Shooting Cinematic Smartphone Footage With Gimbals

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Shaky footage, from any camera, is the easiest way to leave your audience unimpressed. Larger cameras can require a crew of people to operate them just to ensure that the footage is smooth and undetoured. 

The same need for smooth and controlled camera movement applies to your smartphone footage.

Fortunately, your smartphone can be stabilized without a crew. 

Here are three videos that demonstrate the challenges associated with stabilizing smartphone footage and solutions that address those challenges.

Six Gimbal Shootout

Let's get right into it. Gimbals are great and are an easy (though not always cheap) way to stablize your smartphone video footage. In this video from Jeven Dovey we take a look at six gimbals to see which one provides the best overall stabilization and added controls. 

DIY Smartphone Gimbal

 This is unique DIY gimbal creation from COOPH. You'll see that you don't have to spend a lot of money to solve some basic camera moves. Use this video to think about different ways you can achieve the same effect with items laying aroudn your house and work shed.

Three Gimbal Rigs and Tips

And finally, Taylor Moore gives us a review of three gimbals that he uses plus, he offers a variety of tips and tricks that can help you better understand how to use your gimbal. 

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