How to make a good video of your motorcycle trip – The Definitive Guide

Want to make a good video of your motorcycle trip? Here's what you need and how to use it! With my advice you will not need to be a professional, or even spend lots of money. This is the definitive guide to Motoreetto the video in motion!

In this article I will reveal my secrets on how to make a good video of your motorcycle trip. In few steps you will learn which tools to choose and how to use them for shooting at a professional level without spending big money and without having to hire a camera crew.

Do you feel ready? Well! Get a pen and paper and begins to store it:

The quality of a video of the trip are the views and the ability to tell, not the camera.

That said, ci sono dei requisiti tecnici minimi che il tuo strumento dovrà soddisfare 🙂 Bene, begin!

How many times have you heard an accomplished documentarian travel and then you had to come to terms with the hard truth? Or how many times friends have fallen asleep in front of the shots of your latest stunt motorcycle? Or, how many times have you asked “who knows how much money it takes to have the right equipment to make a good video”. From now on, will not be as! Here's the ultimate guide on how to make a good video of your motorcycle trip (and completely free!).

For business and passion I found, now a decade ago, doing shots while traveling in motion. At the beginning it was tough: I had a lot of ideas in my head and I wanted to emulate the great documentary filmmakers, but did not know where to start, my camera techniques were limited, I had great experiences even in photography and did not know well even tools. First, cameras then available were bulky or, when they were not, quality a bit’ poor and still very expensive. Fortunately, technology came to us very meeting and now the space is no longer a problem, the “new digital era” combines compact size with quality more than satisfactory. Meanwhile I have not become a super impallinato technology, it was enough to understand what I need and try to stay updated on the state of the art.

Let's start with the first paradigm:

to make a good video of motorcycle journey you must be able to count on a compact and reliable.

It is said that you know what you're going to encounter, you have to be ready for action and you have some need to lug around unnecessary weight.

In my travels in motion for the purpose of documentary, specie in Vietnam e in Ladakh, (click to see my video) I learned a little’ of things. Ok, you never stop learning, and on this we agree; I grind still many miles before you have a result worthy of the specialists of this kind, but my skills have continued to improve and that's because I've been able to learn from my mistakes and my naivety. Thanks to this attitude my videos have become DVD and have been broadcast on TV!

Learn to cover several times your own shots with a critical eye, like looking those made by someone else. Then watch a video that inspired you and watching your back: Note the differences?

In pochi passi ti dirò cosa realmente ti serve, how to use it and how to program the video of your next great motorcycle trip. Meanwhile, se ti va, share this post with your friends by clicking here, for me it would mean a lot, Thanks! Well, begin!

1. Tutto ciò che devi sapere

1. Do not be lazy and not be trivial: you do not just frame a sunset to have a good recovery. It takes your point of view and you have to apply to the basic rules of photography of light and composition. Yup, I can assure you that also apply to video. (Se non sai di cosa io stia parlando qui puoi trovare la risposta: Practical guide to photography)
2. Forgets to have the zoom. Use it only when strictly (and repeat closely) necessary and especially azionalo very slowly. Remember: zooming fast = bad video.
3. Lo so che hai la mano più ferma di un telaio a traliccio di Verlicchi, but not enough: seeking support, get familiar with treppiede and monopiede, you save. And remember that if you can properly use a monopod, will not be required steadycam!
4. The scenes long leave them for christenings and weddings, you are a man of action for God! Short sequences but made. Attention I said short, non supersoniche o schizofreniche, unless you do not want to sell the video to Italy 1 for Candlewick. Remember to take only what is worth showing, you need not take back anything, Enjoy your adventure!
5. Also begins to take action started but remember to stop shooting a few moments after the action was accomplished, this will help in the editing.
6. The details: do the filming of a few seconds on some details (flower, the ape, the Frog, the old turbaned, the smile of a child…) the jargon Cutaways and will help, assembly, to break the long sequences in motion.
7. Audio is critical, è uno di pochi elementi che fanno la vera differenza tra un buon video godibile e una schifezza da dilettanti. And you are not an amateur! Be sure to always record a good audio because during assembly will offer you the opportunity to choose whether to keep it or cover it, while a bad audio does not let opportunity, forces you to use only the music of coverage and can be a real shame to miss some interesting conversations on the street or a travel article. In the past, species rebuilding shots taken from other travelers, I was confronted with this problem and often, as you can be a dragon editing, the result is inevitably a video boring when not downright annoying. Procurati perciò un buon microphone.
8. The history is important. Although it is difficult to program in a precise shots that you're going to do – lo sappiamo che la parte migliore delle avventure on the road sono proprio gli imprevisti – seeks to create you one storyboard of what we're going to film. In other words, try to imagine already the main sequences, the pillars of what we want to tell and anchor around which everything that will happen to you and it will be worth to be told. The story has a beginning, a middle, and an end. To this you can add moments of climax or less, twists, flashback, but the important thing is that it starts and ends by following a logical path. You have to do a travel report, not avant-garde cinema remember!
9. Let the editing phase of the video. First you must learn to select. Probably what you'll use again, to spread out, a 5%. I do not exaggerate, and if at the end of the video you noticing you have used all the material in your possession, although you can be sure you have made a video boring. Size, size as you can! Sure Route 66 that's cool, non per questo devi mostrare il tuo on board per intero!
10. If you do an interview (I recommend it with a fixed shot and good audio), no matter how pleasant and interesting, cut it off at jokes essential. After that extract the audio and put it on the images of the landscape or other moments, will make it even more enjoyable and light.
11. 3, 5 maximum 7 seconds. Queste saranno le lunghezze delle tue clip! Try to create rhythm.
12. The music is another key component, non frega a nessuno se sei fan dei Cult o adori la voce di Adele, cerca la musica giusta per comunicare esattamente ciò che vuoi comunicare in quel momento. Typically the bases instrumental available online are very effective and do not pose problems of rights.

2. Everything you need

You will be alone with your bike along the road that you dreamed of doing for a lifetime, cosa ti serve veramente?

1. 1 Action camera, but better two. I use for years with satisfaction GoPro Hero and advice for image quality, stability and the ability to have multiple compatible accessories. Currently on the market are either Hero 3 both Hero 4, the latest evolution. Although the last present course of the improvements and is a real cool, I can assure you that the Hero 3 is more than sufficient to obtain a good action video. There are, and then, other interesting products such as camera Nilox or that of Contour or even Sony, each with its own characteristics. The quality of the action cam has definitely raised and now we can have great products at reasonable prices. Pay attention, however,, all cinesate: when the price is too low and the unknown brand forget.
2. Adhesives for GoPro. Among the accessories for your action cam, these are cheap ones and the only ones really necessary. Generally I will drive one on the left side of the helmet so I can operate the chamber at any time easily and I have a resume point subjective that I consider satisfactory. It then another fixed on at least a part of my bike.
3. 1 DSLR the 1 good video camera Portable Full HD. Use for my trips and also for my home videos a Canon Legria HF S20, an outdated model (just after 3 years!) but still valid. There are many similar products, does not take a super compact camera from peanuts (this type) because it will make quality videos and its lillipuzziane measures will prevent you from being stable.
4. 1 monopiede (but also a so-called selfie stick sometimes may suffice, especially if you use it with the action cam) will be your best friend because it will allow you to make stable shots in quickly without taking up much space on your bike. Just make sure you have a head and a fully Mobile tripod mount or an adapter (like this) to fix an action camera.
5. Battery backup, better if long-lasting, both for the action room for both the camera by hand. In this case there's a good chance to save money by buying online.
6. 1 buon microphone, preferably adaptable to both the SLR is the GoPro. Just keep in mind that in the latter case, you will also need a dedicated subframe.
7. SD cards the Micro SD in quantities. Generally we try to buy those with higher capacity can, but listens to advice: forget it, Take those to 16 GB, represent the best compromise between cost and capacity. As once with boxes, it is better to have many smaller tabs that a large. You travel, in motion and something could always go wrong: theft, a ford took it the wrong way, a yak in your way… Better to lose the filming of a few hours that the whole trip no?
8. 1 treppiede leggero come questo che uso io di Hama. It takes up little space and when you have to shoot a longer sequence, a timelapse or interview, is a boon.
9. 1 power bank portable. Of course it depends on where you're headed in your trip, but you may not have electricity for days, as happened to me in the Himalayas. Well, a small power bank is what you need. I use a EasyAcc 12000mAh with four USB ports and are fully satisfied.
10. 1 roll duct tape: and non May, something you might break and this is the fastest solutions. Può succedere che un supporto per GoPro non si attacchi a dovere, a piece of tape and you're done!
11. A parcel of rice. It may seem strange, but brought rice, trustworthy. Serves to remove moisture and is an excellent insulator for cameras and lenses, you just need to keep them immersed in rice to repair the effects of moisture.

Well, Now you have all the tools to make a good video of your motorcycle trip! These will need to add only your creativity and your curiosity.

I hope this quick guide will was helpful, e se l’articolo ti è piaciuto condividilo, help me to spread it! Thanks a lot to the next.