-: We're in my studio now, and I'm gonna 2 2
teach you how to soundproof a room. 3 3
So what I recommend doing is buying these products here, 4 4
if you want to have a dedicated studio. 5 5
And you just peel off the back 6 6
and you stick them on the wall. 7 7
I have them all over the ceiling as well, 8 8
so I'm gonna scroll up and show you my ceiling. 9 9
And I've got these big metal bars in the ceiling as well, 10 10
just so I can hang cameras and lights down from them. 11 11
But you can use plastic pvc piping 12 12
if you want, it's a lot cheaper. 13 13
So I stuck all that stuff on the ceiling 14 14
and I've also got it on the side. 15 15
If you're curious, I'm using my iPhone 16 16
to record this in my Osmo 2 gimbal. 17 17
Okay, and so sorry about the lighting over there, 18 18
it's not optimized, but on the wall 19 19
you can see I've got a lot of tiles there as well. 20 20
You don't have to put them everywhere, 21 21
just make sure that there's enough of them 22 22
so that the echo in the room is better, 23 23
or actually decreased, I should say. 24 24
You'll notice that the acoustics in this room are excellent. 25 25
I'm not modifying the audio at all in post-production. 26 26
And by the way, I'm wearing my lavalier here 27 27
with my H1 Zoom, H1N Zoom recorder, which is awesome. 28 28
Now, in terms of other stuff in this room, 29 29
this is not a videography course but 30 30
I want to show you the lighting quickly. 31 31
This rear light here, you could use a lamp behind you 32 32
if you want to as well, on the ground 33 33
like we explained earlier in the course. 34 34
And also right here, that's my key light. 35 35
That's the brightest one, and over here 36 36
is the fill light up there, okay. 37 37
So in terms of the, oh I've got one more light here too. 38 38
So it's a light, and I'll provide you a link to this one, 39 39
it's by a company called GVM, which stands for 40 40
Great Video Maker, and I've got in color here 41 41
to just add a nice blue pop to the background. 42 42
All that stuff on the ceiling is 43 43
beyond the scope of this course, 44 44
but those are just different background colors 45 45
that I can drag down, or I can pull down like curtains. 46 46
Now the back here, I'm all blue now. 47 47
Look like a Smurf or Schtroumpf as you say in Europe. 48 48
The back here is, this I just bought from Home Depot, 49 49
big hardware store here in America. 50 50
I think it's like 20 bucks per panel or something like that. 51 51
And they're 8 foot by 4 foot, and I just 52 52
nailed them to the wall there so it looks like a brick wall, 53 53
but it's just a piece of cardboard. 54 54
And so in terms of other things I want to show you, 55 55
oh, my kids love this game Fortnite, 56 56
it's driving us crazy at my house here, 57 57
and I wanna show you how we kind of 58 58
blocked the noise from exiting 59 59
the Fortnite room, or the living room, 60 60
whatever, so that the rest of the house 61 61
doesn't hear Fortnite all the time. 62 62
And before I jump outside and show you, 63 63
I've got these curtains here too. 64 64
So if you don't have a dedicated studio room 65 65
or you're just getting started, you can buy these 66 66
curtains on Amazon, which block the noise, 67 67
and they also block the light of course, 68 68
and they're gray and the other side is black. 69 69
Alternatively you can just put towels on the wall, 70 70
or blankets on the wall and a lot of furniture in the room. 71 71
So let me walk outside with you here. 72 72
Alright, keeping it real. 73 73
It's a beautiful day here in California. 74 74
So I'll show you what I did with my kids, 75 75
where they play Fortnite. 76 76
So I'm gonna keep it real, Matthew, 77 77
he's going back to school tomorrow, 78 78
but he's playing right now, so he might 79 79
make a little bit of noise. 80 80
There he is, there. 81 81
Hi Matthew, I love you. 82 82
-: Hi. 83 83
-: You playing Fortnite? 84 84
-: Yeah. 85 85
-: Oh, thought it was on a computer or something, 86 86
it's actually on an iPad. 87 87
So, what we've done here is, it's kind of tricky to see but, 88 88
on the bottom of this door here, I've got a sweeper, 89 89
and I'll provide a link to one that you can purchase. 90 90
It's down here, and that blocks the noise 91 91
from going upstairs when they're playing their games. 92 92
And let me just get down here so it works. 93 93
Sorry about the angle there. 94 94
Yeah, and so you just slide it on the door, 95 95
and it blocks noise. 96 96
And what we also do is, and you can see 97 97
that the strip came down here. 98 98
Keeping it real. 99 99
But you put this, the weather strips, 100 100
all the way around the door here, and this one came off. 101 101
It's on this side here, and we've 102 102
got it on another door here. 103 103
Years ago we used to Airbnb here so 104 104
for security reasons we put up another door. 105 105
And so this here is just a weather strip as well, 106 106
let me zoom up slightly. 107 107
Yeah, so we just stuck these here, 108 108
and it keeps almost all the noise out, which is great. 109 109
You can hear, by the way, a little side note, 110 110
you hear the echo, echo? 111 111
Again to get rid of the echo, 112 112
put more furniture in the room, put blankets on the wall, 113 113
or towels on the wall if you want. 114 114
And then as a last resort if you want to create a studio, 115 115
what you can do is you can put those foam products 116 116
that I showed you there on the wall. 117 117
So that's how you soundproof a room. 118 118
I'm gonna go back in now, and 119 119
I'm going to record the first lesson in the course. 120 120
We don't record these things in order, 121 121
so I always record the first lesson last, 122 122
only because I don't know what I'm gonna cover 123 123
in the course, so it's tough to give an introduction 124 124
to something that I don't know the contents. 125 125
Oh my god, I talk a lot. 126 126
Okay, I'm going to stop now. 127 127
If you have questions about the studio here, 128 128
or how to soundproof, etc. or anything 129 129
with respect to setting up a great recording environment, 130 130
please let me know, and thanks as always.