Five Tips to Creating Your First Dirt Bike Riding Video
Engaging Trail Riding Videos
With everyone on YouTube and Instagram these days, creating dirt bike riding videos has made even novice videographers seem like pros. If you’ve got some adventure riding tricks you want to show off, it’s time to elevate your recording skills to match your riding skills too. Skip out on making boring trail riding videos and spending hours in the editing room with these top tips from the experts.
- Write a Treatment
While you probably won’t need a script, you should still have a plan of what you want out of a finished dirt bike riding video. You can break your treatment down into three categories: what the video will look like, which still images you want to insert into the video, and what music or narration you want to include. With this overview, you can enjoy a more productive experience during recording, and you have a roadmap to guide your editing process.
- Use Multiple Cameras
How many cameras are you currently using to capture your dirt bike riding videos? Do you have a friend recording from a distance? Are you using a single Go-Pro on a chin mount for a first-person POV? We recommend having at least two cameras to add variation and interest to your video.
With multiple cameras comes more viewing angles. If you’re using a camera mounted to your helmet, adjust it to get different angles and combine them with the video from a handheld camera your friend may be using to record you!
- Capture ALL the Drama
People are craving an inside look into your world, so give them what they want when you include unplanned drama in your dirt bike riding video. Did you get a flat tire? Did you fall off during a jump? Anything unusual can add interest for the viewer and engage them in a more compelling story.
- Keep it Short
People love short and sweet, so keep your video under five minutes to prevent people from getting bored and clicking away. You can speed up certain parts of your video or use quick cuts to shorten the overall length and keep people watching.
- Use a Tripod
While your chin mount can provide amazing first-person POV video, you also want to incorporate full-body shots of your ride from another perspective. Instead of having someone holding a camera by hand, keep the shakiness to a minimum when you use a tripod for rock-steady dirt bike riding videos.
