How to Film Miniature Dioramas Cinematically

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2 жыл бұрын

In this video I go over a little bit of how I light and film my dioramas cinematically. At the end I show one technique with just an iPhone camera that has great results, so you can get started on a budget!
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@vonnyrotten 10 күн бұрын

Love your work, and the powered standing desk is an amazing idea. I might have to look into one just for this reason!

@kUr0k0chan 2 жыл бұрын

I love seeing behind the scenes stuff like this. It's so cool just seeing how much time and effort goes into doing what you love.

@vohn 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoy you walking through this so clearly but also concisely. Also appreciate you showing the more budget friendly alternative and the differences in quality. Really cool video, thank you!

@rayeasummers9455 2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much this info was so helpful. Always really great videos!!!

@8ballout 2 жыл бұрын

Great video and very interesting to see how much work goes not only into your beautiful and detailed dioramas but also into the filming. Awesome end results. Thank you and I hope you'll never run out of ideas for more dioramas.

@HacksawsHobbyBunker 2 жыл бұрын

An interesting look behind the scenes. I wish the jump from filming with my phone to an actual decent camera setup wasnt more than a house payment :-D. But some good info on using the phone. Cheers!

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Haha I wish it was cheaper too! Appreciate it!

@artmadebymini 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, so true, plus expensive equipment are so overwhelming. After putting all that hard work in creating the model, and if the video quality is poor, it’s a punch in the gut, Sigh!

@artmadebymini 2 жыл бұрын

I love your work the kind of detailing and footage quality that you achieve is amazing. I would like to see more behind the scene how to capture miniature models in a cinematic way. It’s a real struggle, especially without expensive equipment. This video helps, and hope to see more content like this. Thank you so much 🙌🏽

@birdie399 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent building skills with atmospheric results. Nice to see the inspector making a contribution. Thanks for the brilliant video.

@StevenRichter 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing setup and awesome work!

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate it, I’m loving your repainting masks videos!!

@StevenRichter 2 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMiniatures Thanks!

@rebeccarisk1772 2 жыл бұрын

Super cool!

@humanerrorcrafting7546 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this! Beautiful eye for filming your scenes

@stephencech3696 2 жыл бұрын

Great work man, thanks for sharing how you do it all, and thank you for the great tips! Incredible work and incredible cinematography!

@jzbreezio 2 жыл бұрын

The dioramas and camera work are amazing! Awesome Work!

@lilamimin521 2 жыл бұрын

I love your work.Its absolut amazing!

@dragonsofthesky7459 Жыл бұрын

This is so cool and inspiring

@lachutequimarche8074 2 жыл бұрын

Just found your channel today and love what I’m seeing. This is next level work! Can’t wait to watch everything. Thanks for the detailed breakdown since I’m also a photographer.

@ButterflyisNabi 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic look at your process!

@michaelmyers7255 2 жыл бұрын

PLEASE CAN YOU DO THE LIVING ROOM IN THE 2nd CONJURING MOVIE. Including the recliner chair next to the stairs of the old man who says “This is my house, get out now!”

@33rdframe 2 ай бұрын

This is just so Wonder bro. Wow. I am blown away by this

@bonster101 2 жыл бұрын

this is absolutely incredible.

@jaceperrodin4514 2 жыл бұрын

This looks so good! Great work

@alsierosmarine 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!! Thank you for all the explanation!

@JoseLuis-de4fh 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing bro!!!!!

@jameslabs1 2 жыл бұрын

Very inspiring thanks

@Cenapsis 3 ай бұрын

Great advice and presentation! Thanks very much for this!

@teamtreklip7527 Жыл бұрын

The first thing i noticed is the calmness you breath. I watched some adhd filmtographers on yt and they get me hyped and then nothing! But you are really calm and easy to watch

@j.b.7133 2 ай бұрын

100% Genuine personality > fake bs everytime.

@philRminiatures 2 жыл бұрын

Technology at the service of art ...Superb!👍

@lortega70 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

@MiniatureHubPH 2 жыл бұрын

As always, your work is always superb! :)

@X45896 2 жыл бұрын

Wow. That's a pro setup for sure and your videos show in quality!

@kaitlynndee1126 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating!

@daviddunn4538 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, this is the one I have been waiting for.

@Mstar16933 3 ай бұрын

Amazing 👍👍👍

@Road.Tripping 2 жыл бұрын

Yes!! The deep dive would be awesome, especially if you keep including some of those less expensive options please!

@theprisonernumbersix996 4 ай бұрын

VERY GOOD JOB !

@ImmortalIdeas 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent job! Thanks for the tips! Hella cool bro!

@StaplesandVine 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great tips. I look forward to trying some out on my channel.

@jack0cat 2 жыл бұрын

My first slider was an old HO train car on some track that I stapled to a two by four. It worked out better than I expected. I’m loving this channel.

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Haha gotta start somewhere!

@user-fh4jo5fy8d 2 жыл бұрын

I love your work.

@bchi521 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work.

@robertglass3944 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! As a miniature builder myself, I find your work both, intimidating and inspiring. I hope to one day achieve your level of skill. And, on that note, yes, I would definitely, very much, like to see a "deeper dive" into how you shoot your diorama builds. In fact, I just subscribed, and clicked my very first bell on KZfaq, (after discovering you while looking for that very video, and watching many of your videos since), so I'll be sure not to miss it when you post it. I haven't built anything in over a decade, and just set my shop for the first time since my last build. But now that I'm getting close to retirement age, I'm looking for something I can do at home, to supplement my meager social security, in the hopes that I can retire with a profitable hobby to keep me from eating cat food and/or going insane. That's where you come in... Hey, thanks for sharing. Seriously, I am blown away by your work.

@pallidmask3822 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see more of this!

@legrandjd 2 жыл бұрын

very cool

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it!

@Professorvapes 2 жыл бұрын

wow great job

@GamersTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Nice dude, thanks so much for taking the time to share. It's awesome knowing things like this.

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@TravisNutley 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, I've been loving your work. This might make me finally bite the bullet on the probe lens! :)

@darthwotsits4508 2 жыл бұрын

This is a great video! Would like to see more of the behind the scenes style vids like this!

@chinosandiego 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing

@Brickmocsgermany 9 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video. it helps al lot for my next steps. :-)

@Cyberbatworld 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Job looks so good 🤘🏼🤘🏼🔥🔥🙌🏻🙌🏻🖤🖤

@sajikochuparambil 10 ай бұрын

Great work

@ArminHirmer 2 жыл бұрын

pretty cool!

@cristalg1148 2 жыл бұрын

J'adore, bravo 👍

@rOEN911 2 жыл бұрын

well done you deserve more viewers !

@madonnadove 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, more please!

@ferromodelismorvcharmel4666 2 жыл бұрын

Si mi pana lanzate con mas videos de este tipo están uffff super demasiados buenos...

@robvegart 3 ай бұрын

You have excellent insight! I really believe that the minatures is only part of the battle. I believe the rest relies on the camera equipment, the filtering, the lighting and acceptable angles.

@oldbaldfatman2766 2 жыл бұрын

Oct. 2, 2021---Thanks for this and your other videos. You're doing what I want to do, but in 1/35 scale for some zombie/ apocalypse dioramas. And I understand how you can accumulate stuff over a period of years. Got into model building back in '74 and quit about 20 years ago. But once I saw others building zombie/apocalypse dioramas, I was hooked and haven't looked back. When I quit modeling for awhile, had 1,500 unbuilt kits and resin, fantasy figures. With my new interest, it's running around 1,900? Been sked to post a video of them, but the only camcorder I have is a 8mm one that uses cassettes. But I did pick up a Nikon P900 after seeing YT review videos on it. That's because of its macro ability. When I can zoom in a quarter that's in focus, I'm happy.

@boomerdiorama 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to share your craft and passion. Excellent info here! Cheers ~ Boomer.

@JAGRAFX Ай бұрын

Thanks for your introduction to some very interesting technology. Would like to use some of your methodologies to photograph model train dioramas. We will stay tuned.

@FSPROJEKTOFFICIAL 2 жыл бұрын

Great vid! Please make more videos about your prod and post-prod process!

@d_dog9939 2 жыл бұрын

Great :>

@jitunmaru 2 жыл бұрын

Amezing

@user-dg3cy3yp8h 3 ай бұрын

Nice!))

@bong4538 3 ай бұрын

The things and the handmade effects and costumes are still way better than CGI's nowadays.. 😌

@Miniac 2 жыл бұрын

This...IS SO COOL

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks man!! Been watching your channel personally for a while 🤘

@alexmonstudio1340 2 жыл бұрын

This vídeo was asome

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@GillBoldberg 2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see you replicate the batcave from Batman 1989. 👍🏻

@jwood6902 2 жыл бұрын

nice

@billwolfer4020 3 ай бұрын

Super cool! What is the spray can you use for the smoke effect?

@edisontl24 2 жыл бұрын

Es muy loco y súper realistas

@JOSEFSWORLD 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is Amazing! 👍🤩 One question... do you offer your models for sale?

@leehoffman2835 2 жыл бұрын

Hey im new to your channel and instantly fell in love with your art work dude. I would like to see a fallout or last of us style diorama keep up the videos makes me want to get back into my art side lol I used to edit videos all the time an make stop motion films

@LittleFjords 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing work! I want to say that placing your light further away will better emulate the sun's nearly parallel rays coming thru the window...but between the fact that so many shows and films are lit similarly (of course on larger scale) and the diverging beams being a stylistic choice.. Idk if it's worthwhile advice 🤔🤷‍♂️ Regardless, very inspiring work

@KennethMcGrath 2 жыл бұрын

Woah.

@georgecunningham9175 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I have been dreading even attempting to photograph some miniatures for a one time project. Now I am a bit more confident trying to use my phone instead of selling my first born to buy some equipment.........

@brooksysdead 2 жыл бұрын

I've been wanting that lowa macro probe for a few years ever since it was released but could never justify the price vs how niche it is. I think you just sold me another lense lol

@seiyarknight 2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! What are you using to create the fog? Thx u

@chuffa1130 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that's incredible work!! Do you have one where you've done the sets from the movie "The thing" John Carpenter's movie

@user-ic3cb1yk5h 3 ай бұрын

supper brother

@xx1Camixx 2 жыл бұрын

So amazing, looks so good

@AllThingsFilm1 4 ай бұрын

Amazing work. Besides a 3D printer, what types of material do you use to build your miniatures? And what stores can you get these materials from? Thanks in advance.

@DarkDioStudio 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that awesome info🤘🏻 I would love to know where you bought that nice lamp behind you. That’s the perfect kind of lamp I need 😊

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

It’s the Phive LED Task Light, link is in the description!

@DarkDioStudio 2 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMiniatures yay thank you!!

@vdthbykris8247 2 жыл бұрын

Hi sir I'm a new subscriber..your video is amazing.. what do you call the spray that you use as fog effect on this video?thank you

@katerspam 2 жыл бұрын

I've got the STIGA table - now I just need the rest :P

@fosho404 3 ай бұрын

Hi, where did you buy the power desk stand,? I didn't see that in the description, thanks!

@clintplyler8885 2 жыл бұрын

Cool. Can you speak to the advantages/joy of filming dioramas vs. say creating a 3D digital world? I'm considering going the diorama path with a project

@baileybadass2235 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see your take on the Spencer mansion from resident evil 1 games

@Ozhtube 5 ай бұрын

What did you use for the 200D modifier? To make the light narrow

@DotDotDotCovers 2 жыл бұрын

What app did u use for the iphone shot

@dao3082 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! What kind of spray bottle did you use to achieve that god rays effect?

@ouahibaart3180 2 жыл бұрын

just waw

@MORCOPOLO0817 Жыл бұрын

I have an old 16mm camera that has parallax viewing. Are there any affordable tools aout there that can be used to compensate for the parallax once your field of view has been established? As an example let's say that the parallax is one inch to the righ and one inch down. Are there any tools that can be used to adjust the camera to that exact measurement to make sure that the lens is seeing what you originally framed up in the parallax viewfinder?

@badjer1983 2 жыл бұрын

Super helpful video! I appreciate you taking the time to talk about beginners and effects you can create with limited resources. Question; what video editing software do you use to process your raw footage to what we see here on your channel? Thanks in advance!

@AbandonedMiniatures 2 жыл бұрын

Davinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere

@badjer1983 2 жыл бұрын

@@AbandonedMiniatures Thanks for the reply! Did you self train on these softwares? Which is the best for beginners in your opinion?

@sikandarchauhan1862 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work sir. Sir can i shoot miniature diorama with 24 fps

@шибкоумнаяоднако 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there IS difference between professional and phone camera. Phone's shoot looks a bit more simple and not so natural, but it's still great, if diorama itself made very well. Thank you for behind the scenes, in your videos we see how much work to make a scene, but now we can see another meaning part of creation your wonderful result. It's very interesting! But we don't know first part of this journey. Do you making sketches or some sort of blueprints or anything else?