Hero 3 Rope Swing video
 

Hello,
I am new around here, but have been reading through many topics on here over the past few weeks.
I would like an opinion on one of my videos, what you think i could do to improve etc if you don't mind.
I filmed this all in about 5 hours at a going away party one of my friends had and decided to make a clip, my GoPro Hero 3 Black edition was the only camera used and most of the time it was on a wood stick with a pole mount and i used my DJI Phantom for a few of the shots aswell.
Thanks for your feedback and enjoy.

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Hi David

That sure brings back memories! Great energy and action in the film to match with the music.

I did Grade Six and Seven at Maryborough Central and we had a house on the river in Lennox Street. It is an idyllic town to grow up in. I remember swimming down the river after the last day of primary school to a friend's house where the whole class had a break up barbecue. We never even considered what lurks in that river.

I saw a recent report of a 3m croc that was sunning itself further down the Mary river towards the mouth. When we lived there a shark was caught at Tiaro (50km up stream from the mouth) but that was before the weir went in. Then there are the cat fish, throw a piece of bread in at the Muddy Waters Cafe and watch the surface boil. The ducks don't get a chance!

I liked the film, as you can see from the above for nostalgic reasons. There were though some really great shots, but the Phantom did seem a little far away in some. I would caution that it does not appear that the music was credited and possibly licensed. This can be a source of risk for you. Could I suggest that you have a look at incompetech.com which has a vast range of music that you can use with attribution to the creator.

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Hi Tim

Thankyou for your response, it is very interesting to know someone else who also grew up here, it was my first time flying the Phantom, and i am currently in the progress of fabricating a quick release mount for my new Tarot T-2D gimbal so there should be some good improvements in that area in future videos.

I did acknowledge the music in the "Video Manager" section on youtube, do you think it would be appropriate for me to also mention it in the description?

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It might be nice to give credit where credit is due, David. I am not familiar with the Youtube Music manager, but if it gives the appropriate permission to use the music, then that is good.

I am even more impressed that that was your first time flying the Phantom. We look forward to seeing more videos.

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Okay thankyou for the suggestion, I have contacted them and given the appropriate credit.

Thankyou, I had flown it a few times previously just to get the feel of things but it was pretty much my first time flying. I now have my gimbal fitted and am currently uploading a video with the test footage, the smoothness of the gimbal footage is absolutely stunning and I am looking forward to getting better at flying!

Edit: Here is some of the test footage, just raw and only at 720p:

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Hi,
This is what I think…… I would do some different transitions for some of your cuts. Also I would cut if down to less than one minute, as that is about the upper limit that people will watch. I also would have like to see some "underwater shots. Could you have mounted the Go Pro on the rope itself?