has not fixed this issue yet. ( it also happens when you switch over SD cards, which I never do because of it ) PS: Thank you for all your information in the videos I've learned a lot from you!
I down load to a folder then select all clips, right click the file name on the first clip to rename it and all the files that were selected will now have a new name and be progressively number starting with a number you entered on the first clip. Easy
Thanks for the break down Jason! The explanation of the different white balance modes really helped me better understand how it plays a big role in video. So used to shooting stills lol
Quick feedback from me Jason, i think you did the math wrong with slowmotion percentages. For example, you say '120 frames pers second slowed down by 20% (5x)', but it's slowed down by 80% to be specific, your playback is only with 20% of the speed, not slowed down by 20% which would result in 80% playback speed. Hope i didnt mess it up with explanations.
It should be noted for the a6*00 shooting in Log with 8bit should be avoided unless your in complete control of the light, it’s impossible to expose correctly unless your using an external monitor. And generally when grading 8bit log the image just falls apart.
When you said to underexpose, is that in a standard pp? What about LOG when you are supposed to overexposed by 2 stops? Just wanting to make sure I have this correct
Hi Jason, these shots were filmed with which camera? I'm looking into buying Sony A7 iii or a7c, but I've seen many youtube videos where it has a very "video" look, not cinematic at all. Thank you
Hi Jason, wonderful videos! thank you. On the "enlarge" option to check focus, can you choose just one enlarge option rather than having to cycle thru all of them to get back to normal view after achieving focus? thanks in advance
...JASON, THANK YOU! Which Lenses would you recomment for Filmmaking and Photography on the a7iii? Also for fast AutoFocus and perfect sharpness? I also want to use it out of my hands or with a Gimbal.
First of all, great video. Was this shot in 4k 24p? When i am using my a7r iii in 4k 24p my footage looks like it stutters/has motion blur and i am using same settings as you recommended in your videos. Any idea what i might be doing wrong? Thank you
i was hoping you teach us new sony users on where to find these settings.... these basic video settings are a no brainer on how to do a proper cinematic video that every videographer knows...
Do you agree that "Cinematic" Settings just mean getting your shots to look great with the proper exposure, correct white balance, and understanding frame rate? Or is there more to it? Let me know! :)
Free Filmmaking Course Playlist: geni.us/g8dIM
Travel Film Kit: geni.us/KFY9Zs
Omg! @3:30 I died laughing... camera conspiracies is gonna have a field day with this one! Ha! Lol. Thanks for your videos my dude
Wait a second. If you're in Europe you should use 25 instead of 24 frames because of the artificial lights here. I ask myself if I have to use a 25p timeline as well when shooting in PAL...and cinematic is what looks best in my opinion. You can also break rules if it makes a shot better. But yeah, sticking to rules always help.
[ 1 QUESTION ] What lav mic you use ? - you have it on the beginning of this film but no information in description about it...
The lav mic was just to make this series not so much the travel film bwahaha. It is the Rode Wireless Lav
Can you release new luts? fcpx :)
Jason, we need a longer course! This is so well demonstrated and digestible!
Amazing breakdown thanks!
I laughed like hell when you waved your hands like crazy to demonstrate the difference between 1/500 and 1/50. I liked it. Thumb up.
Some great info here Jason
Thank you Manny!!! 😁😁
My
the UMBRELLA looks absolut AMAZING..........yeahhhhhhhhh
This was probably one of the best intro into settings videos out there. Great stuff.
thank you! :)
I just learned how shooting at a higher shutter speed will affect the video. Thanks Jason! Excited for the next video, Gimbal tips!!!!
SAME TIME SAME PLACE! Last episode of the series! Excited :)
Thank you Jason, your tips, awesome specially when you guide when to use af-c to manual, tq Jason its really helpful. Love from Malaysia.
Jason, you are absolutely killing it!
Jon Pais killing it
thank you Jon!
These locations are amazing 🤩 How are you pumping all these videos outtt you madman?!
make a bunch now publish later bahawaha
Jason’s secretly a hoarder!
i love these series 👍👍👍
This was very helpful and informative. I love your content. Thank you, sir.
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks for clearing that up for so many people, understanding exposure, lighting, and frame rates is king. It's tough to cover cinematic filming when you're just doing gear reviews. I love the change of pace and how you're showing your film-making chops now. Kill that "gear is king" mentality.
but people love watching Gear videos haha! Planning on mixing it up though
@@JasonVong Next video, masking the subject in foreground when you expose for highlights in the background, showing dynamic range of the Sony's
The video is great, but this soundtrack is from heaven!
Best video ever dude
Made the jump to Sony a month ago, and boy are your videos helping so much. Just want to say thanks for all the stuff you put out. Keep up the awesomeness Jason!
thanks for tuning in!! :D
I still watch your past tutorials for my Sony A7Riii. Love these!
what a gem!!!!! thanks for sharing ur knowledge mate 👌
Jason, another excellent and understandable tutorial. Similar tutorials leave so many questions.
I'm glad it cleared up a lot of questions!
Another great video. Just playing with my new A6400. This is all very helpful. Plus you seem like a cool dude when you present these videos making them entertaining.
Its nice you say peace in the end. World needs it.
Being a Muslim when we great fellow Muslims. We say Assalamualaikum. Meaning Peace and blessing be upon you.
Loving this series man!
thank you Eli!
Excellent refresher, Jason!
అద్భుతంగా వివరించారు
Great information ... My a6600 I have set to pal because I live in Thailand , that gives me different frame rates ... Can I switch to NTS ?
This was great, thank you. Going to take my Sony A7III and Sony A7rIII off auto and into manual 🤓🎥
You always explain very good!
Can you please show us best video setting for Sony a9ii. For music video
Thanks.
Dude, this was so good! Excellent tips! I know nothing about cinematography, so this was incredibly useful tips, all of them!
I love your content. I have a very small channel, as a noob. I use your tips and can’t wait to see how I will grow as a content creator over the next year or two. Thank you.
You will grow faster now!! Leveling up!!
Jason - I absolutely love your training series, your advice, your skillz! Is everything you share - self-taught? Quite inspirational!
I learn from RUclips and I'm giving back to RUclips!
@@JasonVong well - I watch lots of RUclips in re: photography, you seem to present it at a very "learnable" level. Very talented, personable, sometimes corny but that makes you human. I appreciate your sharing the expertise you have acquired making my search for other photography videos much less difficult - meaning you are becoming my main resource. Thanks again!
Since you are a huge Sony fan, I thought you might have an answer. I am a solo interviewer and added Sony to GH5 and GH5s for 3 camera recording. But I am experiencing some serious issues when shooting in 4k. 1) I can't use an external monitor like SmallHD (Ninja is useless given the fan noise.) as in 4K mode Sony doesn't display ANY info like recording status or timecode. 2) OK, try using a laptop to tether. Again you can't see any display info. Including the recording time. 3) How about using a smartphone but now u can't use touch screen of smartphone to fine tune focus, something you could do with tethering. Is Sony trying its best to ruin user experience?
Thanks 😍
Hey Jason... loving this series of tutorials. Question for you, I was in Europe for a couple months recently, and I noticed anytime I shot indoors there was a lot of flicker in the lights. I believe it’s because they use a different frequency than the United States. How do you get rid of indoor light flicker?
Mike's Road Trip change your settings from NTSC to PAL. 🙂
Your videos are amazing! I just got an a6400 for filming and you have the best tutorials on RUclips for filming with it. 😎
Thanks Razzi!
Just got back into filming. Entry level since I forgot everything. Your video is incredible. Very informative and you included EXTREMELY important info that others left out. Good shit.
This guy cracks me up!
Finally I understand the shutter maths... thanks dear
Jason, this is a super guide. Your pacing and editing is really amazing. Thank you so much for your work
Fantastic video Jason . Now were is Danny??? Is the bromance over??? 3 month vacation???
all product's vendors must be happy for you Jason, you're amazing literally!
Thanks Jason! Very helpful as always!!
Super good video Jason. Props for keeping the channel informative and ffffuuuuuun (lil quote here 😂).
May I ask tho, I'm a bit worried about Danny. He hasn't posted anywhere on social media for a long time. Hope everything is fine with him, Really liked the guy and your podcasts.
Can you make an updated version of this video? I just got the Sony a7iii and I'm new to this video stuff. I want to learn more!!!
Mahalo Jason !!! Super helpful as always. Aloha from Honolulu, Hawaii 🤙🏽
Love it!!!! Thank you.
YASS!!!
Jason Vong 😃
Nice. So useful! Many thanx!
The nd filters helped me
Very clear explanations here, thanks so much dude !
Excellent content! Informative and helpful!!
@3:50 im so happy you showed both of those shots. I know and follow the rule but have never seen the outcome if you pump the up the shuuter.. also.. I just preordered the new tamron! have you?
Thank you! Never too late to catch this video!
Terrific series Jason! Thank you so much for this. As a photographer thinking about jumping more into video this is a great reference!
So glad I can help make the transition easier!
Always great content
Nicely broken down video can you tell me what dial you are shooting on the movie or the manual?
4:47 and 5:34 [whatever] fps slowed down at/to 40% or 20%, not 'by'. If you slow down 120fps BY 20%, you would get 96fps (120fps - 0.2×120fps). Just a minor observation 🤭 Anyway, great video and great series! I know this is a 3y+ old video, but whatever.. 🙂
Soo good thank you for explaining simply 🙏🏽🙏🏽
Great work man, keep going 👍🏼
Jason, I'm shooting on the A6500. And I have a problem with file-numbering. Every time I format/transfer over footage, the file count for my video files goes back to 0. I've adapted to it by always creating folders but I think it's crazy sony has not fixed this issue yet. ( it also happens when you switch over SD cards, which I never do because of it ) PS: Thank you for all your information in the videos I've learned a lot from you!
I down load to a folder then select all clips, right click the file name on the first clip to rename it and all the files that were selected will now have a new name and be progressively number starting with a number you entered on the first clip. Easy
Great informational video! One of my favorite videos from your channel! 😎
Thanks for wonderful explanation.
Really digging this series. Thank you so much!
Glad you're enjoying it!
This is very helping! Thank you Jason! For making this tutorial🙂👏
Thanks for the break down Jason! The explanation of the different white balance modes really helped me better understand how it plays a big role in video. So used to shooting stills lol
AWB all the things!!
Jason Vong the best! 🙌🏻
3:28
That's some impressive Camera Jutsu for video.
Thanks for you for Helping us Jason Vong :)
I need more chakra
Quick feedback from me Jason, i think you did the math wrong with slowmotion percentages. For example, you say '120 frames pers second slowed down by 20% (5x)', but it's slowed down by 80% to be specific, your playback is only with 20% of the speed, not slowed down by 20% which would result in 80% playback speed. Hope i didnt mess it up with explanations.
Math was never my greatest subject tbh... *fades away*
LOL. We knew what you meant!
It should be noted for the a6*00 shooting in Log with 8bit should be avoided unless your in complete control of the light, it’s impossible to expose correctly unless your using an external monitor. And generally when grading 8bit log the image just falls apart.
your videos are so informative!! thank you for sharing! I really appreciate all your content
Hi! Great video! Thank you for work! The moment with your fingers demonstration is awesome! ))))
Hanging out for that HLG tutorial!
Dude you are teaching me to use my camera for my Yosemite Trip. Thanks man
When you said to underexpose, is that in a standard pp? What about LOG when you are supposed to overexposed by 2 stops? Just wanting to make sure I have this correct
These videos are so valuable!
ill be in japan this fall : ) cant wait
dude! go get those shots of the autumn leaves! its gonna be beautiful!!
Tbh the 1/500 shutter look was kinda cool
Hi Jason, these shots were filmed with which camera? I'm looking into buying Sony A7 iii or a7c, but I've seen many youtube videos where it has a very "video" look, not cinematic at all. Thank you
We love what you make;) We hope that we can travel to thailand again, after the pandemic :)
For Slog3 always use exps M. +2
Ur the man Vong
Thank you Hong!
Another great Video Jason. I'm glad Zeiss teamed up!
Genius
you're freakin killing it with these videos dude!
Super enjoyable video, greetings.👍👍
Would you might add a episode: how to edit and best export setting for 4k video
I might do a bonus episode if all 5 of these videos do well! 😁
Jason Vong thank you man!!! You are the best!!!
@@JasonVong yes please do this video!!!
Excellent tutorial!
This is are great tips. Thanks alot for making the series. 👏💪
Hi Jason! Awesome vid! I was wondering if you could tell me what picture profile settings you used when you did the timelapse of Tokyo Tower. Thanks!
Hi im a big fan.. can you please explain the picture profile? What you recommend? I have a6400
great series, thanks for that.
But one thing made me think...
Wouldn't it be "Slowed down TO 20%" instead of "Slowed down BY 20%"?
awesome tutorial!
Great video Jason, was this filmed in Los Angeles?
Hi Jason, wonderful videos! thank you. On the "enlarge" option to check focus, can you choose just one enlarge option rather than having to cycle thru all of them to get back to normal view after achieving focus? thanks in advance
I like the slowmo close up shot 😁
Taking my Blue Steel to a whole new level
...JASON, THANK YOU!
Which Lenses would you recomment for Filmmaking and Photography on the a7iii? Also for fast AutoFocus and perfect sharpness? I also want to use it out of my hands or with a Gimbal.
Dude, your camera on that ledge gave me slight anxiety haha. Awesome video!
Thank you, bro. I am learning a lot from you.
My man, you are awesome, just starting to do video and need all the help I can get...
First of all, great video. Was this shot in 4k 24p? When i am using my a7r iii in 4k 24p my footage looks like it stutters/has motion blur and i am using same settings as you recommended in your videos. Any idea what i might be doing wrong? Thank you
i was hoping you teach us new sony users on where to find these settings.... these basic video settings are a no brainer on how to do a proper cinematic video that every videographer knows...
wow! super tutorial! To the point, emphasizing the most important informations in a comprehensible way :)