In this episode of the podcast I challenge you to make videos with what you have and think about whether gear really matters or not.
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In this video we review the two best budget options for monitoring headphones, the Sony MDR-7506 and the Audio Technica ATH-M30X. Both of these headphones will serve you well. They are in the same price range and both include a leather pouch and adapter. Perhaps the biggest difference is the cord, straight vs coiled.
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In this video we review the Sony MDR-7506. Long considered the industry standard you can find these from sets to sound rooms. Offering a frequency response that covers the range of human hearing, the MDR-7506 will allow you to hear every blip and pop of the edit.
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The ATH-M30X comes in at $70 and delivers excellent flat frequency response that won’t break the bank.
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Over the past couple months I have been looking for a better way to interact with my audience, the YouTubers, bloggers and video makers, in short – you guys.
To better connect, I decided to put more concentration into YouTube. Uploading more videos, being active in the comments and starting a new series AskLeb.
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“Sitting is the new smoking”, that’s what people keep telling me anyway. If these people are to be believed then I’m a metaphorical chain-smoker. We all are. Apparently we average 9.3 hours a day sitting. If my math is correct that’s like smoking 37 and three quarters cigarettes a day. Not really but you get the point.
However I didn’t want to spend the $500-$1,000 it would cost to get a standing desk. Even if I did fork out the money and make the switch that would only solve my problem when I was at home. I work from multiple locations.
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Today's episode brings you Levi Allen, a filmmaker out of British Columbia and Founder of Left Coast Media. Levi's most recent film 'Untethered' was featured as a Vimeo Staff Pick in December 2015.
In this episode Levi discusses how he started out making films, the importance of not letting gear stand in the way of creation, why he decided to begin vlogging, the story behind the making of Untethered and why he decided to release his film for free.
If you're recording video on a DSLR or mirrorless camera, you don't want to use the on-board mic for audio. You want to at least pick up a shotgun mic like this RODE VideoMicro, for around $60.
In this video above we review and walkthrough the RODE VideoMicro microphone.
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One of my favorite parts of being friends with entrepreneurs is seeing how far they progress in just a year.
In this podcast episode I chat with Thomas Frank, a four-time guest on the show, to talk with him about how he has grown his YouTube channel to over 166,000 subscribers and almost 5,000,000 views by making weekly videos for just over a year.
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Our last client project of 2015 was a Kickstarter video for John Lee Dumas of Entrepreneur on Fire. The Freedom Journal campaign just launched last week and John's launch team, which includes us and the video we made, helped the campaign raise over $200,000 in the first week.
In this video we give a behind the scenes view on the entire production process. From storyboarding and scripting to filming and editing, we cover the entire project.
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On Saturday I drove up to Canon in Hollywood, CA for an all-day workshop with the Canon C300 Mark II cinema camera. In this video I share why I went, show some of my favorite features of the camera, and share test footage that I shot on the camera.
I currently use a Canon C100 Mark II as my main video camera and it only shoots 1080p, so I'm looking at what my options are for upgrading to shooting in 4K in 2016 and the C300 Mark II is one of the main contenders.
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2015 was a big year for me. It was the first full-year of being my own boss, making six figures, filming & editing hundreds of videos, and I also traveled a ton. In this video I share six things I learned specifically related to making so many videos last year.
I also wrote a full annual review with more lessons learned, stats, and financials here.
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