Make a Great Podcast Intro

alright so in this video I'm gonna talk about how to make a great podcast intro both some advice on the audio front as well as if you have a video podcast and you want to make a cool video intro that's it so I started a podcast in 2017 and while other podcasters I talked to told me that it wasn't too late to get into the game I couldn't help but feel that the ship had sailed how could I stand out create something that really represented my work and my attention to detail as a filmmaker I chose to bring video into everything that I do so I picked up a couple great microphones I film each episode with three cameras and I spent a lot of time like a lot of time editing down the episodes and breaking them into shorter excerpts and teasers for social media I knew a big part of the show at least starting it out would be creating a dope intro if I could start it off on the right foot I think people would understand the kind of quality hopefully that I'd be bringing to the show so it's evolved a bit over time here's the first one that I launched with the podcast it's super short I filmed it in one day with a sony a7s - and DJI Mavic drone [Music] so I got the music from YouTube's free library I cut a few clips to that music out of the color grade and that was it I really wanted to start quick and dirty getting started was way more important to me than being perfect after I've recorded a handful of episodes and I had a little bit more time to think about it I wanted to give it a professional look a more polished feel [Music] I still shot this footage in the kitchen in the same exact location but I used a red epic W and led an LED light panel as well as using this super slow-motion capabilities of the red I think we shot at like 300 frames a second so I could have taken a similar approach shot with a more modest camera and it still what it came out great I don't want you to get discouraged by the fact that I used a pretty expensive camera kit really I think what would make the biggest difference on this shoot was the additional time and thought that went into it shooting really close tight shots really helped to hide the fact that this was filmed in my kitchen it might not have looked as crispy as great as the red footage but it definitely would have been a huge step up this is what the second podcast intro look like [Music] I was really excited with how this came out and I used it for about seven months without changing it much at all I recently did change it as I started to build up my audience and I realized new listeners could benefit from an intro that well explained who the hell I am to begin with so I added a voiceover and I included some behind the scenes footage of me working on various film projects over the years this is the latest cut this is the one that I'm currently using you're listening to the ground up show a podcast that inspires creatives to make meaningful content and pursue their passions my name is Mathew Vela and I'm a filmmaker best known for the Netflix documentary minimalism and I'm sitting down with creators to talk about their process the lessons they've learned on how to make an impact [Music] so if you're trying to make a dope podcast intro here are a couple tips to help you clean things one music is the most important and it will take some taste to really pick the right one for your show that's something unfortunately I can't give you YouTube's free music library is a great place to start my most recent track was purchased on pond5 for less than $30 so there's some great options there I often spend hours looking for music for every project I work on so be patient don't worry if you can't find you know something within an hour the second one will be think about the length of your podcast intro there's no special formula but if you have a micro podcast and it's five to ten minutes long you probably keep your podcast less than a minute that would be weird if 10% of your podcast was an intro of course if it's over an hour you can get away with a longer intro three you can cut and splice your music to extend it to really end on the right note so videos never happen to be the same exact length as the song that you're using so you're likely gonna have to shorten the music and you can get creative with it to end on the right note here I clip the end of the song with the beginning to make it much shorter but it also ends on a nice note when you match up the beat it's nearly impossible to tell the Edit [Music] number four use markers to help you add the appropriate pacing to your videos I use this extra step when I first started out ending and it really helped me a lot the more experienced you get the more you can pace out the music with your gut and keep your shots tight just like I did with my coffee shots I was shooting in a kitchen if you don't have a beautiful studio that you can light up then that's the best way to do it keep your footage really tight and macro and that often helps so I hope these tips helped and you got to see a little bit of my approach to the show but as you saw my process evolved I started very quick I just got it up and went that's that sounds kind of dirty maybe I should just stop this video now should I just sort us out I should stop the video this is it I should just cut there's nobody behind the camera I'm just talking to a bent a window and the wall it's just me in the room by myself okay [Music]

Channel: Matt D'Avella

Views: 529,474

Keywords: podcast, create, intro, podcast intro, tips, advice, film, filmmaking, video podcast, ground up, the ground up show, matt davella, Matt D'Avella

Id: jdLyyuXmglA

Length: 6min 50sec (410 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 12 2018