000 (I call him 007.....for obvious reasons) is perhaps
the stand-out example I've seen on this forum of someone getting better and better.
Perhaps one of the biggest lessons many drone pilots can learn is to edit the clips short - and this point is well illustrated in 007's latest video. A good guideline is "five seconds". Ignore this and you will likely lose the viewer's attention, fast.
Another basic necessity is good content. Again, 007 delivers on this one again and again. Yes, his country has plenty of natural landscape opportunities. But most countries do too - not least in the US (and, sadly, I'm excluding America's fantastic national parks because of drone restrictions).
For someone who is colourblind, you wouldn't know it from his videos. The colours here are natural and realistic, as they should be. We've also found D-Cinelike to be our preferred setting.
007 adds excitement in his cinematography, getting close to cliff edges and trees. (Perhaps a health warning should be given at the beginning of his videos for anyone with an iffy ticker or high blood pressure! And don't give him a racing drone nor let him anywhere near trains!
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The music is good and appropriate.
For myself, the highlight is the blowing of leaves at 0.48 seconds. It's brilliant. Brilliant! 007 has done this before, but is not overdoing it. If he was a young man looking for a career, he should be heading to Hollywood or the Turkish equivalent to become an apprentice. If this was the case (and it isn't), he would have quickly become a top professional.
There's one small thing I don't like - and 007 recognises the importance of feedback and error-focused learning. The filming begins going upstream, and again. Then backwards, downstream. For myself, this doesn't work, with one immediately following the other. So perhaps a different editing sequence?
And, finally, at the end, I would fade to black.
Looking ahead, I have high expectations of 007's "One year in the sky" (or whatever) compilation.
