Reddit Reddit reviews GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking [covers the HERO4 and all GoPro cameras]

We found 8 Reddit comments about GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking [covers the HERO4 and all GoPro cameras]. Here are the top ones, ranked by their Reddit score.

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GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking [covers the HERO4 and all GoPro cameras]
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8 Reddit comments about GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking [covers the HERO4 and all GoPro cameras]:

u/LPTGuy_ · 4 pointsr/gopro

Check out GoPro's book. It has a ton of great info from camera settings and mounts to how to tell a good story with your video. Great read. Here is the amazon link

u/a350z4me · 3 pointsr/MTB

To echo what others have said, your bike skills are excellent, now you need a new way to showcase them. What you're creating is entertainment, and for people to remain interested, it needs to be something new or different. You can go two different ways: showcase films (like Danny Macaskill clips) or rider education (beginners manual guide, manualling downhill, manualling over uneven surfaces, etc).

The location is different, but the "storytelling" in your latest videos is all the same. It's a lot of the same camera angle. If you want to keep people coming back they will need some more variety. More angles, more shot variety (wide shots, mid shots, closeup shots, detail shots, first person shots, etc), more of a story, different content.

It's a LOT of work to make an engaging video. There is a lot of planning, but extra attention during the planning process pays off.

Your bike skills are great, now it's time to grow your filmmaker skills. Check out this great article titled, "The Science Behind a GoPro Launch Video". Try reading through GoPro's own Filmmakers Manual. Check out filmmaker forums, watch other Youtube videos with a more critical eye. Try new editing techniques. Do whatever you can to try and make it feel fresh, and your views will come back.

u/DesignNomad · 3 pointsr/gopro

Making a video look amazing has almost nothing to do with software and everything to do with what/how you film. I recommend you buy "GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking" as it includes some really great guides and tips to making your shots look a lot better.

"A good photograph is knowing where to stand." -Ansel Adams

u/General_Dirtbaggery · 3 pointsr/gopro

Here's the Amazon Link... seems much cheaper than that Peachpit link.

Seems like it'd be better to get a digital copy due to it being "packed with ... interactive links to videos"...

u/nesben · 2 pointsr/gopro

I highly recommend getting and reading GoPro: Professional Guide to Filmmaking. I learned a lot from that book about different GoPro settings, editing techniques, and story structure.

I'd get the gooseneck and clamp. That's great for time lapses since it lets you put your GoPro anywhere. While walking, nothing beats a gimbal like a Feiyu G4.

u/skeetorgandonor · 1 pointr/gopro

If you read the GoPro Book it discusses the filming of this clip too and all the effort and issues they came across and how they planned their story for it.

u/MadPatter · 1 pointr/gopro

Also, GoPro released a book just recently, you can find it on amazon as an ebook or paperback: http://www.amazon.ca/GoPro-Professional-Filmmaking-covers-cameras/dp/0321934164

I just finished it and man was it worth the price, I've had a Hero3 for a couple years and just recently a Hero4 and I swear this book changed my whole perspective on shooting with my GoPro.

The book outlines every part of a shoot with tonnes of tips and behind the scenes insights into the GoPro shoots that everyone loves.

Seriously worth it in my opinion, I finished it a couple days ago and I've planned a shoot for this weekend coming and I can't wait to use my new knowledge of the camera I love!