DJI Mavic Air Quickshots! The BEST Filming function! Drone Flight Friday!

**The Art of Drone Filming: Exploring the Quick Shots on the Mavic Air**

In my mind, the standard drone filming technique is the one I've become familiar with over the years, and that's the drone II. One of the nice things about the Mavic line of drones is its flexibility in terms of the distance it can cover. The drone II allows for a range of distances, from as short as 10 meters to as far as 200 meters, making it a serious tool for capturing high-quality footage.

Another quick shot that's worth mentioning is the circle. This is a quick rotation around a subject, similar to a point-of-interest shot, but instead of continuously moving around, it orbits in one direction. The diameter of the circle is determined by where you place the drone prior to starting, so if you position it closer to your subject, the circle will be wider and more dramatic. This shot requires a minimum altitude of roughly 10 meters, which is essential for achieving a smooth and stable capture.

The third quick shot I want to highlight is the Rocket. While it's not my favorite among the Mavic Air's quick shots, it does offer a unique perspective on your subject. It moves over top of the subject at a raised height, allowing you to capture a bird's-eye view or a low-angle shot, depending on how you position the drone. The Rocket can reach heights of up to the local area's legal limit, making it perfect for capturing wide shots or establishing a sense of scale.

Now, we move into the more complex and advanced quick shots that require some skill and practice to execute. One such shot is the Helix. This one requires a high level of technical piloting skills, as it involves rotating the drone while maintaining a stable camera position. The Helix is truly a masterclass in capturing dynamic footage, with the ability to rotate the camera while maintaining control over the subject.

For those who are interested in pushing their drone-filming skills to new heights (literally!), I want to introduce you to two brand-new quick shots exclusive to the Mavic Air. The first one is the Boomerang. This shot sends the drone out and back, with a twist: at the zenith of the maneuver, it slows down, creating an almost hypnotic effect. It's as if everything is moving in slow motion, adding a sense of drama and tension to your footage.

Last but not least, we have the Asteroid – a true showstopper among quick shots. This shot combines the drone II with advanced video processing technology to create a unique, square-ratio video. The result is an otherworldly effect that warps your subject into a tiny planet, making it perfect for Instagram-style posts or social media updates.

**Conclusion:**

Quick shots are a game-changer in drone filmmaking, offering a range of creative possibilities and techniques to enhance your footage. By mastering these quick shots, you can elevate your drone-filming skills to new heights (pun intended!) and capture stunning footage that wows your audience. Whether it's the Helix for its technical prowess or the Boomerang for its unique effects, the Mavic Air's quick shots offer endless possibilities for creative expression.

**A Note on Quick Shots:**

As a drone enthusiast, I must emphasize that practice is key to mastering these quick shots. Without extensive experience and practice, it can be challenging to execute complex maneuvers like the Helix or Boomerang. However, with patience, dedication, and a willingness to learn, you'll soon find yourself creating stunning footage using these advanced techniques.

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"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enwhoo let's talk about one of my favorite things to use on the DJ I'm AdvoCare the quick shot what's up everybody I'm the everyday dad if I can figure it out you can figure it out quick shots were originally released on the DJI spark back in mid 2017 and since then they have quickly quickly quickly become some of my favorite ways of capturing drone footage now if you don't know what a quick shot is a quick shot as they specialize the little drone maneuver that you can set to have your drone capture some really incredible footage with the drone doing most if not all of the actual work itself so there's not a lot of human error that can come into it and unless it wrecks which it could happen on the DJI Mavic here there are six quick shots that we're gonna talk about today drone e rocket circle helix boomerang and asteroids we're gonna go over each of them how to control them how to use them it's not really a tutorial cuz they're kind of easy to use but I just want to show you the functionality of the quick shots if you're looking at a Mavic air let's get to it first up is the basic drone maneuver that in my mind is the standard drone filming technique and that is the drone II and one of the nice thing about the Mavic line of drones is it gives you the option to decide how far goes as short as 10 meters or as far as 200 meters and that's a serious drone II next up is the circle this is a quick rotation around a subject very similar to a point of interest shot except this does one orbit instead of continuously going around you can manually set the direction of the travel and the diameter of the circle itself is based on where you place the drone prior to starting so that will change the width of the circle and the diameter based on height now for all of these quick shots there is a minimum required altitude roughly 10 meters of each of these shots so you've got to keep that in mind when you're doing them the third quick shot is rocket and this is another very basic shot it will move over top of the subject and raised to the desired height you can go from 10 meters to the legal limit height of your local area now the rocket is my least used quick shot because unlike the drone II it only has one direction of motion so it's not a very dynamic shot it's a very as far as drone shots go it's a very static shot it's my least favorite one now we get into the complicated ones the helix is actually a quite technical bit of piloting that would be incredibly difficult to do manually now I'm not saying that it can't be done I'm just saying that without the helix quick shot it is really hard to get the rotation and the lift at the same time while getting a stable shot on one subject that is a lot of moving parts that the helix quick shot does really well and this is one of my absolute favorite shots now we're gonna talk about the quick shots that are brand new and only on the Mavic air as of right now first new shot is the boomerang this one sends the drone out and back sounds basic but it's really cool because at the zenith of the manoeuvre it slows down so it causes this really cool variable speed effect where the it almost looks like everything's going in slow motion even though it's just the drone flying slower and a last but certainly not least is the new juggernaut of the quick shot world and that is the asteroid now this is really two functions in one first up is it does a drone II to get itself into position but then it creates a tiny planet into a square ratio video making it perfect for uploading to something like Instagram I'm not a big tiny planet fan but I really like how it takes like a standard roni and then warps it into something new and it's just it's very interesting and exciting to see how it does that so those are the quick shots now like I said this is not in-depth I just want to show you if you're on the fence of getting a Mavic air or if you don't use the quick shots very often and you're curious how they work this is how they work on the Mavic air I love quick shots I've done a quick shot video of every drone I have because I just love them that much like they are really great and they are perfect perfectly made for the Mavic air and the Mavic pro with their three axis gimbal when you do quick shots with the spark they're still great but that two axis gimbal you can tell there'll be some wobbling with a 3 axis gimbal they look so good and one of the things you're really trying to do when you're making home videos you're trying to make youtube videos with drone shots you want your shots to be quick exciting to the point and that's where these quick shots come in they're really short they're really quick they're really exciting they're perfect for getting some really quick really great shots I I love them if you if you couldn't tell I'm gushing about it a little bit because I just love quick shots so what quick shot is your favorite leave a comment down below I want to talk to you guys about what quick shot you guys like the most you probably already know what mine is from this whole video it's it's the helix if you if you couldn't tell and since it's Friday thank you to all of the patrons that support this channel seriously without you guys this channel would not be what it is so thank you to AC vissa new Jeff Baker Wayne Dawson Nick Austin Wally Garza Curran Charles Victor Orhan sarios Stan cook Rodney and Steven shires if you'd also like to become a patron and invest in the channel you can click the link here well hey I'm never do debt and if I can figure out how awesome quick shots are basically they're amazing you can figure it out thanks for watchingwhoo let's talk about one of my favorite things to use on the DJ I'm AdvoCare the quick shot what's up everybody I'm the everyday dad if I can figure it out you can figure it out quick shots were originally released on the DJI spark back in mid 2017 and since then they have quickly quickly quickly become some of my favorite ways of capturing drone footage now if you don't know what a quick shot is a quick shot as they specialize the little drone maneuver that you can set to have your drone capture some really incredible footage with the drone doing most if not all of the actual work itself so there's not a lot of human error that can come into it and unless it wrecks which it could happen on the DJI Mavic here there are six quick shots that we're gonna talk about today drone e rocket circle helix boomerang and asteroids we're gonna go over each of them how to control them how to use them it's not really a tutorial cuz they're kind of easy to use but I just want to show you the functionality of the quick shots if you're looking at a Mavic air let's get to it first up is the basic drone maneuver that in my mind is the standard drone filming technique and that is the drone II and one of the nice thing about the Mavic line of drones is it gives you the option to decide how far goes as short as 10 meters or as far as 200 meters and that's a serious drone II next up is the circle this is a quick rotation around a subject very similar to a point of interest shot except this does one orbit instead of continuously going around you can manually set the direction of the travel and the diameter of the circle itself is based on where you place the drone prior to starting so that will change the width of the circle and the diameter based on height now for all of these quick shots there is a minimum required altitude roughly 10 meters of each of these shots so you've got to keep that in mind when you're doing them the third quick shot is rocket and this is another very basic shot it will move over top of the subject and raised to the desired height you can go from 10 meters to the legal limit height of your local area now the rocket is my least used quick shot because unlike the drone II it only has one direction of motion so it's not a very dynamic shot it's a very as far as drone shots go it's a very static shot it's my least favorite one now we get into the complicated ones the helix is actually a quite technical bit of piloting that would be incredibly difficult to do manually now I'm not saying that it can't be done I'm just saying that without the helix quick shot it is really hard to get the rotation and the lift at the same time while getting a stable shot on one subject that is a lot of moving parts that the helix quick shot does really well and this is one of my absolute favorite shots now we're gonna talk about the quick shots that are brand new and only on the Mavic air as of right now first new shot is the boomerang this one sends the drone out and back sounds basic but it's really cool because at the zenith of the manoeuvre it slows down so it causes this really cool variable speed effect where the it almost looks like everything's going in slow motion even though it's just the drone flying slower and a last but certainly not least is the new juggernaut of the quick shot world and that is the asteroid now this is really two functions in one first up is it does a drone II to get itself into position but then it creates a tiny planet into a square ratio video making it perfect for uploading to something like Instagram I'm not a big tiny planet fan but I really like how it takes like a standard roni and then warps it into something new and it's just it's very interesting and exciting to see how it does that so those are the quick shots now like I said this is not in-depth I just want to show you if you're on the fence of getting a Mavic air or if you don't use the quick shots very often and you're curious how they work this is how they work on the Mavic air I love quick shots I've done a quick shot video of every drone I have because I just love them that much like they are really great and they are perfect perfectly made for the Mavic air and the Mavic pro with their three axis gimbal when you do quick shots with the spark they're still great but that two axis gimbal you can tell there'll be some wobbling with a 3 axis gimbal they look so good and one of the things you're really trying to do when you're making home videos you're trying to make youtube videos with drone shots you want your shots to be quick exciting to the point and that's where these quick shots come in they're really short they're really quick they're really exciting they're perfect for getting some really quick really great shots I I love them if you if you couldn't tell I'm gushing about it a little bit because I just love quick shots so what quick shot is your favorite leave a comment down below I want to talk to you guys about what quick shot you guys like the most you probably already know what mine is from this whole video it's it's the helix if you if you couldn't tell and since it's Friday thank you to all of the patrons that support this channel seriously without you guys this channel would not be what it is so thank you to AC vissa new Jeff Baker Wayne Dawson Nick Austin Wally Garza Curran Charles Victor Orhan sarios Stan cook Rodney and Steven shires if you'd also like to become a patron and invest in the channel you can click the link here well hey I'm never do debt and if I can figure out how awesome quick shots are basically they're amazing you can figure it out thanks for watching\n"