FilmicPro V6 Jump Start Guide for Android

What Is FilmicPro

Learn How To Make A Documentary

FilmicPro is an app that gives you more control over your smartphone camera.

For those with ambitions to shoot cinematic footage with your smartphone, FilmicPro is an app worth considering. It's not free. But what you get will be worth it. Especially if you want to color-grade your footage.

 

The Benefits of Shooting in LOG

What is LOG? 

LOG footage, video shot with the camera in LOG mode, has more uncompressed data than footage that is not shot in LOG.

What does that mean?

The Biggest Benefit

If you are trying to produce epic cinematic films with your smartphone (or any camera), LOG files (Raw files in photography) give you the best opportunity to color-grade your footage without the end product looking amateurish. Serious editors want serious footage that can be manipulated without detail loss and with the highest dynamic range.

What is dynamic range?

Pro Audio With FilmicPro

What is Pro Audio?

You've probably heard it before...audio is more important than video. People can tolerate some amount of "bad" video. But if the audio is not pleasing, you've lost your audience.

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Summary

There is a proper time for each of these approaches when shooting B-roll footage. If you are at an event and reporting what is going on, the NEWS approach is the way to go. 

If you are at an event and shooting video to promote the event or a story behind the event, the MARKETING approach to shooting B-roll may be what is needed.

If you are at an event and you need to express the beauty behind what is happening or if you filming a dramatic re-enactment for your film, the CINEMATIC style may be your best bet.

Knowing your story and how your smartphone B-roll is going to be used, should be the driving factor in what style you choose to shoot your B-roll footage.

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Your Thoughts!

What kind of B-roll footage do you like to shoot? Which approach is best suited for your film? Share your thoughts below.

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