SOLO FILMMAKING: Make Cinematic Films, Not Mindless Content
118K views · Aug 12, 2025 · Entertainment
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@SamNewton · 1 year ago · pinned
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@AdrenalineAlpha · 1 year ago
Could you make a video on how to shoot a complete scene using just one camera? Not only dialogue scenes, but the entire process—blocking, staging, where actors should pause or restart when repeating actions for different angles, and how to maintain continuity in their movement. It would be really helpful if you could show this with two characters, not just explain the theory, but show how everything connects in editing. A practical demo like this would be a huge help for low-budget filmmakers like me. Please consider it!
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@aniruddhabelekar · 1 year ago
One of the few guys who still makes videos like the old days and delivers on point!! this one was epic
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@Bachquabanh · 1 year ago
You just talk like reading my mind, people now understand cinematic as good looking videos but not the emotions in it
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@Tim_Ramak · 1 month ago
let's get cinematic. Always find my focus, my motivation, my calling, after watching your films.. more of us need to brace the freedom of not following the crowd not being told how to create... thanks Sam
@dinhtuananhvnu · 1 year ago
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP7b28rJgUI&t=118">01:58</a> Suddenly I feel like I'm watching a movie with Ryan Gosling. Thanks for sharing about this creative process. :D
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@shotsbytaylor · 1 year ago
Sam telling us to put more effort into sound design and Danny dropping a sound design tutorial the same day. I might be in heaven.
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@dextermurrugan4235 · 4 months ago
Even the tutorials are cinematic masterpieces 😍
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@alexlothanaga3952 · 3 months ago
LETS GET CINEMATIC
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@rootnoteco · 1 year ago
I think part of the issue is that people think of "cinematic" as the look of the content and not the story the content is telling. A lot of creators on YouTube slowly realize they're more interested in being cinematographers than primary storytellers.
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@tisiotti_ · 1 year ago
THIS VIDEO DESERVES MOREEEEEE, IDK WHAT, BUT MORE, OF EVERYTHINGGGGGGGG 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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@mariyayordanova1535 · 5 months ago
LET'S GET CINEMATIC!
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