My Camera and Filming Set Up For Youtube Videos

Today's mission is to film 12 videos. 12. Hey, guys, my name is Trina. If you are new here, and here on my channel, I help women entrepreneurs figure out this crazy online world so they can have more time doing the things they love. And like I said, today's vlog style video is all about how I film my YouTube videos. So I want to film 12. They are already scripted, researched, ready to go. So now I need to focus on getting this ready to go. A lot of people have asked me, like, what kind of makeup do you use on film or on video? And do you need anything special? So let me show you the products that I'm using. We're at my little makeup station right here. I use this to prep my face before I put on any foundation. I use this tarte foundation. I mostly put it on with my hand. And then I use this little spongy guy. It's looking kind of gross and needs cleaned. Then I will set that with this setting power from Laura Mercier. I also have some under eye concealer that's straight from Target. This concealer also to kind of COVID up my pores. This is my bronzer from Hula. It's Hoola bronzer from Benefits Blush highlighter for under my eyes. You guys, this is amazing mascara from Target. It's. Is it Maybelline? L'? Oreal? I think it's l'. Oreal. It is fantastic. I use this eyeliner from Too Faced. I believe it's Too Faced. Yes, Too Faced Sketch Marker. I've been loving these eyeshadow sticks from Laura Mercier as well. They're really simple and easy to use. You just let's get this in focus. This guy is really simple and easy to use. You just glide it over your eyelids. I have not washed my hair yet this morning, so I'm just gonna use some of this dry shampoo. It's called not yout Mother's Target again. Gonna spray my hair a bit. Then I'm going to take a curling iron, just a regular old curling iron, and wrap my hair around it to give it kind of that wavy look. And we are done. Final product. It took me about 45 minutes, but I wasn't being real fast. Two secrets. It has taken me a long time to figure out how to get this hair and how to get a cat eye. So if you're trying it out and you're struggling and it feels like it's never going to get right, just keep practicing. I've been working on this cat eye for probably like five years and I still mess up. I think I have like 6 different Q tips over there to wipe off my cat eye mess up. So those are two things that take me a long time to do still. The hair and the cat eye. So now I gotta pick some shirts out and take them to the office. And full disclosure, my clothing option is very minimal. Since I left my day job, I haven't really kept up with clothes. But if you see my husband on the other hand, has three, four times the amount of clothes. But he goes to work every day, he says, so that's his excuse. Now I need to find something to wear. If you watch my videos frequently, you'll start to notice the same shirts over and over. I like to wear this flannel, this denim button. I like to wear lighter colors because I am pale. So this peach. And I'll see if I can find any sweaters to wear since it's winter. So now my goal is to clean up. I have to lay down blankets and pillows to really pick up the echo in this room. So since this floor is like hardwood floor and there's really nothing in here to absorb the sound, if I don't put that down, the audio is going to be really bad. And so I lay, I just blankets and pillows. That's all I need. Nothing fancy. I also like to change my setup a little bit. So I need to move my computer over to here, clean up my desk, and then we can start filming. I'm actually pretty lucky today because it is a cloudy day, so I shouldn't worry about like sun beating in. One thing that I found out when I filmed a couple weeks ago is this computer makes a humming noise. Sorry, I'm printing out my scripts. That's that noise. My computer makes a humming noise that my mic picks up. And so now I need to record my sound on my laptop right here. I'm gonna put the laptop on the floor, connect it to my mic and just turn off this computer because the hummingbird is too distracting for my videos. Alright friends, so I'm just setting up down here. I wanted to have my computer in the screen, but it's not really working. I'm looking at the viewfinder here to see where everything is. Yes, I know my crutch is in there for right now. I have my scripts right here on my desk. I have my mic like right off to the side here. I might actually move it kind of front of me. I'm gonna put my laptop down on the ground, connect my mic to it, and we should be Able to get started. Gotta put my pink lipstick on. I think this is good. I got a shadow back here. You always want to be mindful of any shadows. I'm gonna pull an umbrella light, which I have setting up here closer to hopefully negate that shadow. Because you don't really want to have that dark shadow behind you. Other than that. I got my coffee, I got my phone on. Do not disturb. My husband has turned off the heat. The computer's off. Hopefully no noises. Although they're building a house beside us. Let's just hope they're not working on it today. Also a little trick that I so I don't have to keep changing. Since I'm doing 12 videos, I'm gonna rotate videos. So I'm gonna start with series one, video one and then I'm gonna pop over to series two, video five. And I have them sitting right here so I know what's next. That way I can wear this shirt for. Whoops. I can wear this shirt for both videos. May not repeat the same day or same week. So the way you can really do 12 videos in a day is prepping. I spent time researching my video ideas, scripting them, thinking about B roll all in advance. And that's why I can sit down right now and film 12 videos. I cleared my day today is just for filming. And that's the only way you can do this type of batching is if you prep, you know what you're gonna say, you script it, you have a plan. Otherwise it's gonna take you forever to film. And you may not get to 12 your very first time, but you can work up to that. To it. But again, it's all about prepping before your filming day. So I gotta start filming if I'm going to reach these 12 videos. So I'm on to video number six. Almost halfway there. But a little tip. When you are batch filming, always have extra battery. So this camera battery just went dead. And so I have a backup battery. It's now in my camera and I'm charging the next one if I need to use it when this one dies. So always have battery backup batteries and backup SD cards. Alright friends. So just finished filming my 12 videos. I do have to film like an overhead shot. So I want to do my powersheets video and I want to film it like that. So I do have to do that yet. But I don't have to be on video for that. It's just gonna be me talking and writing. So didn't necessarily have to do that today. I Can do it without makeup, but that is the result of filming and changing. So I did change seven times. And if you guys think you can't film 12 videos in a day, you just gotta be prepared. You gotta have those video ideas, you gotta write them out. Know what it is that you're doing. I'm even on crutches and I still got these done and it took me about two and a half hours. My videos are generally between five to seven minutes. Two of them might have been like three minutes. They were quick videos, but it's doable. So let me just show you my setup real quick so you can see how I'm doing this. Okay, so for me sitting here at my desk and yes, I'm in a knee brace. So what's your excuse? Since my computer made too much noise, I use my laptop. I have this mic and it's plugged into my laptop. What I do is I open QuickTime right here and I want to go to new audio recording. So I will push record when I'm ready to start. And then my camera sets right here in this ring light and I'll push record on my camera. But other than that, I then file them by date. So I had them all listed in my planner right here, the calendar. So then every audio file that I created, I titled it date. So then what I'm going to do is I'm going to go into Google Drive, which my editor and I use, and I'm going to upload every single video file to a folder. And so in that folder will be my script so he knows what callout points that I want. I also need to go and do some B roll footage which I have listed in in my script as well. And I'll add my audio file there. So he has everything he needs based on folder and those folders are based on dates. So he knows when those videos are due. Then he just shares me his first version. I'll let him know what needs fixed, what I don't like, he'll fix it. Usually it only takes us max two rounds. Usually the first time he sends me one, we're good. He knows what I like and that's basically how I am uploading to YouTube. You guys, I'm gonna be doing three videos January, so make sure you're subscribed. Every Tuesday and Thursday is gonna be a new video and then a surprise video. Cuz I got some surprises coming up. So there's a floating third day throughout the month for me now that I'm done filming. And I got done. I am gonna go get some lunch and work on some business stuff. If you guys have questions about any of this setup, anything about filming, let me know down in the comment section. You. You guys can do this. It's not that hard. You need to do it a couple times to get a process in line for you, and then it's easier to do. Trust me. If you like vlogs, if you want me to vlog more, make sure you give this video a thumbs up. You click subscribe. And thank you guys for watching my filming day. I'll see you in the next video. Bye.