Shadowing Practice: iPhone 18 Pro vs Osmo Pocket 4P - Watch Before you Buy!! - Learn English Speaking with Video

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There's a two -part process to every story you create.

There's the hunter -gatherer part where you go out

and collect your shots that help you tell the story and then there's putting everything together in post -production.

Now I don't know which one is more important but I do know which one I love the most.

The final shot.

This is the iPhone 18 Pro and this is the Osmo Pocket 4P.

And this has got to be one of my favorite comparisons lately.

This is not a sponsored video, I bought both cameras with my own money, both Apple and DJI did not send me these either.

Also, nothing in this video was created using AI, not even the thumbnail.

People are wondering whether it makes sense to buy a dedicated pocket camera like this

when they already carry a pretty capable camera in their pocket everywhere they go.

So let's unpack that question.

First, see if you can guess which camera is which while I tell you a little bit about both.

The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1 ,199 US.

It has a more versatile camera system overall.

It's got three cameras on the back, a 13mm ultra -wide, a 24mm main, and that also has a variable aperture, and a 100mm 4x telephoto.

The Pocket 4P right now is selling for about $550 - $650 US, depending on where you get it from.

And it is more of a video -focused camera.

It uses a 1 -inch main sensor with a 20mm equivalent lens, plus a separate 60mm equivalent 3x telephoto.

And if you wanted to use full manual exposure control on the iPhone, including ISO, so then I would absolutely download the Blackmagic camera app.

By the way, I left some free project files in the description

if you want to download some of the footage that I got with both of these cameras.

That way, you can edit the footage as you follow along.

Now, if you decide to pick up the Pocket 4P, I created a comprehensive course on how to use it, set it up from scratch, and go out and get amazing cinematic shots with it.

Also, I created film look luts for both of these cameras.

I'll leave links to those products in the description.

All right, are you ready?

Let's go.

the iphone 18 pro was camera a and the pocket 4p was camera b

if you knew which one was

which please let me know how you knew now the first

shot of the day we're looking at this 4k 120 shot

notice how the osmo pocket 4p looks a little bit more saturated than the 18 pro

but that's not what we're going to be focusing on for

this particular shot the 18 pro looks way more realistic here in my opinion

and the whole mushroom is in focus top to bottom front to back

and that's the variable aperture doing a lot of

that work now with the 4p my aperture is set in place

so the stem is very sharp but look at the front of the cap of

that mushroom it's all out of focus the 18 pro is definitely the one

that i would use for a shot like this now let's

flip both cameras over to their log profiles the right side is the flat log footage

and the left i graded with my generation slip pack right now what you're seeing is

that flat log footage we got apple log 2 with the 18 pro and D -Log 2 with the Pocket 4P.

Both cameras look fantastic in my opinion.

With the 18 Pro, the sky holds onto those clouds, the graffiti colors come right back, and there's a lot of detail in that wall.

I just love the overall look of this shot.

And with the 4P, the colors land in about the same place, but in real -world shooting situations, I would go with the 18 Pro if I was shooting in log.

Now, that was in a well -lit environment, but what happens when we're in a lower -lit environment like this?

I think both log profiles have a lot of dynamic range.

With the 18 Pro, I don't know the exact amount, but i'm able to push and pull the shadows and push

that saturation to get pretty much the color

that i was going for the packet 4p same thing here

i feel like i have a little bit less noise in those shadows

but i am restricted to only using the one times camera

when i'm shooting d -log too that could be a potential problem

but most people aren't shooting in log anyways

so let's look at the shots that most people get in the standard color profile

and i think

that happens to be skin tone with the 18 pro there's

no doubt about it it's pretty much oversaturates my skin tone just like every single iPhone

that I have shot with before it.

Not sure why they still haven't fixed that issue yet.

Now with the 4P, it absolutely looks better in my opinion.

My skin tone looks a lot more realistic and it looks more natural.

Here's another angle of a talking head shot where I'm getting more of

that upper torso and you can see that oversaturation happening again with the 18 Pro.

Now I was curious on which version of iPhone was going to fix this.

I thought it was going to be the 18 Pro, but I guess it's not.

4P, I think the skin tones look great.

I probably should have shot this particular shot, though, in the three times camera to give my headshot more of a natural look.

But it's not just the skin tone that gets oversaturated.

Going through all of these comparisons, I started to notice pretty much the same exact thing.

And look at what happens when I shoot the sun this low in the sky.

That orange is pushed up way too far.

And just look at that ugly flare out of the iPhone.

With the 4P, it still holds onto that color.

It's pretty solid color.

And the sky looks right to me.

The trees stay clean with that silhouette look.

Now we're going to switch gears to low light because I want to show you this turn of events that I noticed.

The 18 Pro gives me a better looking talking head, at least in this particular low light environment.

I'm shooting on the one -times camera with both of these, by the way.

I'm not sure why that would be.

The 4P, on the other hand, some of those skin tones start to look a little bit more blotchy, and it just doesn't have that realistic, natural look that we were seeing when we were in a well -lit environment.

But if I'm just shooting some travel -type shots like this, I really couldn't tell the difference between these two other than their stabilization.

But side -by -side, if we're only looking at colors, the 18 Pro lifts up those mid -tones.

The whole place looks a little bit more brighter.

Kind of just looks like it was shot on a phone.

Whereas with the 4P, it holds on to those deeper colors.

It gives it more contrast for my taste that's what I

prefer now in this low light shot there's a couple of things going on just look at

that coke sign first watch all the shadows around it with

the 18 pro I was exposing both cameras the same by

the way it looks a little bit more overexposed on

that coke sign but the mid -tones are being lifted

so you can see more of my shirt and the hat

and anything that's in

that mid -tone range with the 4p I think it actually looks better here

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because it looks more realistic there's more contrast and the reason why is

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because it doesn't lift up those mid -tones like we were seeing with the iPhone, which gives it more of a movie look, in my opinion.

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Now, when we get into extreme darkness like this with just one light source, it's really gonna show us how both sensors deal with noise.

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The 18 Pro at one time looks decent from far away, but once we did that zoom in, the trees turn into mush, and the noise all around that light just doesn't look very good at all.

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With the 4P, same kind of thing, looks great from far away, but once we zoom in, you can really start to see noise, and I don't think either one of these two cameras do very well in extreme darkness.

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Some of those splotchy spots that we were seeing in the light might be from the camera glass lens itself.

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So I walked right up to that light and I wanted to see how they both look.

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The 18 Pro definitely looks more smeared to my eye.

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I don't really like how the light rolls off that glass.

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And also just look at that green ghost flare that kind of moves all around.

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The Pocket 4P, the flare holds together a lot more around the light, almost like a real camera lens.

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It separates those different color flares a lot better and I prefer that look.

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Now we haven't been able to talk about stabilization yet, but this is a very good shot to talk about it

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because low light is where stabilization usually starts to fall apart with the 18 pro

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and the reason i say that is because this camera uses electronic stabilization

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so everything is being smoothed out in software and that means

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that it has to work a lot harder

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and you also see a lot of artifacts with

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that now with the 4p it has a mechanical gimbal

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so the camera itself is physically staying level the whole time

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so it's not affected by any internal software that's trying to stabilize the footage

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and that's one of the main benefits of having the pocket 4p the mechanical gimbal head.

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Now, when I have a little bit more light to work with, stabilization definitely improves with the 18 Pro, but I still prefer the 4P.

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And the same thing here, even in this really well -lit environment, I think the 4P wins on stabilization, although this could be a little bit of user error as I age.

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With the 18 Pro, I may have overexposed this shot a little bit.

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It doesn't really help, but even with that, it just doesn't give me that same exact smooth look that you get with the 4P.

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Now, with the 4P, don't forget, it does have a wider field of view generally a wider

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field of view is going to give you a smoother look with all

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that being said

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that was all video now let's talk about photography for a

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couple of different shots the 18 pro has a 48 megapixel sensor

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and the 4p has a 37 ish megapixel sensor

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when you're shooting in a well lit environment like this you're not really going to tell the difference

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so what i'm really looking for with photos in both of these cameras isn't really the sharpness

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or the megapixel it's more about the color difference

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and you can see here with this boardwalk shot what i'm talking about The 18 Pro is more saturated here.

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It has a little bit of an almost yellow tint to it.

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Just look at the wood on the railing and the boards on the walkway, and then also look how those mid -tones get lifted.

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With the 4P, I think the colors look more realistic, more cinematic.

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There's more contrast.

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I just like the overall look of this shot better with the 4P.

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But when I get into a situation like this, where I think I was even being backlit, a lot of that color in the frame with the 4P starts to drown out.

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I actually ended up liking the 18 Pro better for this shot.

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You can see it lifts up those mid -tones

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and we do have some computational photography going on but overall the shot just looks better.

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Now with the 4p we get more saturation and more contrast

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and in this shot I mean I like it but it just comes out a little too digital for my liking.

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If I tried to raise the exposure in post -production it would blow out that sky.

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Now let's get back to that boardwalk and let's just say you're a travel vlogger.

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The color difference that we were seeing with photography also carries over to video.

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With the 18 Pro you can see

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that we've got those mid -tones lifted again

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so the whole frame looks a lot brighter especially

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that walkway in the sky and with the 4p you get more contrast just look at

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that railing and those clouds

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and to me it just looks a lot more like a movie

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and with the foliage i'm kind of thinking the same thing i like the way

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that the 4p looks better overall the 18 pro it kind of gives you the lime green look

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and it just mushes all of

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that foliage together i don't know i just don't like the way that looks

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but with the 4p it looks a lot more realistic i wouldn't say it looks like a movie

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but it definitely gives us more realistic looking colors.

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Now for a shot like this, this is at the crack of dawn.

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It really comes down to what your preference is.

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The 18 Pro does do a very good job here.

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You get almost like an orange sherbet type of sky

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and it holds on to a lot more of that road

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and the grass in the foreground

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and with the 4p it gives you more of a purple gradient up at top there

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and it keeps the trees darker

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so it feels a little bit more like early morning

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and you'll also see what i'm talking about here

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when we talk about this color difference

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that we were seeing with the foliage shot the 18 pro you get

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that same lime green type of look in the trees as

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i'm driving by just look at the ones on the right side

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and with the 4p the greens are darker there's more contrast

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so the trees look a lot more realistic for my taste

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i prefer the pocket 4p for driving shots now i have

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talked about how the 18 pro lifts up mid -tones

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which i can't really control A lot of times it's not an issue, but here it is.

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With the 18 Pro, just look at the pavement.

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There is such a big reflection on that.

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It almost pushes the whole bottom of the frame into overexposure territory.

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Whereas with the 4P, it's able to hold onto that darker look on the pavement.

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And to me, that gives an overall more realistic looking frame.

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So what are we to make of all this?

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I always wondered if the iPhone was gonna come out and fix a lot of the issues that previous iPhones had.

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And maybe in some regard it has, you know, when you're shooting like

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that mushroom shot i don't think i could have got

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that same exact shot same exact looking shot in the past with previous iphones

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but skin tones are still an issue it doesn't really have

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that much of a change as i was hoping for

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and after using it in like all these different real world scenarios

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and putting it onto my actual editor

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and looking at the shots i'd say it's like not too exciting of an upgrade with

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that being said the 18 pro is not a bad phone at all it's got a great camera

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if you're on a budget i would recommend for you to pick up the pocket 4p

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and maybe like the 17 pro or 16 pro as your beat cam instead of going all in with the 18 Pro.

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The variable aperture is great

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but you do need an ND filter to try to stop down especially

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when you're in a brighter environment so it's just one extra thing that you'll have to bring.

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The one thing that I do love is being able to control the aperture.

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That gives me a little bit more creative freedom.

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Now before you go I want to tell you about my talking head course

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which is going to help you take your talking heads to a whole new level and look more professional.

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Thanks for watching this video.

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I'm Joe with the Film Alliance and I'll see you in the next one.

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Have you ever wished you could get your video talking heads

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to go from looking something like this to something like this here's how

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but first let's go back i've shot over 600 headshots over the past 10 years

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that is my very first headshot in 2016 and one thing

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that i've learned over these years is it's not about the camera

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or the lens it's not about the budget or the lighting

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that i had available it's just knowing

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if you're fired up and excited to learn this lifelong skill click on the link below

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This B2 speaking lesson is built on the video “iPhone 18 Pro vs Osmo Pocket 4P - Watch Before you Buy!!”. The speaker keeps coming back to these words: pro, shot, camera, tone, color. This video has 234 sentences and 3085 words to shadow. The speech runs for 13:20. The speaker talks fast, about 231 words per minute, so expect linked and reduced sounds. 82% of the words are among the 3,000 most common in English; the rest is worth studying before you start.

Key vocabulary in this video

The 15 most advanced words in the video, with pronunciation and meaning:

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
realistic adjective	/ˌɹɪəˈlɪs.tɪk/	Expressed or represented as being accurate, practicable, or not idealistic.
stabilization noun	/ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/	The process of stabilizing.
aperture noun	/ˈæp.ɚˌt͡ʃʊɹ/	A small or narrow opening, gap, slit, or hole.
sensor noun	/ˈsɛn.sɚ/	A device or organ that detects certain external stimuli and responds in a distinctive manner.
lens noun	/lɛnz/	An object, usually made of glass, that focuses or defocuses the light that passes through it.
flare noun	/flɛɚ̯/	A sudden bright light.
foliage noun	/ˈfoʊliɪd͡ʒ/	The leaves of plants.
headshot noun		A portrait for branding or social media.
megapixel noun		One million pixels, used as a unit of resolution of digital cameras.
mushroom noun	/ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/	Any of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi typically produced above ground on soil or on their food sources (such as decaying wood).
variable adjective	[ˈvæɹ.i.ə.bl̩]	Able to vary or be varied.
boardwalk noun	/ˈbɔɹdˌwɔk/	A slightly elevated path (walkway) for pedestrians over sandy or swampy ground, typically made out of wood; specifically (Canada, US) one running alongside a…
gimbal noun	/ˈd͡ʒɪmbəl/	A device for suspending something, such as a ship's compass, so that it will remain level when its support is tipped.
kinematic adjective	/kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/	Of or relating to motion or to kinematics.
mush noun	/mʌʃ/	A somewhat liquid mess, often of food; a soft or semisolid substance.

Phrasal verbs you will hear

Word	Pronunciation	Meaning
lift up verb		To elevate to a higher position.
come out verb	/ˌkʌm ˈaʊt/	To be discovered; to be revealed.
go out verb		To leave, especially a building.
pick up verb		To lift; to grasp and raise.
blow out verb		To extinguish something, especially a flame, especially by means of a strong current of air or another gas.
come down to verb		To reach by moving down or reducing.
end up verb		To bring to a conclusion.
follow along verb		To continue behind or beside an animal, person, vehicle or other object, especially as a companion.

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I'll leave links to those products in the description.
All right, are you ready?
I'm not sure why that would be.

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The structures the speaker uses most, with the exact words from the video:

Structure	In the video
Conditional sentences if + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result	if you're on a budget i would recommend · if you master this your value will go
Passive voice be + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it	was created · is set · is pushed
Present perfect have/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now	have shot · haven't fixed · haven't been

Pronunciation to watch

The speaker uses 64 contractions and reduced forms, such as I'm, you're, don't. Say them the short way, as you hear them.

The “sh” and “zh” sounds: stabilization /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, mushroom /ˈmʌʃˌɹuːm/, mush /mʌʃ/, sherbet /ˈʃɝ.bət/, computational /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/
Long words — get the stress right: stabilization /ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪzˈeɪ.ʃən/, kinematic /kɪn.əˈmæt.ɪk/, teleprompter /ˈtɛləˌpɹɑmptəɹ/, computational /ˌkɑmpjʊˈteɪʃənəl/, accessory /əkˈsɛs.(ə.)ɹi/

How to practise with this video

Listen to the whole video once without speaking and note the words you do not know.
Start at 0.75× speed, shadow it sentence by sentence, then go back to normal speed once it feels easy.
Record yourself and compare with the original, paying attention to words like realistic, stabilization, aperture.

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