How to Film Solo B Roll of Yourself with Insta360 Flow 2 Pro (Smartphone Gimbal Tips)

[Music] [Music] this right here is the insta 360 flow 2 Pro and it's packed with a ton of features that make filming yourself really easy and let's be honest filming yourself can be a daunting task especially if you don't have anybody to help you but that is because I don't have any friends so with that said in today's video I'll be showing you how to use the flo 2 Pro to get creative solo b-roll shots of yourself let's get started so let's first start off with the camera settings now I'll be using the insta 360 app with the flow 2 Pro because this gives me all of the advanced functions that I need as for the resolution and frame rate I'll be shooting in 4k 25 frames per second 4K gives me the highest quality possible it also allows me to reframe the shot without losing much quality and 25 frames per second is the regular speed where I don't plan on slowing down the footage if I do want the slow motion effect in my video I can shoot in 60 frames per second now I'll be leaving everything in Auto because I want to keep this as simple as possible but if you do want more control you can always switch to manual if needed but for now I'm going to leave it in Auto the only thing to remember is whenever possible try to lock the focus and exposure by tap holding on the screen until Auto exposure and autofocus is locked this way you don't have exposure shifts in your video so let's check out the gimbal settings now I won't go through everything I'll just show you the ones that I find most important but if you do want to learn more I actually have a dedicated video going through all of the settings when using the flow 2 Pro now the flow mode I keep in Auto especially if you're a beginner I think this is a great mode as it automatically adjusts the Tilt and pan axis based on your movements let's now move on to the general settings I enable git this gives me the rule of thirds to better compose my shots now I'll be shooting in the standard picture profile but if you want to shoot in apple PR res you can do that just keep in mind that it will take up a lot of storage and it's best to use it with an external SSD but like I said I'm going to keep this simple and just record in the standard picture profile so yeah there we have it these are the basic settings that I'll be using so let's talk about the accessories that I'm using that make filming myself more convenient so first up is the magnetic phone mount and this is mag safe compatible so I can just simply attach it to the back you can see it doesn't take up much space I can easily fit it into my pocket and what I really like about this is that I can unfold this part and it also functions as a stand then I have this awesome backpack Mount which allows me to quickly attach the gimbal to my sling bag this way I have both of my pockets free to put in other stuff and I'm also really quick in capturing moments I can just take this one off attach my phone to it unfold it and I'm good to go and once I'm done I can turn it off uh fold it back in attach this to my backpack Mount and that's it another accessory that I found really helpful for filming yourself is using the Apple watch and pairing it with the flow 2 Pro you can simply download the app and then open it up and as you can see I get a live preview of what the camera is seeing and this is especially useful when you're filming yourself from a distance where you can use the Apple watch to monitor yourself and set your composition you can also control the gimbal by swiping left right up or down on the screen it adjusts the position and also if I need to reenter the gimbal I can just press this button over here and it will do so and I can also enable tracking by pressing this button over here and now the camera starts following me keeping me centered in the frame I can also start and stop recording over here now if you don't have an Apple Watch don't worry you can still use the guesture control up here I enable single person tracking and start recording so if I just want to start recording I can hold up the pie sign will countdown and now it will start recording if I want to stop it just hold up the P sign again and if I want to track and start recording I can hold up my palm we'll do the countdown again this time it will track me keeping me centered in the frame and also start recording so you can really use this to your advantage when filming yourself now something else that is really great on the flo 2 Pro is that one once I start recording the white LED indicator will start blinking and this tells me that a video is being recorded and if I stop the recording the LED will turn solid white now if you're wondering the sling bag I'm using is from Think Tank I really like this one because if I need something I can just pull this to the front unzip this and then grab whatever I need now before I used to use a backpack but whenever I bring this out with me I'm kind of forced to bring bring only the necessary gear that I need now by the way I will leave links to all the products mentioned in the video description below so for first shot I would like to introduce the scene by creating a crane shot and what I like about the flow 2 Pro is that it features a so-called free tilt mode now let me just quickly show you how I enter free tilt mode to do so simply extend this part and then you want to turn this away from you and then take this part and angle it to towards you and after that I can turn this part down and you'll hear a click sound and you can now see that we've entered free tilt mode and by double pressing the trigger button I can reenter the Gimbal and from here on I can press hold the trigger button this locks all Motors and I can then move the camera up or down and it will stay fixed at its position so I'm going to get low to the ground you can see we have a little bit of foreground I'm going to tilt the camera up a little bit I'm going to press hold the trigger button start the recording and then slowly lift up the camera and [Music] go so the next one will be more of a static shot I've placed the flo2 pro on the ground using the built-in tripod legs and I've also framed the shot using the joystick so this to me looks really great and I'll be passing by with my car what I'm also going to do is set and lock the focus and exposure which will be right over [Music] [Applause] here so since we have a shot of the car moving across the frame it would be great to have a shot of the car moving moving I don't recommend you do this on a highway on or on a busy street but on a road like this where there almost no cars passing by I allow myself to do this so the idea would be to extend the pole all the way and then position the gimbal upside down to record the vehicle moving and what's really cool is that I have my Apple watch attached to the steering wheel and by opening up the Ina 360 app I now get a live preview of how it would look like and I've also set the gimbal to pan follow this way it won't tilt up and [Music] down so for my next shot I will be tracking my car as I drive into the parking lot and for that I'll be using the ultra wide angle lens and simply draw a box around my car and I will also enable tracking plus uh and this is great for when shooting on a tripod and through the tracking I can create some camera movements in my shot so as for my next shot I will be creating a selfie shot of me getting out of the car and for that I'll be using the rear camera so I'll simply triple press and then press the trigger button one more time to enable tracking this will keep me centered in the frame and also by using the extension pole I can fit more in the frame and be further away from the camera so let's do that I'm going to start [Music] recording next I'm going to make use of the auto pan by short pressing the C button one once I press it it will start recording and then do a 360° recording and I'm going to use this to walk on this path and also show the surrounding and I've positioned in a way so that this would be the starting and end point so I have to be really quick once I press the C button it will start recording and rotate the camera I'm going to be using the 1X lens and shooting this in 4k 30 frames for a second this way I can slow it down a little bit because I think the panning is a bit too fast action [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] so now that we have a shot of me walking along this path I want to create another shot as I walk I'm simply going to record my footsteps so I'm simply going to extend the pole put the camera upside down and [Music] go while we're at it I'm also going to create a parallax selfie shot again I'll be using the extension pull and angle it towards me and then press the trigger button three times to use the rear camera I'm also going to press the trigger button one more time so that I can track myself and keep me centered in the frame and as I walk I'm actually going to keep it a little bit lower so that we can see also the trees and as I walk I'm going to turn my head to the left and then move the gimbal at the same time to the right my signature move I think I'm going to record this in 4k 30 frames per second just to slow it down a bit and make it look smoother start recording and [Applause] [Music] [Applause] go so for this shot I'm simply going to capture some of these surroundings and I'm simply going to create a slide shot this way I can add some foreground movement I will be recording in 4k 60 frames per second this way I can slow it down later in the edit so I'll be standing over here I'll be using the 2x lens I will tap hold to set and lock the exposure and focus and I will also press hold the trigger button to lock all of the motors start recording and slowly walk from left to [Music] right you see how we have forr in the shut now another interesting shot would be to have the camera close to the tree and pushing upwards now doing this handheld is quite a challenge but when using the flo 2 Pro it's actually quite easy as I can extend the pole angle it and we're going to enter free tilt mode position it this way I will be using the ultra wide angle lens I will be recording in 4k 60 frames per second and then slowly pushing up up as the camera rolls and I can do that with the joystick so I will start recording and then press the joystick to slowly rotate the gimbal so this will be the ending shot and what I'm going to do is stand on top of that cut off tree and then slowly tilt up the camera using my Apple watch to reveal the location and myself which I think would make a great ending shot I have my Apple watch connected to the flow 2 Pro as you can see I get a live preview and can also control the gimble using the touch display now before I start I make sure to lock the focus and exposure and then I'm going to angle the camera downwards and I think this should look great [Music] all right folks there you have it that is how you use the floow to Pro to create Dynamic solo be rolls of yourself now if you if you do have questions feel free to leave a comment and if you want to learn more about the flo 2 Pro I actually have another video for you guys right over here I guess that you can check out other than that thank you so much for watching and see you in the next one [Music]