This video we just wanted to demonstrate what you can do in your own home office and really what I've
chosen to do in my office where I shoot a lot.
So you can see our set up and obviously we wouldn't be filming with a shot like this compose where you
can see the lights and the microphone and the window and everything.
And you've seen some other lessons in this class like that but it's a great set up because it's actually
relatively cheap to do with the lighting we're just using paper lanterns that I purchased on Amazon.
You can get a pack of 10 for less than $15.
The light bulbs while these are more powerful light bulbs.
They are still only 10 to $15 per bulb.
You can even use some daylight balanced bulbs that you find at your local hardware store.
You want to make sure that your light bulb temperature the warmth of your light bulb matches the light
that's coming from outside especially if you're shooting during the day.
Another thing I like about this room is that it has carpet so that automatically reduces the echo that
I get from recording in a room with hard walls or a hard floor.
Sometimes I'll even put blankets or hang blankets around the room to soften and dampen that echo even
more.
Right now I'm recording with the road and T.G. 3 boom or shotgun microphone which sounds really good.
This is a more expensive shock and microphone you can get the road A.G. too which is a little bit cheaper
or something like a lavalier microphone or if you're recording to your computer a USP microphone like
the blue snowball is a great option in terms of my background.
I really wanted to show off a bit of my personality but also keep it clean behind me.
I've seen a lot of people record their blogs or their their online courses in their bedroom or you can
see their bed unmade the clothes on the floor and that just looks bad and unprofessional.
I designed my background to look good in video so I put up a couple pictures that I've taken and a poster
I like when I do shoot wider shots you can see this dress or this shelf behind me and I have my typewriter
and a couple old cameras on it.
And this shows my personality and a little bit about myself.
And if you do have a YouTube channel where you are the face of that channel showing off your personality
with things in your background can help.
The last thing I want to mention about this setup is it's great for recording with my web cam too.
I'm going to be showing you how to shoot great videos with the web cam later on but with my Bakare drop
I actually have a desk that is mobile that has wheels so I can move the desk and the webcam and the
lights the whole set up forward and back.
I want to get closer or further from the background.
So it still looks good on the web cam.
So I just wanted to share with you this setup because not only is it a set up that we're using in this
course for a professional online video course but also set up that I use a lot for my own YouTube channel.
Thanks for watching.