Solo Videographer Interviews | New Monitor | BTS
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 2. 06. 2024
- Watch behind the scenes as I interview a local Arizona company as a solo videographer. I was responsible for cameras, lighting, audio and also played the role of interviewer.
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00:00 Intro
02:05 Hollyland M1 Enhanced Monitor
03:25 Micing up talent
06:05 Solo Videographer
07:50 Interviews 2 & 3
09:32 Interview 4 - Small Office
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Creating this video was a step in the right direction for me. I like documenting my progress and hopefully can continue to make time for more consistent BTS videos. This format is definitely easier than what I tried previously.
Haha the âyou didnât pay extra for thatâ haha bro you stay loaded with comebacks haha
You gotta be quick with it!
You did really great handling the different roles simultaneously and still snuck in BTS. Keep up the good work
Thank you!
That 3rd interview was PERFECT!!!!! Loved the lighting and contrast and the doors/windows/cubicles/office gave it some texture.
Thanks! And I agree that was my favorite too
You show, to perfection, there usually is nothing fancy in filming interviews bit it still can be enjoyable. Both for you and the talent.
You have a very "light" way of setting and filming, and this is much more interesting than the more-equals-better approach some try to establish as a rule. You show that, even in smaller size AV production such as corporate stuff, less-can-speak-better.
And that there is no need to throw magic dust into the eyes of the client, for them to be impressed or stunned... all it takes is a sharp video with crisp sound. Two cameras with lenses, three lights, two microphones, a few bits and cables : happy client, even though you did bring just the minimum.
Bravo !
I thoroughly enjoy filming interviews as it gives me an excuse to just talk to people and learn about them and what they do. Sometimes I want to purchase and use all the fancy tools money can buy, but then I remember two things. 1. It wonât make my stories better. 2. I canât afford what I want anyways. đ
Great BTS. Please do more. Love the work. Very inspiring. Youâre right that last interview was perfect in my opinion. All great shots. Iâm a solo shooter myself and itâs great seeing other people pump out such great work without a large crew.
Thank you!
Really enjoyed this! As a beginner, seeing lighting and camera angle setups is sooo helpful and this was honestly way better than any big channel video ive seen, so thank you! Would love an in depth sound breakdown/tutorial of how you record shotgun and lav simultaneously.
I understand the solo production as Iâm a one man team myself. Thank you for this job shadow. Learned a lot def subbing
Thank you!
Great video man! Loved watching the process! đđœ
as a one man band i def appreciate the work and bts! keep it up!
Great BTS of a professional production, its alot to get shots and equipment set up and checked then to shoot a YT vid as well solo. I've started bring the team to as many projects as possible to get bts and help out with time and efficiency.
Thank you! I recently hired a second shooter to get BTS. It wasnât great (trying too hard to make things look cool). I much prefer the static shots and just narrate later for now. Simple enough and so far itâs been well received.
@@evanthecameraman thatâs good keep it up youâre doing great!
Your compositions were đ great video!!
this is awesome! thank you very much
Love this kind of stuff, thanks
More to come!
thank you for taking the time to share your experience. More BTS videos like this would be great đđŒ
Love the bts! It's great to see that one person can do this solo. It helps with the intimidation that I feel when looking to do this
Great video, Iâm glad you took the time to to shoot Bts and show us your process
Love it! I like doing the interviews as well, especially if the talent is quite shy.
Great work man!!
Keep going! Work looks great!
Solid video. Thanks for this. I know the feeling to run solo. Pros and cons but I love learning process everytime on set as solo.
Nice sort of tutorial! Keep it up bro!
I like your setup!! I'm trying to perfect mine. Well done!!
Awesome video, dude! Thanks for sharing this content with us. One of the best One Man Band videos I had seen on YT. New sub here. Keep up the good work! đȘ
Nice! Good tips for filming interviews.
Great vid.
Great video, one for the algorithm. Keep up it great work
Thank you for making this. It gave me hope. Such good content.
Thatâs a strong statement. Are you okay?
@@evanthecameraman Haha I used to run a video production company and it did not go too well. I was driven by greed and the idea of having a large crew. I hired people long before I had the funds to justify it. I respect you doing solo shoots like this, with quality gear that isn't more than is needed. Looks like you served your clients well.
GREAT video !
sick video! thank you!
Thanks for this video
Excellent I love the framing and super crisp audio. Great job and great tutorial
Thanks so much!
Great seeing your BTS as a solo DP, I've learned a lot. I freelance for broadcast news so everything has to be quick with minimal gear.
Love the breakdown Evan and as a DP who does solo and big crew productions I also enjoy lighting my scenes and doing all the department roles at times! Just got a new sub, love the content!
Also just have to say the leading lines in the 3rd interview setup đ€đŒđ€đŒ just so good
Very nice!
Hey man love your set up's and the content! Keep it up!
Thank you đđ»
@@evanthecameraman Anytime!
Nice. Recently did an F1 interview where the producer said âtheyâll have chairs for us. They have toâ.. show up and no chairs. Long story short we had to interview Sergio Perez standing up. Well, headed to Walmart đđ
Iâm telling you those folding chairs come in clutch!
Great set up, great composition, over all A+ even though you said donât flame you for not having sand bags đđ
Thanks for not flaming me for that!
Great BTS.
Thank you
Great content! Subscribed! Keep up the good work!
Thank you George!
Nice, my m1 enhanced just came in
Nice video. Real life application is my favorite.
Mine too
TRULY GREAT BREAKDOWN OF YOUR EQUIPMENT AND FILMING PROCESS, THANKS FOR ADDING VALUE EVAN. #DIRECTORRESPECT
Thank you!
I just subbed. I'll be retiring from my "regular" job before long and am looking to do this kind of work for additional income, and for fun. I do mostly local narrative stuff, but marketing work pays well, and I get to play with the toys again. I understand and appreciate being a one man crew. That's how I do most things in my life, and in film when I am not working on someone else's projects. I appreciate seeing how you do it. I hope to need an equipment truck some day as well.
Thatâs great! Thanks for the sub. Looking forward to hearing an update.
Awesome video !
I would love to see how you are working on post producing once you finished all these interviews ! How you organise your multicam, syncing audios...
I agree I love solo working and doing the interviews I love the challenge making people comfortable and truly become their companion rather than feeling like their interrogator. Lol no sand bags either, lights became powerful and lighter nowadays
I mean I have them in the vanâŠ.but donât use them often đ«Ł
appreciate the BTS footage. I too am a videographer in Arizona, but I'm just starting my journey. A friend and I are actually shooting a promo video for Andretti's in Chandler. Look forward to learning more tips from you!
Thank you for watching and maybe we will bump into each other one day. Cheers!
Just subscribed. Great video. Keep on going
Thank you!
Third interview frame was money đ€đŒ
That was definitely my favorite
Nice bts man! I too like conducting the interview myelf sometime... i learn so much from just hearing the clients talk about their business.
Glad Iâm not the only one đ
awesome video
Thank you!
Beautiful
Love BTS
Hey thanks! Iâll do my best to be more consistent with more
good video...regards from germany đ
Nice work! Good to see Iâm not the only one doing solo shoots đđ you should do a BTS of the day after the shoot when you feel like a zombie with decision fatigue.
I only feel like a zombie after multi-day shoots. Next week I have 5 in a row so that will be fun. đ
@@evanthecameraman you are a braver man than me!!
Woohoo 100 subs đ
Wow I didnât even look at that. Sweet! Were you the 100th?
@@evanthecameraman yeah. dayum, its raising quickly. Noice.
âHey, donât push the stand over.â đ
Just setting expectations here đ
Definitely a cool BTS video. The ease of that wireless monitor makes me want to pick one up! And how did you hide that lav mic? It looked like it took no time at all.
The monitor was a solid pickup. For the lav, I use Ursa Sticky Circles to quickly attach it between the buttons on his Polo. Iâll happily make a video on that if youâd like.
@@evanthecameraman Thanks - that'd be cool! I think maybe a bunch of folks will find it to be of value.
This is the 1st Video I have seen of your Channel. I like the way you utilize the angles for the Interviews.
1. Do you ever run a recorder between the mic & Camera as a backup or even seperate?
Also, since your a 1 man Op. do you use a remote to start both cameras at same time or are you pressing record on each?
Hey thank you. I definitely will run the mic into a separate recorder at times. I do not use a remote. I just press record on each but they use timecode so syncing them is incredibly fast and easy.
Nice.
I appreciate you!
Attach second camera to an Edelkrone.
Your setup looks great and minimalist and really effective.
I wanted to know why youâre using timecode when youâre recording directly into camera?
Youâre the first person to ever call my setup minimalist haha
Timecode is to sync the 2 cameras as well as the backup lav audio recorder. The boom mic going into the primary camera is just a convenient bonus.
Good stuff. Was there not a way to get the glare off the side of the van?
We actually didnât mind it. There was a skylight I couldnât flag off even if I wanted too so no matter what we were kind of stuck with it.
Nice work. Definitely get a right hand help it will speed up production time
I do occasionally for more demanding productions. These types are just really relaxed.
Great video! Im a solo shooter as well and often set up, record and pack down interviews solo so good job. question. . . Why did you seat the talent in the first video on the left in front of the truck rather than on the right in the empty space? just thought it could've been framed to show the truck a little more. I mean it looks great dont get me wrong but just a thought I had when I first saw the framing.
Edited video will include text that will appear in the right side of frame. We (business owner and myself) left it empty intentionally for that reason.
@@evanthecameraman ah yes that makes sense.
A tip for when you film people with glasses, whip out a circular polarizer to remove the reflection.
I always forget I have a CPL! Itâs in the van too. That wouldâve been the right move. Thank you for the reminder.
Loved how simple this set up was. It's always cool to see people go simple rather than crazy to show that you can get away with simple.
Curious about the framing and maybe this is inexperience showing but why so far to the left? Just seems like a lot of unnecessary dead space on the right of the screen. I could see more on the third line, but again, could just not understand
I definitely shouldâve explained that first interview. A few others pointed that out. Basically, that interview is going to have a lot of animated text to frame right so client and I kept it very blank intentionally.
@evanthecameraman gotcha! I assumed that but I'm always curious
First! Wahoo!
Thank you for always supporting with a comment. You rock!
great video! What light stand model are you using for hair light in the first interview?
Itâs actually a light stand I took from a backdrop kit made by Morris & Co. Buying the backdrop kit is the only way to get the stands but they are my most favorite and have lasted 5 years and still going strong
Thank you! Very helpful information! Sorry, I'm new to your channel, but you use BM because of Braw?
All good! Technically everyone is new to my channel đ Thereâs a lot of reasons I use these cameras over other option in the market. BRAW is a codec I like working with for sure but isnât necessary a top reason for me.
@@evanthecameraman Thank you for your response! It will be very helpful if you'll mention in your videos your reasons of choice the camera for your work) I've heard that Braw is very useful while editing in davinci (don't require decoding to editing codec or using proxies).
as a DOP my only issue is how you've positioned the first interviewee too much empty space on the right side, i get that if you had filmed him facing the other way you would have had all 4 interviews facing the same direction but if they are in different locations it doesn't really matter as much, other than that brilliant video and its always great to see BMDPCC6k Pros getting the love they deserve keep up the good work.
Thanks for the comment! Normally I wouldnât frame that way, however, his interview will have frequent text animations in the empty right side of frame which is why both client and I went with the untraditional composition.
@@evanthecameraman ahh see now that makes more sense
Do you have to tweak the audio in post? It sounded really clean and clear when I thought it might sound echo-y in a room like that.
The audio sounds great unedited, but I did do some EQ work to make them sound their best. Shotgun mics that are longer tend to reject any echo better so the NTG2 barely picked up the echo at all.
4:58 client moves his stool. lol noooooo
Tragic đ
Great video! As a solo band myself, what would be a ballpark fee for such interview job. Im still figuring it out. What range you work with? Thx!
I have a day rate that includes myself and any of the equipment I own basically. Itâs currently 1750 and that is separate from any editing.
Hey, I'm really curious about the last interview. How much power of the Forza 300b Ii have u used in order to expose properly for the background (outdoors)
I donât remember what percentage that was. Maybe 60-80% and honestly it was a little too hot looking back at the frame.
Didnât you switch off the ceiling light in the office hall? Were the temperature more towards 5600 kelvin?
I found a dimmer switch on the wall and turned them down. My lights were close to 5600.
how do you mix the lav and the boom? Do you use the boom as main mic and the lav as backup? Or do you mix them somehow? Thank you very much,
Boom is my main audio and lav is backup. All the sample audio you heard from the interviews was from the boom. My voiceover was from the same lav though for comparison.
Just found your channel. Very nice interview setup.
Maybe you can hire a local kid to just move equipment.
I would, but how else will I get rid of my dad bod? đ
@@evanthecameraman True...
at 7:00 minutes is that the audio from the lav or the ntg2? and which budget timecode do you recommend? thanks in advance i enjoy your videos.
All interviews you hear are from the NTG2 with a little bit of post work to make them sound their best. For timecode I strongly recommend Deity TC-1
@@evanthecameraman Thank you for your response!
Question: I see two cameras. I also see the two different shots in each interview. Did you record both angles and edited (pieced) them together or are you using a kind of switcher during recording? If so, what? Thxs.
Just recording individually and switch during the editing process.
Do you record both shots completely? Like have both cameras recording the entire interview at the same time.
Which audio source did you decide to go with and what are you using for lav?
You're listening to the Boom on all 4 interviews with very minor EQ work to make everyone sound their best. For the lav I had a W.Lav going into a Deity BP-TRX
@@evanthecameraman Cool! I thought so but wanted to be sure. Still the NTG-2?
Hey Evan, Would U replace one of your 6Kpro for a Blackmagic 6K FF?
Personally no. FF can be nice, however, internal ND filters are too valuable to exchange for that.
3:36 what lavalier mic did you use? and could you link the sticker you used to put it on the talent?
Deity W.Lav for this shoot. The stickers are very efficient! Hereâs a link: amzn.to/3QDJpCj
Video noob here, do you ever use an nd filter for an indoor interview. Thanks
I use ND filters in my interviews all the time. Usually itâs when dealing with sunlight either indoors with big windows or when shooting outside.
As a "one-man band" op...how do you handle lav mics for female talent on corporate shoots?
Itâs about 95% the same as I handle male clients. The only real difference is I ask to hold their finger and use it to point exactly where I want lav mics placed. 9/10 times they tell me just to mic them up and 1/10 I can tell would rather do it themselves. Iâm really good at judging client comfort levels and understanding where boundaries are. Itâs all about communicating to both male and female clients what you are trying to do and what your next steps are.
@@evanthecameraman Thanks for the reply!
How much do you charge for something like this?
DM me on Instagram and I can share some pricing info
I like shots 2, 3 and 4. But not 1. Kinda strange placement of the van and the dude.
Thanks for the comment! Normally I wouldnât frame that way, however, his interview will have frequent text animations in the empty right side of frame which is why both client and I went with the untraditional composition.
@@evanthecameraman Now that makes perfect sense. You should have added some commentary in the BTS, why this framing, because it seems really weird without this additional info :D.
Hire an assistant
I do occasionally. But Iâm also trying to lose weight so I donât mind carrying gear đ
It's quicker to do it yourself rather than telling them what to do every minute, he developed his way of working solo he doesn't need it