Starting a Video Podcast: Essential Equipment and Software Guide

Okay so why video podcasting video Content is booming all over the major Platforms so if you’re going to put in Energy into creating your very own Podcast you might as well put in a bit Of extra effort and make it into a video Podcast With video content you have the Opportunity to repurpose it for tick Tock Instagram YouTube Even Apple podcast and Spotify are Moving towards video content What about remote video interviewing so Remote video interviewing really took Off during the pandemic where it was Almost impossible to interview people in Person But software is like the one I’ll be Talking about made it so much easier to Interview people no matter where they Are and also in high quality So stick around because in the next Lesson I’ll take you through all you Need to know about setting up your very Own remote video interview hey guys in This lesson I’ll take you through how to Get ready for a remote video recording Interview I’ll show you my personal Setup and equipment I use the software I Use to get ready to start recording We look at the three most important Aspects which is audio video and Software Let’s start with audio so for me audio

Is the most important hands down If I would suggest to spend money on Anything it would definitely be audio And the first thing to ensure that you Have good audio for you and your guest Is a microphone Now I personally use a condenser mic Called the Blue Yeti that you can see Over here and I love it I’ve only had Good experiences with it and it’s really Beginner friendly it’s not that Expensive for the quality that it Provides and I’ve had just good Experiences with it it comes with its Own stand but personally I’ve tried this Quite a lot and I noticed that it picked Up a lot of desk and background noise Which I didn’t like that much so the Next piece of equipment that I bought Which I also recommend is a microphone Boom arm stand which is this guy over Here and it’s not that expensive I Bought mine on Amazon for like 15 or 20 Dollars and I just attached my Blue Yeti Microphone over here Facing downwards for some reason when I Face it downwards it doesn’t pick up as Much background noise which I quite like Now normally I would put my mic a bit Closer to my face I would put it like Here-ish but because I like to have a Nice view on camera and I want you to See my face I’ve compromised and I’ve Put it a little bit out of sight which

Means that the sun will be a little bit Less good but that’s fine that’s a price I’m willing to pay the next piece of Equipment that I definitely recommend is A pop Shield filter or a pop filter Shield And that’s this guy over here and the Reason why is that it filters or blocks Out the Sounds or pop sounds and with my accent My bizarre accent I say It’s quite a lot And this nicely blocks it out so I Definitely recommend I bought it on Amazon as well and again it’s not that Expensive Now another suggestion that I definitely Recommend another piece of equipment is Headphones because this as well will Cancel the sound Now you can invest in a really high Quality fancy headphones like these guys Over here Audio Technica But since I have quite a small head and I don’t think it looks very good on my Face Personally I would only use this when I’m doing screencasting so when I’m Actually doing videos I’d rather have Something a bit more discreet because Right now it feels like I’m drowning in Equipment I think So when I’m filming my face what I like To use is just apple airpods and they’re

Quite good because they’re pretty Discreet the only problem with them is That they’re battery Reliant which I Don’t like because sometimes you know if You run out of battery that’s it Another type of headphones that I use Are these the plain Apple cable Headphones which I like they’re Reliant You don’t have to worry about battery About charging them about Bluetooth so They’re pretty good now one of the best Suggestions I got for high quality audio And for Echo reduction is to making sure That your room that you’re filming in Doesn’t have a lot of echo you’re Basically Echo proofing your room Things like hard walls or hard wooden Floors can cause Echo and so what I did Is I had a rug put in I throw some Pillows and some blankets all over the Place I used catteries plants and these Will all block out Echo to make my room Ready for filming another piece of Equipment that’s really good for Reducing Echo is this guy over here Which is a echo reduction foam board and I got like loads of these and I just Started sticking them everywhere on the Walls on the floors and it really helps With Echo Okay so that was it for audio now let’s Look at video so you’re looking at me Right now from a really high quality Canon DSLR camera and it’s very

Expensive but don’t worry at all you Don’t have to spend so much money on a Camera because today smartphones do a Pretty good job as well as webcams and Even your desktop built-in camera does a Good job So right now I’m using my Canon DSLR but When I’m actually doing the recording I’m going to use my MacBook Pro built-in Camera because it’s so much easier to Set up Now the most important thing you need to Know about video is lighting light is The most important part so if you’ve got Your lights good you’re ready to go And the best type of light is natural Light and I’ve got a lot of natural Light in this room but I’m also using a Newer LED white and yellow light on a Stand I’ve also got a white umbrella to Soften the harsh light and sometimes I Use two when I don’t have enough Lighting when it’s a gloomy rainy day in London but today I’ve got quite a good Amount of light and the last piece of Equipment is One Bengal cat called Skye She’s my personal assistant for this Course today And the final part to look at is Softwares so hands down the best quality Software for remote video recordings and Interviews is Riverside and I’ll explain To you in a bit later on in the course Why that is and why I personally chose

Riverside to record remote video Interviews I also recommend to download Google Chrome which is the browser that Riverside is used with so make sure you And your guests have Chrome installed in Your computer as a browser and then Finally to edit all your videos I Definitely recommend my favorite video Editing software which is Adobe Premiere Pro and I recommend it because I’m a big Adobe fan I love Adobe software and for Me they all have the same language so It’s only natural for me to use Adobe Premiere Pro and it’s really easy to use I’ll show you later how to make some Simple edits and edit this video so that More on that later okay so that’s it for Getting yourself ready to film so just Plug everything in and we’ll be ready to Go