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I look great do you?
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This week we're going to be looking
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at hardware, specifically cameras,
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microphones, lighting and a few techniques
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to help you look better on video.
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So I'm gonna run through five different home
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office setups at five different budget levels
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to show you what that might look like. Before
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we do that though, I want to talk to Sales Feed's
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very own Dan Beresh, our Video Producer
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about the importance of quality video
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just as it's important to dress for
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the role you want. It's also important to make sure
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that you have the right camera and audio setup
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so that people can hear and see you clearly
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if you have a lower end laptop, you really
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want to think about upgrading your video and especially
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your audio to make sure that you can really show up
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well in those calls. If your video is
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not totally perfect but the person can see you
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fine. But if your audio is
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really crackly or there's some loud
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background noise or it's just a bit
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of echo in the room because you're using, you
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know, kind of a garbage microphone. That's
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the first thing that I would recommend really
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trying to improve because that
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means that what you are communicating
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is going to be understood clearly.
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And that's frankly the whole purpose of meeting right?
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Here's our pretend office for today.
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Let's get started.
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So this is the most basic setup. We're using
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the built in webcam and microphone on
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our company provided Macbook Air. However,
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without spending any money, there are some drastic
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improvements we can make to this setup
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if you put your camera at the same level
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as your eyes and then you additionally
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angle it So that your eyes
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are approximately 2/3 of the
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way up the frame. That's going
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to make you look the best. So what we're gonna want
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to do is increase the height of the laptop so that
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the camera is at eye level with us
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to do this. You can use a stack of books,
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a laptop stand or even a standing desk.
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If you have one available, the number one way to
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improve your setup without spending money
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is to think about where the window is in the room
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and to place your setup based on the window.
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You never want the window to be in the background.
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The sun is such a powerful light
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source that it is inevitably going to be way more
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powerful than anything in the room and you are just going to
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look dark
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and if your room has a lot of echo, you can add a rug
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to absorb some of the sound. We're also going to give that camera
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lens a quick clean and just like that. We
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should see some drastic improvements in the way we
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look and sound, making sure that we're eye
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level with our prospects not talking down
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to anyone. So this of course is
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better. But what are some affordable things
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that we can do to improve this? We're gonna
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add a pair of headphones too are set up for this video.
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We're gonna be using these skull candy inc headphones
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and we're also going to change the light bulbs in the room
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to a daylight bulb for daylight bulbs
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are gonna be looking for a temperature of over 5000
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kelvin's. I also find having daylight
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bulbs helps with my energy throughout the day.
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A cheap headset like this is going to have a couple of extra
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benefits. Number one, we're gonna block out outside
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distractions, you're gonna be able to hear your customers better.
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But also this microphone is closer to your
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mouth and is often a little bit better than the one
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inside of the Macbook
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microphone quality.
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A lot of it is about the proximity of the
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microphone to your mouth. So this is
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a really nice microphone but it's actually really just
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giving great audio quality because it's like right
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next to me, the further away you put that
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microphone, the more you're hearing of the echo in the room
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Most people have a set of these lying
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around. Anyway. Alright, let's start spending
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some real money. first we'll get a headset and
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or USB mic for a headset,
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we're gonna be using the Razer Kraken for the
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USB microphone. We're going to be using the blue
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snowball. Then we'll add a webcam for
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our webcam. We're gonna be using the AVerMedia
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Lives Streamer cam 313.
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A lot of webcams will advertise 4k
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1080 HD what you want to feel
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is that this is something that is really showing
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your room as it looks to your own human eye.
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And lastly we'll add a ring light,
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you can pick up a generic ring light for around
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$15 on amazon. Some come on tripods
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and others you can clamp it to your desk.
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This one even comes with colorful modes as well.
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A lot of these ring lights come to the phone stand. Most
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smartphones these days have incredible cameras
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and microphones already built into them. This
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is going to be higher quality than almost all USB
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webcams on the market. The downside is
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you can't share your screen on your phone so
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you can't use this for presenting or demos,
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a USB mic and webcam like this
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is as far as you need to go as a seller,
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it's all very simple to use as well.
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The blue snowball, the webcam and the ring light
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are all simple USB plug ins.
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You can also consider using the microphone on
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a headset like this one. A lot of these webcams
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come with built in mics like the one I'm using now.
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However, I find the quality of a USB
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mic or headset to be better as a
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seller. You probably won't need to go any further
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than this. However, if you're super passionate
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about your quality, you want to start a podcast,
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youtube channel or you frequently present
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on webinars. Then the next level is for
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you before we take a look at the next set up.
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I want to tell you about today's video sponsor.
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that allows you to easily record, edit
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and send your prospects videos.
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They have a super easy to use chrome extension
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and even let you know how many times your video
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has been opened by your prospect whilst Vidyard
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Pro for free back to the video. The first thing
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we can do is replace our USB Mic and headset
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with a high end USB mic for our
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higher end USB microphone. We're going to be using
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the Blue Yeti. Next, we'll
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replace our webcam with a camcorder
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on a tripod for our camcorder. We're
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gonna be using the Canon Vixie A h F
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R 800 we'll add in a second
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ring light to make sure that we're well lit and this is what
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that looks like this set up. one more expensive.
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It's going to be ideal for people who frequently talk
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on webinars. I want to start a podcast
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or just starting out on youtube. A setup like
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this one is going to put you in the top 1%
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of sellers and most people are going
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to be very impressed by this quality. This is really
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where the curve of how much you spend
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versus how much you get back starts to
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flatten out. You can still do better than this
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though, for the highest end set up. What we can do is
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replace the ring lights with box lights, replace
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the USB mic with a boom mic
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for our microphone. We're gonna be using the rode
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NTG2, multi powered
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condenser shotgun microphone. Keep in mind
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if you want to use this type of microphone, you will need an
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audio interface in this case. We're using
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the Behringer Euphoria UMC
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202 HD and replace our camcorder
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with a professional camera for our high
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end camera. We're going to be using the black Magic
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design, pocket cinema camera in 4k
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and the Canon lens will
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set you back another $1500.
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And this is what that looks like. This
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is a professional quality studio
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setup. I would only ever recommend this
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to professional content creators, big Youtubers.
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People who make videos as part of their job like
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myself. The reason being this comes with a
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hefty price tag but as a result,
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the quality is incredible. I the
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subject and very well lit more so
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from one side than the other. I'm in focus.
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While my background is out of focus.
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My audio sounds great from this directional
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boom mic, which is only picking up audio from
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this area right here. But yeah, this would be
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total overkill for any regular
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cellar. I got to know though....
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What do you think?
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