Top 10 YouTube Channels for DSLR Film Makers

The list is in no particular order. All what I have learned about my camera, gadgets and film making is because of these channels, so I won’t rank them. I just want to recommend these channels to the fellow, young, and budding film makers.

If you don’t know how to operate your gadget well or how to achieve a desired cinematographic effect with your camera or how you can build your film making gear in budget, just pay a visit to any of these channels and you will find your answer. You will definitely find tons of other YouTube channels. I am mentioning those, which I visit on regular basis and find what I usually look for regarding the film making.

Kai Wong, in his own witty and sarcastic way entertains and teaches about the camera and related gadgets this viewers. It is because of his review I bought by first DSLR (Canon 600D) and I am really happy with that.

Simon Cade, the anchor tells about the quick tips for film makers, low budget film making, camera and gear for film making in a very clean ad decent way. It’s nice for beginners, have a look.

Yes, these are the colors I usually see in the videos, White background, black camera, and red texts and arrows. Very clear in his approach, Chris tells you about the cameras in detail and quick. Also, the comparison videos he does are really good. Want to buy a camera? Check out the review on his channel first. I checked the review of my Canon EF50MMF/1.8 STM Lens on his channel here before buying it.

David Howell, the presenter, is very technical in his approach. He knows what he’s telling to the audience. He basically focuses on functions and working on Canon Rebel series, which was quite helpful for me as I learned about my Canon 600D functions and operations from his channel.

PVC pipe, glue, screws, rivets, screw driver, washers, wheels, budget film making gear – these are the words you will hear when you turn on any of his videos. If you follow The Frugal Filmmaker’s advice on DIY film making gear, you will save a lot of money. The DIY gears he builds and teaches are really effective. Very clean and detailed approach in every  Video!

Continuing the list of Top 10 YouTube Channels for DSLR Film Makers, Now, here are the channels that can really help with learning about scene selection, achieving cinematographic effects in your film, lighting in your scene, sound, etc.

I still chuckle when the Logo comes in the video. From pre-production, shooting to post-production, Ryan Conolly covers everything. If you are in a doubt such as how to shoot a fight scene,how to use VFX here or any question, this channel has your answer.

This channel carries a lot of potential. Want to learn DIY tips for film making? Want to move up from basic Film Making? Switch to Indy Mogul. They channel has a lot of helpful videos (around 1,200) for Movie-heads.

See the behind the scenes of your favorite movie. Learn how your favorite director shot your favorite scene. Trust me, these behind the scene videos really encourage, inspire for film making.Nobody’s there to tell you the How-Tos, you just watch and learn.

Yes! You can learn from your videos and experience. Have a real-time experience and learn from your mistakes. You can only learn 30-40% from these channels, the rest is what you have to apply, practice and improve and when you see your videos, you know what to improve in your next video and for HOW-TO improve?, log on to any of the
above channels.