One year on YouTube and my birthday—this is my cinematic dream to visit the global HUB of Manila and film. This is 48 hours in Manila with the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 testing if this tiny camera can capture the energy, the chaos, and the beauty. From neon-lit nights to rooftop reflections, from street food on the macro lens, this is how I film life as a movie.
CEB March Hub-ppiness Hooray! with @Cebupacificair
Thank you so much Cebu Pacific! Visit the Philippines:
https://www.cebupacificair.com/?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=KOL_FilmmakerMatt&utm_cam
Shot on the DJI Osmo Pocket 3 + anamorphic lens, this cinematic travel vlog is more than a camera test—it’s a love letter to storytelling, and the city of Manila where I filmed my first movie many years ago. Watch as I explore Manila, chase light, and set a goal: to shoot my next feature film on this pocket-sized beast.
Can this camera change the way we tell our stories? Let’s find out.
Hub-ppiness 🙂
#FlytoHappyPhilippineswithCEB #CEBSuperSeatFest
Happy 29th Hub-ppiness Hooray!
Happy 36th Birthday to me!!
Happy 1st year on YOUTUBE!!!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction (1st year YouTube, 36th bday)
00:54 Cebu Pacific
01:34 wake up arrival (filmed on anamorphic dji lens)
04:48 Yard stick Coffe (filmed on anamorphic/marco dji lens)
06:11 Jollibee picnic Ayala triangle (on anamorphic dji lens)
08:13 cinematic greenbelt (anamorphic dji lens)
08:51 The Curator
09:33 I’m Hotel kayak (filmed on iPhone 12)
10:26 HAPAG (filmed on DJI anamorphic)
13:10 Okada and wrap filming day 1 (filmed anamorphic dji)
14:52 Salcedo Market (filmed on Ulanzi f35 teleconverter lens)
16:31 Venice (filmed on Ulanzi f35 teleconverter lens)
17:54 Carl Jan Cruz
18:32 BGC/Atmos
18:59 Low light BGC anamorphic
19:48 Chuckie at Tatatito
21:05 wrap 48 hours (Manila Neon low light)
Thanks for watching 🙂
15 Comments
Yeah, uh-huh, you know what it is
Blue and yellow
Blue and yellow
Blue and yellow
Blue and yellow
Wow! I have to say that you have a great talent for this. Amazing storytelling and photography 🙂
Nice vlog.May i ask if you don't mind are you from Philippines?..Thanks..
Great vlog! I went to Manila in 2013 on a quick work trip, but didn't have much time to see as much as you did. How long did this one take to edit?
Is that an anamorphic + black mist together?
6:05 is pure cinema!
Man, you totally accomplish your goal because I really want to go to Manila now! And if I didn't already have the DJI I smoke pocket 3, I'd want that too. 😊
Awesome work! 🙏
Enjoying this Vlog so much!! Can’t wait for us to do a Manila project one day
Yeah, those cats at Ayala Triangle are so cute, but such beggars. 😀 I liked how the fountain there looked with the anamorphic lens. It defamiliarized the place.
Your content is truly unique and that’s hard to say with any kind of sincerity these days. You are literally competing with thousands upon thousands of travel vloggers. What makes your films different is they have soul. The authenticity of your thoughts and your self-discovery happening right in front of us viewers is really refreshing to see. Each film you post is engaging and compelling. It’s so hard to just speak your mind on camera and not come off as cheesy but you do it so well because it just comes across as honest, without pretension. Keep up the great work.
I love this guy
Holy smokes, what an amazing looking city. The rooftop bar location, god, I spend hours there taking in that skyline.
probably your best video so far – just glad you stuck to the story and the script and concentrated on showing the audience what your actually capable of producing – only wished you did the whole vid with the OP3 with K&F Anamorphic lens 🙂 and not segments of.
I'm highly excited about wanting to create a film using the dji osmo pocket. I was super inspired by Insta 360 ace pro and want to create a documentary using that!