How to be a better cinematographer…without film school
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- 5 things I did to be a better cinematographer over the past year. Hopefully my experiences help those of you trying to learn how to become a fulltime filmmaker and helps you take major steps in your career.
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00:00 Intro
00:27 Mastering The Gear
03:13 Slowing Down
04:21 Narrowing Areas of Focus
06:38 Putting it into Practice
07:42 Collaboration
08:53 One final piece of advice
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Have you taken time to reflect on your work from the past year? What have YOU done to improve your work?
Thanks Joe. This is a great advice. I feel also guilty about constantly want to try out and experiment new gear. But at the end these are just tools what matters is your skillset and how you’re able to tell a story through lighting, acting and camera movement.
Years of experience in a quick summary. Great tips brother. Your work is always getting better and it shows.
Thank you! So much room to improve though. Never stop learning! :)
I can tell you are very relaxed and grounded as you present this video. Thanks for sharing your process and your footage looks fabulous!
Appreciate that Joel. Thanks for the compliment!
Slowing down is 100% on the list for this year for me. Instead of worrying about turn around/overshooting, make the shoots count!
Trust in your process:)
Wow - this is a combination of what I really needed to hear, inspiration and some guidance. Admire your work and thanks so much for sharing your insight and a bit of your journey.
Great honest video and so good to hear you're thriving! One of the benefits of this line of work is that you're always learning, but it can also get overwhelming - nice to hear your perspective on this.
I think learning to concede control and collaborate with others is one of the hardest lessons to learn but ultimately brings the biggest rewards and allows you to scale upwards (without having a nervous breakdown doing everything yourself) - but there's definitely a learning curve involved in delegating and managing a crew.
With so much we have to learn & do can be very overwhelming but it's fun to learn all of this stuff.
First time saw your video, and loved it! Loved the way you broke the points and put it down! 🙂
Glad you liked it! Hope you stick around.
This was something I needed to see. I also took the point of slowing down to also mind not trying to rush through jobs as well.
Glad you got some value out of it! Thanks for the tip!!! ❤️
Awesome work !
As always, very very helpful !
Thanks again !!!
My pleasure!
Great points in this video! I agree with your logic here. Slowing down is the ticket. This past year I found myself working with some clients that were impatient with my process when I slowed down and took the time to properly set lights and audio for a high quality image. Needless to say, I am not working with these people anymore. The number one way to increase quality and not miss things is to slow down on set. Not everything needs to be a rush, and if it is, you are working with the wrong people.
Glad to hear that you put your foot down and stopped working with those type of clients. It's hard...but sometimes you have to do it. You're being hired for not just your work but also your process. If the client can't trust your process, why'd they hire you in the first place? Right?
@@joenicklo exactly!
‘Thank you VERY, very much for this video and inspiration’!
Thanks for watching amd you're very welcome. I love creating videos like this and to hear that people get value from it means a lot to me.
Great message, watching your RUclips channel has been so helpful for me and my growth as a videographer. Thank you!
That means a lot to me! Thank YOU!
Couldn't agree more with everything you touched base on in this video!!!
Thanks Jay!! :)
Thank you so much for this advice ❤ it’s exactly what I needed to hear
You are so welcome, I'm glad it was helpful.
Love your channel! Keep it going!
Thank you so much!
Great summary and advice! Also, almost a little bit scary since I pretty much have come to the exact same conclusion for myself. But comforting, since you’re looking back at a great year, when I looking forward to it 😄
Here's to a good year ahead!!!
Hell yeah! I love seeing Joe on my screen bright and early in the morning. Dope video dude!
Thanks Anson. I probably wouldn't have recorded this video for another 3 months if you didn't push me to do it. Its nice to have someone to hold me accountable :)
This video really inspired me to keep learning 🤞🏾👊🏾
Glad I could inspire!!!
What an amazing video full of amazing advice. Thank you so much for sharing! I'm sure it will inspire many people as much it inspired me!
You are so welcome!
Great vid. I've been working on some of these same things. Editing and lighting is huge for me at this point.
Hell yeah. Keep it up. Keep shooting. Keep grinding.
Damn... the b-roll is so clean. Man you are right... I know for myself I have been slacking. I need to be practicing way more to get to the next level i want to be.
Well...come on through man!
Excellent tips. And inspiring. I, too, try to get myself to just go out and shoot with my camera. At night, during the day. In as many varied lighting situations as possible. When I hear people complain about their cameras, I always wonder if they have actually used their camera often enough to understand it fully - or better. Especially, when the complaint is about a camera that I have used and know that there shouldn't be issues the other user is complaining about. Good ole user error. Yea, get to know your tools.
I think one of the issues is that so many Gear Reviewing RUclipsrs perpetuate this notion that you need to get the latest and greatest. Being a gear reviewer, that is something I've done my best to avoid.
As long as people take their time to learn their gear, they can extract so much more out of it than they think. I've seen some awesome work shot on the sony a7iii...and I've seen horrible work shot on higher-end cams.
Many thanks for this inspiring video! I fully identify my self and my carreer with your points. Good luck ;)
Glad it was helpful!
Love this video Joe!
Thanks Geoff. Glad you enjoyed it.
Great advice. Now that I've moved from West Palm Beach to Atlanta I find myself meeting way more people to collaborate with, tons more resources, and projects to work on that challenge me more to make me a better filmmaker in the short time I've been here. And as you said, it's a constant learning process, and I find more learning opportunities. I always love your RUclips content and keep up the excellent work.
ATL is a MUCH larger market. That was definitely a good move for you. There are times I wish I could get out of Florida and into a bigger market but it's not in the cards for me. That's great to hear it's working for you!
@@joenicklo the move was mostly being outpriced in housing in WPB and after transferring to our Atlanta office I was able to buy a home at almost half the cost. The film market is the side benefit that I'm taking advantage of.
Housing here is WILD still 😵💫
Good advice and info, man. Indeed, one of the most important things in this career in practice! Thanks for sharing 🙏
Absolutely! Thanks for watching.
@@joenicklo Always a pleasure, man!
Solid video thank you 🤙🏻
No problem 👍
Great video man. Thanks to you I’ve bought the Bright tangerine complete rig for my Komodo and I’m very pleased. Your work and career are a journey to follow. Also your footage looks amazing
Great to hear! Thanks so much for watching.
@@joenicklo of course. I also share your content a lot. Great quality all around 👌🏼👌🏼
Another great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
very informative 10mins Great tips and info.
Glad it was helpful!
Spoken so well!
TY! :) Glad you liked it.
great video man
Appreciate it!
Nice one brother. A lot of valuable lessons here.
Appreciate it Griffin.
I’d love to work with other creatives more in 2023. I feel like I learn so much working with others and especially editing other footage and seeing how different people film etc.
Collaboration definitely makes a huge difference. Seek people out!
Collaboration is probably the most powerful tool we all have at our disposal. Good professional relationships spread like wildfire
Absolutely. Glad I realized it.
Mastering the shot and not the camera. Good stuff!
Appreciate you picking up on that. That's one of the core messages
Like I said, your knowledge is gold!
Glad to hear it!
Do you pull your own focus with the cinema lenses for the drift shots? They’re super crisp!!
Yes I pull focus manually. Ty!
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excuse the language , but good shit man.
haha swear all you want.
Do you shoot your YT videos on a RED?
My last couple of videos were shot on the Komodo. The BTS B-roll is a mix of Canon R5, BMPCC 6K and Sony a7iii
@@joenicklo such great quality, thank you for the response!
@@ArmandoN you’re welcome and thank you!