Make better car videos with these simple editing tricks in Davinci Resolve

In this video I share a few tips & tricks that I wish I knew before learning how to edit videos. Episode 1 in my series on How To Film Cars Like A Pro. This episode, I'm giving you an in-depth video editing breakdown on this high-intensity car commercial of a Cadillac CTS-V and showing you how to take epic b-roll of cars and piece it together into a high intensity car commercial. Watch Part 2: How To Film Cars Like A Pro - Color Grading Breakdown https://youtu.be/rdsO7I62F3g Watch Pat 3: How to Film Cars Like a Pro - Sound Design Breakdown #HowToFilmCars #FilmingCars #CarBRoll In this series on "How To Film Cars Like a Pro" I'm taking you behind the scenes and giving you a breakdown of the entire process, including video editing, color grading and sound design, all within Davinci Resolve. Be sure to subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on the Color Grading and Sound Design segments of the series. Subscribe to Driven Films: https://bit.ly/2Rtru2y Join the Driven Films Discord channel to chat about filming cars: https://discord.gg/AZwHku5 Get 5 Tips on how to Improve your Car B Roll: https://youtu.be/GBKn28zuNmU CAMERA GEAR USED TO FILM THIS CAR COMMERCIAL: ZCam E2-S6 6K Cinema Camera https://geni.us/0GgQ Sigma 18-35mm Art Lens https://geni.us/NINsyg4 Freefly MoVI Pro https://geni.us/wBfN8uV Atomos Shinobi https://geni.us/vw6yByv Zoom H4N https://geni.us/wvX4 PolarPro Quartzline ND64/PL Filter: https://geni.us/iuMmhk7 RENT CAMERA GEAR AT LENSRENTALS.COM I rent all of my gear through Lensrentals.com! Get 15% off your entire rental using coupon code: DRIVENFILMS15 when you use this link to book your rental: https://bit.ly/3d7f7lf FOLLOW DRIVEN FILMS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/driven.films Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/drivenfilmsTV Website: http://www.drivenfilms.tv 00:00 Welcome to my How To Film Cars Series 00:24 The Spec Ad 01:23 Scene 1 - Establishing a location 04:23 Scene 1 - Building anticipation 07:54 Scene 2 - Driving Footage 10:57 Scene 2 - Adding excitement to the scene 13:18 Scene 3 - Giving the viewer a breather 15:55 Scene 3 - Adding a "Vertigo Effect" (Zolly) 18:12 Scene 3 - Transition 18:47 Scene 4 - Back on the Road 20:01 Scene 5 - Going from Day to Night 22:29 Scene 5 - Adding Motion Blur to show "Speed" 23:53 Scene 5 - Ending Strong 24:23 Using Lighting Effects 26:56 Experimenting with Flares 28:23 Join The Driven Films Discord 29:05 Outtakes If you read this far into the description, I love you. DISCLAIMERS: Driven Films is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. This video was not paid for by outside persons or manufacturers. No gear was supplied to me for this video. The content of this video and my opinions were not reviewed or paid for by any outside persons. Copyright 2020, Driven Films

Added 29 Jun 2026