Would love to see an iPhone only video! Thanks for the practical tips for helping people share their story. Very helpful for bivocational worship guys like me. 😁
Thank you greatly, sir. I'm situated in Africa and recently stumbled upon your video. It perfectly aligns with the style of documentary and testimonial videos I aspire to produce.
Great video. I’m sharing this with a few people in my church. Thanks for sharing the technical AND the storytelling aspects. It’s usually only one of them.
Fully agree a video on iPhones would be great. It’s how we shoot our baptism videos. Thinking we need to change the angle of our side camera. Thanks for the video
Oh yea, please do an iPhone only video. We do have a nicer camera at our church but would love to see what could be possible with just an iPhone or two.
I love doing testimonial videos! Some great tips here and inspiration for the next ones I produce. The hardest parts for me is: A: Identifying who has a great story they're willing to share! B: Thinking through the story of the video, without knowing all the details beforehand. I try to do a pre-interview which helps, but I find if people get too in-depth in the pre-interview then they tend to gloss over things in the recording (after all, they already told me the story once!) and if I stay too high-level in the pre-interview then it's harder to pre-plan the story of the video. It's a lot of thinking fast on the fly mid-interview! Not sure if there is a better way or any tips for that, always looking for new ideas and techniques!
YES! I really rely on my fellow staff to point me towards people who have an impactful story. If I don't know the story I usually ask the person to write it out for me. This helps them actually give thought to how they want to share and I can direct them a little better without being in the dark.
Ryland, do you have a set of questions that you use to get started to prompt?? We are in the process of starting this at our church and would love some guidance on it! 😊
I would if I had a mixpre3 or some other high quality recorder. The preamps on my Tascam 70d are actually noisier than my camera inputs. Make it work right? 😀
Over all a great video. Just a point about lighting... Three point lighting is a interview must, What you are missing is the backlight, east coasters - Kicker. You said "backlight" for the light that hits the wall behind the chair. But a real backlight comes from behind the subject and hits back of their head and back shoulder(s). The true backlight separates the subject from the background! In Hollywood the backlight is done on an arm off a C-stand, with both arm and stand out of wide shot. From the same side as the Key Light. But a backlight can also be done on a straight stand, out of frame, with light fixture high and tilted to hit the back of the subject - most low/no budget crews do that. Ha, sometimes light through a Window provides backlight(but then you contend with that "light" moving as day progresses). I have heard it said a few times in my world... "look up, where does your light come from...it's from UP There not on the floor, NO up-lights on my set". Lots of churches use up-lights to hit walls and that is very unnatural...think about that?
Ya I mentioned the kicker light at the end. Could’ve thrown it in there but it’s not essential in this setup as the subject is already pretty separated from the plain background. If it was busy or clothes blended in then ya.
3 point lighting is NOT a must in any situation. It has its benefits, but like many creative elements, lighting should be customized to taste. Honestly, in as small of a room as Ryland is sitting in, he was effectively already getting "3 point lighting" because of the light bouncing off the walls.
Your back light (kicker) should be 180 degrees from your key light, not same side. When lighting a subject, you want them to stand out, being the brightest lit subject when using lighting. In this example, the background light is on almost as bright as the subject lighting, which flattens the image. By bringing that down in half and adding a true backlight (kicker), then you separate the subject and make them stand out.
YES DO AN iPHONE ONLY VIDEO PLEASE!
LOVE this video. Thanks so much.
Amazing video thanks for sharing ❤
Great tips, Ryland! Really like how you put this together 👌
Thanks, glad it was helpful.
Would love to see an iPhone only video! Thanks for the practical tips for helping people share their story. Very helpful for bivocational worship guys like me. 😁
Thank you greatly, sir. I'm situated in Africa and recently stumbled upon your video. It perfectly aligns with the style of documentary and testimonial videos I aspire to produce.
Great video. I’m sharing this with a few people in my church. Thanks for sharing the technical AND the storytelling aspects. It’s usually only one of them.
Fully agree a video on iPhones would be great. It’s how we shoot our baptism videos. Thinking we need to change the angle of our side camera. Thanks for the video
Such a great video!
God bless bro. Great setup and great video. Keep crushing it!
This is super helpful. I feel like I sorta get this right, but miss it just a little bit.
Oh yea, please do an iPhone only video. We do have a nicer camera at our church but would love to see what could be possible with just an iPhone or two.
I love doing testimonial videos! Some great tips here and inspiration for the next ones I produce. The hardest parts for me is:
A: Identifying who has a great story they're willing to share!
B: Thinking through the story of the video, without knowing all the details beforehand. I try to do a pre-interview which helps, but I find if people get too in-depth in the pre-interview then they tend to gloss over things in the recording (after all, they already told me the story once!) and if I stay too high-level in the pre-interview then it's harder to pre-plan the story of the video. It's a lot of thinking fast on the fly mid-interview! Not sure if there is a better way or any tips for that, always looking for new ideas and techniques!
YES! I really rely on my fellow staff to point me towards people who have an impactful story. If I don't know the story I usually ask the person to write it out for me. This helps them actually give thought to how they want to share and I can direct them a little better without being in the dark.
Ryland, do you have a set of questions that you use to get started to prompt?? We are in the process of starting this at our church and would love some guidance on it! 😊
Not necessarily but Brady has some good ones here. ruclips.net/video/vgOGKQDc8xc/видео.htmlsi=41KcoMis7QD6AZWr
That's great.... I would love to hear about using iPhone...!!
I build two entire RUclips channels on just my iPhone…
I gotta nit pick at you for running your mic directly into the RP. For maximum audio quality, I would run it into your external recorder.
Nice video!
I would if I had a mixpre3 or some other high quality recorder. The preamps on my Tascam 70d are actually noisier than my camera inputs. Make it work right? 😀
@@RylandRussell what about that DR-10L that you showed?
I run audio into my R6 II all the time, but only when I can real closely monitor the levels
iPhone Video would be great
Over all a great video. Just a point about lighting... Three point lighting is a interview must, What you are missing is the backlight, east coasters - Kicker. You said "backlight" for the light that hits the wall behind the chair. But a real backlight comes from behind the subject and hits back of their head and back shoulder(s). The true backlight separates the subject from the background! In Hollywood the backlight is done on an arm off a C-stand, with both arm and stand out of wide shot. From the same side as the Key Light. But a backlight can also be done on a straight stand, out of frame, with light fixture high and tilted to hit the back of the subject - most low/no budget crews do that. Ha, sometimes light through a Window provides backlight(but then you contend with that "light" moving as day progresses). I have heard it said a few times in my world... "look up, where does your light come from...it's from UP There not on the floor, NO up-lights on my set". Lots of churches use up-lights to hit walls and that is very unnatural...think about that?
Ya I mentioned the kicker light at the end. Could’ve thrown it in there but it’s not essential in this setup as the subject is already pretty separated from the plain background. If it was busy or clothes blended in then ya.
3 point lighting is NOT a must in any situation. It has its benefits, but like many creative elements, lighting should be customized to taste.
Honestly, in as small of a room as Ryland is sitting in, he was effectively already getting "3 point lighting" because of the light bouncing off the walls.
Your back light (kicker) should be 180 degrees from your key light, not same side.
When lighting a subject, you want them to stand out, being the brightest lit subject when using lighting. In this example, the background light is on almost as bright as the subject lighting, which flattens the image. By bringing that down in half and adding a true backlight (kicker), then you separate the subject and make them stand out.
# Use Iphone ❤ great video