Very short cinematic drone footage with rapid video cuts to drum beat

[Cagier]

I’ve given credit to Shotcut in this short cinematic video of a local abandoned Mine Chimney. If anyone is interested in how I made the “staccato” cuts with the drum beat in the middle then please let me know and I might do a quick tutorial but it is very straightforward so maybe no need for me to post.
[link]https://youtu.be/u04h1NGfAlA(link)

[jonray]

Great editing, @Cagier Footage and music in perfect sync. Wouldn’t mind seeing your tutorial but only if you have time to do it!

[MusicalBox]

I agree with @jonray, great editing and superb shots. I would also like to see your method of synching cuts with the music.

[jonray]

@Cagier, without wishing in any way to hijack your thread, this type of footage reminds me of a post I made here a while ago Might be useful for someone:

Creative tip - How to create a "JUMP" video effect, good for aerial shots

Hi folks, I came up with a technique to produce what I’ve called a “Jump” effect using Shotcut in conjunction with Auto HotKey and an AutoHotKey script I wrote. The effect is similar to @elusien’s excellent “Jitter” filter here, full details: http://www.elusien.co.uk/shotcut/filters/Jitter/index.html , although the principle is slightly different. My method involves cutting out several 1-second sections of a clip, leaving 4-frame sections in between. I’ve been testing it with aerial landsca…

[Cagier]

Hey @jonray, yes that’s very useful. It is a similar effect and technique. I suppose that if I do manage to do something further on this it will focus on how to get the right number of jumps, frames and how to synchronise them exactly with the drum beats. I like your use of AHK to implement that effect! Thanks for the link to that thread.

[Austin]

I’m very impressed at how smooth the video is given the fast movements of the drone. No strobe effect.
You nailed the exposure on that one.

[Cagier]

Cheers Austin. I used an ND filter on the drone as I knew I would be filming into the sun during the sunset for some of the shots (and then locked the exposure once I was happy with it). It came back a little dark, especially in the shadows, so I had a bit of work to do in post before I was happy with it. The temptation was to blow it out a little and it is maybe a little noisy in places but it worked out okay. As the shots were all similar enough I got lazy and just used one color correction across the entire track in the end!

Also, the drone wasn’t always necessarily as fast as it might seem as a few of the shots are sped up. (We spoke about frame rates and speed increases before and in the end I find the best way to avoid any stutter is to stick to even multiples so some shots are just x2 or x4, etc…)

Thanks for nice feedback!