Making A Podcast

Things to Talk About

Getting Started

Camera

Get to know your camera
Samsung Galaxy S3
Nikon COOLPIX P600 16.1 MP Wi-Fi CMOS Digital Camera with 60x Zoom NIKKOR Lens and Full HD 1080p Video Black – about $300
Setting up your camera
Tripod
Cell phone hold attachment – $10 – $20
Stack of books or boxes

Setting up your environment

Lighting

if you don’t know, do some quick test shots with light shining from the right, center, and left
Steady natural light is optimal if you don’t have photo/video lighting equipment
LimoStudio – Photography Photo Portrait Studio 600W Day Light Umbrella Continuous Lighting Kit – about $60 on Amazon
Normal lamps/lights tend to make things yellow
- try LED “Daylight” bulbs
Artificial lighting placement – personally arranged to minimize strong nose shadows
Camera position directly in front of you or slightly above looking down

Getting to Know Your Camera

Know how long you can film at one time
Stand alone cameras sometimes have a 20 min or 30 min limit for a single shot
Phone depends on how much storage space you have available
Familiarize yourself with whether your camera has a fixed focus or an automatic re-focus
Practice looking into the lens

Optional things to have at the start

Filming

Editing

Import your video to your computer or tablet with the editing software
Import your video into your editing software
Import any other digital elements to your video – photos, title cards, music, etc
Use royalty free music – Copyrighted music can be flagged by users and YouTube’s content ID which can result in your video being taken down due to copyright disputes
- Music that came with your computer/software
- Incompetech.com music by Kevin Macleod
Titles
- Can be done using the templates available in your software
- Create your own image using Adobe Photoshop or similar image software
Edit your podcast together
- Clipping video together
- Transitions
- Adding titles or subtitles
Export your video
- Export to video file on local hard drive
- Export to YouTube directly