I've had my P3S for about five or six weeks; I've passed the 107 and am waiting for my hard card; in the interim, I've been practicing my flight control and videography with the aircraft. Below are a few clips I've created for which I'm looking for critical comments on flight control, video technique and whatever thoughts you have......
I'll just provide a quick rundown of suggestions based on the videos you have posted so far:
1) Create your videos by using separate clips showing seperate scenes, and keep each clip to no more than 8s per clip. The Marshfield Marshes video was all the same footage. You could have used tilt up, crane up, dolly in, truck left, orbit, etc. clips to make the same footage much more interesting. I typically do not let any single clip last longer than 5s without some kind of viewpoint, perspective, or other change and neither does Hollywood.
2) Use the audio to change clips. You had a good audio track in the Marshfield video but you did not use the audio cue points to change clips. This makes everything look much more professional.
3) Never show drone flight corrections; this looks very amateurish. If you are trying to film a straight line or follow a set path, if the drone drifts off course throw the clip away and start over. The worst thing to do in a professional video is to try to correct mid clip; it is very distracting and looks terrible. Many times I have needed multiple takes to get a shot perfect; drones drift off course due to wind, control delay etc all the time; this should never show in your finished footage.
4) Personal preference but I almost never show the drone turning. This is just not an eye pleasing maneuver unless you are slowly following something that curves on the ground. Even then, I try to make turns as imperceptible as possible.
5) Use standard Hollywood camera movements; they have decades of experience and know what works and what doesn't no need to reinvent the wheel. Get good at truck left/rights, orbits, pan left/right, tilt up/down, dolly in/out, etc.
6) Fix the horizon. All drones especially in wind tend to tilt slightly left or right, and this shows when the horizon is crooked. Nothing looks less professional than a leaning horizon unless it is a racing video. Fix the horizon in post by straightening it using whatever editing software you use.
7) For professional aerial video work you will need a P4 no two ways about it. The huge difference between the P4 and P3 is that the P4 uses a mechanical shutter; this means no more video jello. I was having to reshoot video footage on average of 40% due to jello with the P3; now that the P4 is available I would never film a professional aerial video job with anything less.
Also, I would never fly through an object like you did in one of your videos. Sure it looks cool, and if its your own backyard may be acceptable, but when I am on a job site I make it clear to my customers that drones are for the big picture, I don't fly below 100' unless I am taking off or landing and I am not going to do anything even remotely risky to the drone, objects on the ground, or people. If the customer wants ground footage or detail clips, I'll be happy to pull out my DSLRs and ground equipment; but not the drone.