- Looking to start a
video podcast this year. Well, in this video, I'll be breaking down our Think Marketing podcast set up. Everything from the cameras, the audio, the lighting, everything. And be sure to stick around because I'm gonna show you how you can do a multi-camera podcast and
eliminate editing and posts making switching in real time. Let's go. - [Man] You gotta just press record. - Hey, what's up, it's Omar
Eltakrori with Think Media helping you build your
influence with online video and on this channel. Sometimes we do tech gear reviews as well as studio setups
just like this one. So if you're new here
consider subscribing. And I just wanna let you know
that everything I mention will be listed down in
the description below as well to some cheaper
alternatives to things if you wanna achieve the same idea, but you have cheaper equipment purchase, we'll put that in the description below. So make sure you check that out. But man, if you're pumped
to get into this setup, hit that like button for me. But let's start with the
first thing, which is audio. (soothing music) So if you did not know we have a podcast. Yes. Did you know we had a podcast? It's called the Think Marketing podcast. And in this podcast we go a lot deeper when it comes to YouTube strategy, online video marketing,
and things like that. So, make sure you check it out, we'll post links in the description below, and it's just a great
podcast, we upload weekly on. All that to say, the mic
we use for this podcast is the Shure SM7B. This is one of the top of the line mics that you can buy for
podcasting, live streaming, and anything you really need. This is a, what is called a dynamic mic. So it really gives you
that radio podcast vibe. And so let's cut over from my
Lav mic right into this mic, just so you can get a vibe. Now you're hearing the Shure
SM7B and it sounds great. It's very rich, it sounds professional, and it is a $400 mic, but
there are alternatives. The big thing is that
this is a dynamic mic, and so dynamic mics will
give you this kind of sound. We have the mic on a Samson
desk stand right here, this is like a $15 stand. It's perfect for like sitting
height, as you can see. And then we have the mic plugged in to what is called a Cloudlifter. A mic like this just needs
a little bit of boost and this thing gives it, to it. And so before it actually
hits our recorder, which I'll jump to in just a second, this is running through the Cloudlifter giving it a nice presence boost and eliminating some noise in the process. But let's talk about the recorder that we use to capture the audio. So the recorder we're
actually using to capture the audio coming from those
mics that I just mentioned is the Zoom H6 Recorder. This is a super easy to
use recorder and really what I love about it is, number one, it provides phantom power. So it's actually powering up the mics. And then number two you can actually run continuous power to the Zoom, so you're not wasting
batteries and just plug into you know, AC adapter
or something like that. But this records really high quality files and I love the knobs that it just makes it very tactical to dial in your audio. And it's very simple, you know like we're not tryna add in any sound, we're not tryna bring
on guests from outside, we're really just capturing
the two miC audio. But that's what we're using to capture the audio, the Zoom H6. So now that we covered audio, let's cover the next
thing, which is lighting. (upbeat music) So for lighting, I don't
wanna get too in depth with everything we're
doing, but essentially the two key lights we're using is the GVM 100 watt light
kit with the lantern softbox. So if you can see it has kinda like this ball in front of it, which is great because it provides a
great source of light and very balanced too as well. And so actually having both of these really fills in the shadows and the faces, and it's really flattering. One thing we've learned about lighting is, you wanna get it as big as
possible but as soft as possible, and these kind of lights do that. These are what you would call Cobb lights, they're not panel lights
or anything like that. But, we've actually done a full
video review on this light, so you can check that out. But if you come over here,
I just wanna talk about the other kind of light that we have, and what I would call accent lighting. These are lighting that we
intentionally are placing in the shot to be able
to give kind of a vibe, we want it to be a little bit cozy. So we have these lights from IKEA, which is this light right over here. And then we have a nice little
globe light right over there. And if you notice the temperature is a little bit different
from the key lights. So just something to note is, you know, you want daytime lights hitting
your face most of the time, but you can totally bring in some warm lights back from behind you. And then that's what I
wanna talk about this. This is called a panel light, a lot of people actually
know what this is. But it's an led panel
light by GVM as well. This is providing hair
light to the subject, essentially making it look
like these accent lights are projecting a light behind them. And what it does at the end
of the day is it just creates some sort of separation
from your background. So think about adding a hair light in addition to accent
lighting in your setup, it's just something that
could level it up altogether. So we covered audio, we covered lighting, now I wanna talk about
video, but right before I do I just wanna talk about
our sponsor for this video, and that is Stream Yard. Stream Yard is how we
actually do our live streams to YouTube and our private Facebook groups and things like that. And what's so cool about Stream Yard is they makes it super easy and seamless to bring on guests if you're actually interviewing people, or you can run slideshow
decks and things like that. So if live streaming is
something you wanna do, make sure you check out the Stream Yard down in the links in the description. So now that we've got that out of the way, let's talk about these
video side of things. So we're actually capturing this podcast with three different cameras which you could say is quite a lot. But the reason being is
because of two people on the podcast, we wanna
be able to capture them with a nice medium wide shot, essentially the lens that
they're gonna actually look into. And then the other two cameras are just gonna be close up shots of
each person individually. And so it really makes up a cool setup for a two person podcast, if you're doing something like this, and the cameras we're actually
using are all Sony A7 III. We just have three of
those and I would encourage to use three of the same camera, so you have consistent colors, and you have a consistent look all around. But one thing I do wanna mention, in a life hack a lot of
people don't know is possible is actually getting
continuous power adapters. So each one of these cameras are powered straight into plug-in power, so we never gonna run out of battery. We don't have to stop
shooting what we're doing and then start charging batteries. So these are very inexpensive, again, the links to everything
we're mentioning down in the description below. All that to say you don't need a 4K camera to shoot podcasts. You can use a Canon M50, get three Canon M50, or what have you, I would just encourage
get the same camera. Now you might see all these HDMS coming out of these
camera, and the reality is it's because of that this thing. (upbeat music) So hands down one of my favorite things about this entire setup is the ability to switch in real time
and then capture that as kind of a live show. So there's really very minimal editing that we have to do and post when it comes to editing this podcast. You know, one thing you
can do is definitely record onto the cameras and
capture all that footage, and then in post edit it using
like a multi-camera editing or something like that. And we have videos on that as well, we'll post links in the YouTube card, as well as in the description
below about those things. However, we have plugging
all of the cameras into this device, and it is the Blackmagic ATEM Mini Pro ISO. I know it's a mouthful and they actually have three versions of this, you don't necessarily need this version. I'll tell you why I got
this one in particular. But essentially what you're
able to do is literally during a podcast, we could switch cameras in real time and you could even, you know see obviously there's
no people in the shot. But you got all three angles
and so when it's go time, I literally can just hit record on here and then it's gonna capture
to an SSD or a hard drive. And then at the end of it, I have a show that not only has the
three angles all recorded, I also have a recording
of the actual cuts I made. And then finally it
gives you a project file and it's a DaVinci resolve project file. So you can actually go in and make tweaks to that show that you just cut. So it's really cool. It also plugs into our MacBook. So, you know you can really monitor your audio levels pretty well. And I'm actually running a line out from the Zoom into this Blackmagic. And, you know, you see this
probably like in a case, actually got the inspiration from Caleb at DSLR Shooter,
but we custom built this case just to make it cool, I don't know. You don't have to do all of this, but you could totally
not even use a monitor. But wanted to make it
something that we can just roll up anywhere and do
a multi-camera setup. So, and we'll make a video on this device just so you can check it
out a little bit deeper but what's also cool about this device is we can go streaming straight into any software from this device. So even if I was on my desk, I could plug multiple cameras in
here, multiple displays and just switch them in real
time, picture and picture. And so really the ATEM
Mini is just a great all around investment
if you're really looking into doing live streaming or multi-camera production type things. So, definitely check out
that video when it comes out, subscribe if you're
not subscribed already. But now that we covered video, another thing I like to
include when it comes to V. So we talked about audio A,
L, V, S but the video portion, it also includes visual. So I just wanna talk about
kind of this wall setup we have here, which is pretty
cool, and you wanna check out, so let's check it out now. So quick little story about the setup you've been seeing here on Thinking Media as of late when it comes to the podcast, and some of the videos we've
been putting out is that, this is actually Kyle's loft in his house. And the reality is when he moved into this house over the summer, we noticed that this was
a good space to film. However, it posed some problems and we actually came up with a solution. A lot of people see this and I'm like, "Oh, sick you have like the gray wall hitting the white wall." When this isn't a wall, it's
actually a piece of paper. Right, Like 60 bucks. But I want Kyle to actually take over. We're gonna switch, and
then he's gonna break down how you can do this too and add
an accent wall in your space and potentially level up
your visuals in your setup. (upbeat music) - So the problem was we
needed to create a corner like a clean space to have
the clean shot like this. And the problem was the
fitting that we use. This is gonna go up against the wall and there's gonna be a gap. So the idea that I had,
I got a pipe fitting and I scooted into the flange So there's just a pipe going in here, it's about probably like a foot long, a foot and a half, scooted in there. And then I just slid
the paper right into it. And then I measured across
exactly how long it would be and then I put the thing on the end. So then we can use this
and roll it up and down. It actually changed this space a whole lot and just transformed it
into what we have now. And the cool thing is I can swap this out with any color that I have. I have four other colors, and it's a sliding out of that pole. And then just remounting it,
and it's pretty simple to use. But I'll send it back over to
Omar to finish up this video. - And that wraps up the
ultimate video podcast setup that we have for the
Think Marketing podcast. Let me know down in the comments below which part of this was
your absolute favorite, which part did you get mind blown, and something you can
implement in your podcast And I just wanna let you know we have a video on how to start a podcast. So if you're looking to start a podcast you can check that out by
clicking or tapping the screen or check out our playlist on
video podcasting, same thing, click or tap the screen. And I can't wait to see
you in a future video. Peace. (soft music)
