[Brock Burwell]

Just finished my first draft of my second video. I have a few things to clean up, but I was wondering what you guys thought of it and what suggestions you would have. Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn3kTieUB9c

[Brock Burwell]

Gotta be honest, that isn’t what I was hoping to hear, but I know coming from both of you that it’s good advice.

I guess I’m probably not ready for the flash of a stabilizer yet. I do need to get better mics to be honest. I do a lot of interviews so getting some good mics will help.

Any suggestions on what a good mic would be for someone on a budget?

[Brock Burwell]

Hey thanks for inquiring about me!

I sured up the video as much as I could and released it to our facebook page and got great responses! We had over 20 people “share” the video and a lot of people approached me and told me how great it was. While it may be great from their standards, I have a lot of work to do to get better.

I’m currently working on my second video for the church which is going to be filmed tomorrow.

I’m watching a lot of videos and trying to emulate them. I found a couple of people on there who do instructonal videos that are really good and I’ve learned a lot from them. Figured out that I want my next purchase to be a steadicam (or similar) to increase the professionalism of my videos.

Considering purchasing a tutorial on my Canon T3i from a guy I’ve been following on youtube. He is really good and really expalins a lot in a good way. He only shoots with DSLR and has a 3 hour tutorial on my specific camera which would give me a better idea on how to use it to its maximum potential. It’s $39.99, but I think it’ll be worth it.

Anyway, that’s where I’m at right now.

[Brock Burwell]

When listening to it, what do you suggest that I do?

My wife said that on her nice speakers at work, she had to crank the volume and still could barely hear it. She also said some of the people speaking went so low she couldnt understand what they were saying. She also stated that she though the music sounded just like noise in the background.

If you were me and had this video…what would you do?

[Brock Burwell]

I need your help…This is what I ended up finishing with on the video. I am happy with the video a itself, but I am really struggling with the audio. It sounds terrible and I’m not sure what to do.

I am recording on a canon t3i with a lapel mic. I watched a video where somone suggested that with this camera, I should go in and manually lower the audio to remove the hum that this camera produces a lot. I did that, but they also said that you need to turn the audio up on the lapel mic to make up for it. I don’t believe my mic has that option and I just didn’t think twice about it. I only did that for the interview with the Pastor. Once I heard the audio, I turned it back up for the other two videos. So to match it, I had to turn the two ladies audio down so it matched the Pastor. So the entire video volume is very low and I have no idea what to do to fix that. I can’t turn it up on the final cut timeline as the pastors is maxed. Any ideas?

Also, the audio for parts is only coming out of one side. I tried to change it all to mono, but some clips won’t allow it and I don’t know why. It’s so strange.

Any suggestions for me? Thanks!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszqVSLh3lM

[Brock Burwell]

Wow awesome advice…

I’ve always wondered how people did that. I will definitely be trying that out.

I stole that video idea from West Virginia University. When I was there, that was one of their ads that they ran. It was pretty easy to replicate. I’ll see how it looks with this effect. Thanks again!

[Brock Burwell]

I got some more b-roll shots last night…

I think got a few good shots. I ended up replacing a few old shots with some of the newer stuff.

I got some close up of hands preparing food.

I got a another rack shot

I got a low angle shot I think is usable

I am struggling with the CTA after the last shot in the video. I tried using John 21:17 in more than one way and I can’t get it to look the way I want. It just looks bland and stupid. I want it to look professional but I can’t figure out a way to make it that way. Any ideas on that?

Also, is this the place where I should post these questions? Is there a different category where this would be more approporiate

[Brock Burwell]

As I said previously, I didn’t go to school for this so I don’t know all the terminology. I looked up some of the terms you listed here but I would like further explaination on a few if you don’t mind.

What does singles, two-shots and 3 shots mean?

Also, when you say “look-space,” do you mean something similar to the rule of 3rds? Space on one side of the subject

Also, You said shots of hands and mouths. Do you mean of the people eating?

Also, do you have any videos that could be used as an example for me to go on?

Thanks for all your help. It means a lot!

[Brock Burwell]

Good call on getting more video of Pastor for B-roll. I may need to do that.

I will take a look at some more music to see if anything fits better. Where do you get your music? I found a place on iTunes that has royalty free music, but I’m not sure if there are better places.

Do you have any specific suggestions on what can be cut to shorten the video to make it less redundent?

What do you mean you wish I had “more really wide shots?” The rooms I shot in for B-roll weren’t very big so I couldn’t really get wide shots. I am though going to film tonight to get some shots of the outside of the church that will be wide, but I’m not sure if that’s what you mean.

I love the idea of adding John 21 in there at the end. I will definitely do that. Great call.

[Brock Burwell]

That’s a good thought on the “call to action.” I guess I didn’t really give the viewer anything but information. Not sure how I can do that without reshooting with the Pastor and getting him to basically give them a call to action. I may be stuck with this video unless you have an idea.

Yea this is my first try at this. I kinda copied someone else’s video idea and tried to emulate it. I didn’t go to school for this or anything but I’d love to start getting into it. I feel like this place is going to help out a lot as I may be asking for advice a lot.