In this video, I'll be sharing with you seven drone moves that you can use to level up your wedding videos. At the end, I'll share with you two bonus tips that I use when capturing drone footage at weddings. Let's jump into it. Move on the push in. For this move, first, you want to identify the subject of your shot. This can be a building, a person, or a nice composition on a landscape. Next, you'll take a hold of the control stick that controls your horizontal movement and you'll gently push it forward to push in on your subject. This move is great for bringing your viewer into the space that the next scene of your wedding video is going to take place. For example, you can use this move to bring your viewer into the space that the brighter room is getting ready or potentially bring them into the space that the ceremony is going to be taking place where the reception is going to be taking place. The push in works great as an establishing shot. Move to the rising pan. For this shot, you want to start at an even level or below the subject of your shot. You'll then want to lock the focus on the subject of your shot. Next, you want to push the control stick that controls your vertical movement forward while simultaneously pushing the control stick that controls your horizontal movement either right or left. This will raise your drone into the air while your drone also orbits around the subject of your shot. This is a highly dynamic movement that creates for a really interesting shot. Move three, the orbit. The orbit looks great at a variety of angles and compositions, so get creative with this one. I personally like starting my drone high above the subject of my shot and then centering the subject in my frame. Once you have the drone where you want to go ahead and lock the focus on the subject of your shot and then you will push the control stick that controls your horizontal movement either to the right or to the left. And this will cause your drone to orbit around the subject. Move four, the parallel track. The parallel track looks great visually and is also a really simple move to do. For this move, start by composing your shot so that the subject is either on the left third or the right third of your frame. From here, you'll use the control stick that controls your horizontal movement to move the subject of your shot from the starting third of the frame to the opposite third of the frame. Or if you have a moving subject, you can make this shot a little bit more dynamic by tracking the subject through space on a parallel plane. Move five, the bird's eye. The bird's eye is a top-down shot that provides a really cool perspective to your viewer. To capture this shot, start by flying your drone directly above the subject of your shot. Then you'll adjust the gimbal so that your camera is facing directly down onto the subject. At this point, you'll want to use the control stick that controls your horizontal movement of your drone to move the subject out of the frame entirely. You'll then use the horizontal control stick to pan above the subject to your shot and then continue panning over the subject until your subject is once again out of frame. If you want to make this shot a little bit more dynamic, you can also utilize the control stick that controls the rotation of your drone. To rotate your drone while it pans over top of your subject, move six below fly over. This move is a really visually interesting shot because you have the juxtaposition of the bottom half of your frame moving quickly over top of the ground. While the top half of the frame appears to move a little bit more slowly through the sky. For this move, start by bringing your drone to a safe and comfortable distance above the ground. You'll then want to push the horizontal control stick forward so that your drone flies over top of the ground. You can once again add in a rotation to this shot by using the vertical control stick to rotate your drone while your drone moves forward through space. I just want to stress that you're safe and cautious with this shot. Given that your drone is going to be closer to the ground, it can be a little bit more dangerous and can increase the possibility that you run into something. This takes us to our seventh and final move. Move seven, but launching 360. To perform the launching 360, you first need to start by taking your drone directly above your subject. You'll then want to angle the camera so that the shot is flat on with your subject. From here, you'll push the vertical control stick diagonally forward. This will cause your drone to raise higher in the air while simultaneously rotating in a circle. This move provides some symmetry to your shot that looks really interesting and you can also use a speed ramp to make the shot a little bit more dynamic. When you're out shooting the wedding, I know that it can be really difficult to remember all the shots that you want to get. Even if you have a shot list beforehand, you're not always able to consistently refer back to the shot list when you need to. Wedding days go by really quick and you're bouncing around from one spot to another trying to capture everything that you can. For this reason, I created an acronym that you can use to memorize these shots. That we don't have to refer back to a shot list when you're trying to fly your drone. I know a lot of times I'll have my shot list on my phone and I can't really check my shot list and fly my drone at the same time, given that I'm using my phone to fly my drone. The acronym that you want to memorize is propeller. P for push-in, Arferizing Pan, Over-Orbit, P for parallel track, E for bird's eye, L for low fly over, and L for launch in 360. You might be thinking that's only seven and there's nine letters and propeller. As I mentioned at the start of the video, I have two bonus tips for you that can help you when you're trying to capture your drone footage during weddings. Tip number one, enter 30 frames per second. I shoot almost all my drone footage at weddings in 30 frames per second. This allows me to play back at normal speed if I want to and it's still going to look great in the final video. Or if I need to smooth it out, I can slow it down a tiny bit so that it looks a little bit smoother in the final video. Tip number two, Reverse the shot. If you're ever having trouble capturing a certain drone shot, try shooting the shot in reverse. Sometimes I find that it's easier for me to control the drone if I'm shooting a certain shot in reverse. 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