I use Autopilot for every flight I make that has a "video mission". Its a great application, very powerful so much to learn. All the flight modes have Beginner, Intermediate and Advance settings. If you stay within the Beginner setting its a great way to get started. Also their Flight School is good at explaining all the features as well as providing good examples of missions, lots of YouTube how-to videos on settings and actual flight missions with Autopilot.
Bottom line, if you are using your drone for video missions I would defiantly consider Autopilot. Autopilot gets you to taking good to great videos quickly. You get to focus on the shot and not so much on the flying the drone. If taking great videos is the main reason you bought your drone then, in my humble opinion, Autopilot is a great investment.