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Hello and welcome to a video where I
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will show you how to make talking head
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videos more interesting.
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So everyone is talking about how to make
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videos. Are you a teacher or a podcaster
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or being interviewed for a podcast or
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giving a presentation or starting a
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YouTube channel? Chances are maybe
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you've tried even to record yourself
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right now. In this video I will show you
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tips to film better talking head videos.
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Many creators will teach you how to make
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your footage videos, but talking head
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videos are inevitable. Like 80% of
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YouTube is somebody talking into the
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camera. So with a humble talking head
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video with your phone and how to make it
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better. I promise I wouldn't get too
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technical and I'm not going to be
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expensive equipment to get it done. So
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the first step is to use your back
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camera if you're using a mobile phone.
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We all want to film ourselves if we are
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taking a selfie. But the front camera
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actually has a pretty low resolution and
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a pretty small aperture, which basically
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just means that it needs small light. So
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if you're shooting yourself with your
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front camera and the footage is getting
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grainy, that means there is not enough
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light for it. Make sure you're using
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your wide angle camera, it has more
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light and is more likely to end up
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looking grainy just by turning up phone
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around. Next up is light. Find a light
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that light source. Use a window if
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possible. There are some grand rules
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though. First, have the window to the
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side. And second, avoid highlight. Also,
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as you're framing your shot, try to not
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have the window in it. You basically
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want your face to be reasonably bright.
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If not, the bestest thing in the frame,
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and it can never compete with a window.
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So, now the trick is to get the light
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from the window, but not to have it in
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the frame. Window to the side. Good
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window in front of you can be good. It
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can also blind you, but whatever window
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behind you is bad. It can be still but
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hit or miss but for video it really
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makes a lot of difference. Now let's
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talk about camera positioning. This can
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be a big sign that you don't really know
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what you are doing. Fake it till you
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make it. If you are about your phone
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photos and videos you can get a Gorilla
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Pod for your phone about 25 bucks and if
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it's not enough you can just put it in a
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stack of books. I also don't like when
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people on camera sit close to a wall. So
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there is like more than an arms length
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between me and the wall. And if I have
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more spaces, I would probably sit even
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further from it. But anyways, there is
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one final thing we really need to talk
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about. Your audio sound is more
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important than video. You don't believe
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me at all? Well, let me tell you. Would
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you rather let me listen through a
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microphone in front of my face or
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through the awkward microphone on my
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camera? You don't want to record the
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echo audio in the room. You want to
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record yourself. And to do that, we need
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to have a mic that is as close as
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possible to your mouth. Luckily, this is
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pretty cheap and it's about like 50
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bucks. You can see the link in the
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description below or let me go through
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or let me know through the comment
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section if you would need help in
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purchasing. If you have a mobile phone
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without a headphone yet, you're going to
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need the dongle, but otherwise it works.
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Point is, you need to have a mic close
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to your face and this thing delivers
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that for a very low end price. There are
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other cheap lap mics made for just your
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phone out there. Some of them have a
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bigger cord. If you attempted to get a
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mic for your phone that stays on your
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phone, don't do it because like if I
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wanted a mic far away from me, I'll just
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use the mic that is in my phone already.
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And that's how to make better talking
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loud videos with your phone. As I said,
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a lot of small improvements can really
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get you a long way. And you don't need
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to be too technical. You just need to
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know what to pay attention to. I hope
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this video was useful and I will see you
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in the next one. If you like this video,
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please subscribe to Rol channel. There
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is more coming. And if you have any
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questions or tips and techniques that
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work for you, please share them in the
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comment section below. Bye for now.
