- Hey everyone, it's me Hallease,
back with another Motivation
Monday.
So
good morning.
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If you're new here,
I do these videos privately every Monday
for Patreon Producers
so they can see what's going on in the background
with everything I'm working on,
whether it's personal to
questions about running the production company,
so on and so forth,
and then they ask me questions
and I answer them in these Monday Motivations.
So
if you want to see me more regularly,
I would suggest
that you join my Patreon
and become a Producer of the channel
because then you get to see me more.
You get to see me literally
every Monday.
So Patreon Producers,
thank you so much for your feedback from last week
about the tiers and just
why you're on Patreon and
why you're
down for the channel and what you're down for and
what you enjoy.
Like, that feedback really did help.
A few of you did reach out and just say,
"You know, I'm just here to support you."
And I was just like--
Dat bein' has said, do',
I do just want to make sure that
my Patreon is offering value to you
as Producers of the channel.
I just really wanna make sure that,
yeah, it's offering some type of value to you long-term.
If you're watching this Monday Motivation video
and considering becoming a Patreon Producer,
let me know in the comments below
what would help you to become one,
'cause then that'll just help me
just think about it more.
'Cause, you know, you also have to factor in
what do I have the capacity to do?
Is that a good perk?
Do I have, you know, just the capabilities to
provide that consistently long-term?
I'm not sure, you know, that kinda thing.
So as y'all know,
I hit
20k subscribers
and made a fun little video about hitting that
and just thanking everyone.
And that was also just really cool to read the comments
and see
how people found me, where you found me,
what keeps you staying.
There were a couple of answers that I expected,
but then there were a lot of answers that I didn't.
A lot of y'all were just like,
"Black female protagonist, I'm here for it."
and I was like,
wow.
Yeah, I guess on this channel I am, huh (laughs)?
I've been reading all the comments and
warm and fuzzies, like, to the max.
The other thing, aside from just the typical stuff
that I'm working on,
as y'all know, the show, so on and so forth.
I made my one big, I think, company purchase,
the last big company purchase for the year, probably.
I think on a previous Monday Motivation
I talked about how Tamron was coming out with the 17mm-28mm.
It'd be sort of the,
I guess partner of the 28mm-75mm, which I own.
And I am proud to say I am currently filming
with the 17mm-28mm right now, and I love it.
It's the last big purchase
I think I wanted to make this year.
Do as I say, not as I do.
I feel like in that vlog I talked about
do you really need this lens?
You know, and I kind of like,
played devil's advocate for those of you
who are thinking about purchasing it,
and also did that for myself
'cause I think you needed to have that self-check.
You know what I'm sayin', that self-check?
But the last video on my channel, the 20k vlog
was filmed on this lens.
I'm currently filming the Monday Motivations on this lens.
And the thing I really like about it so far is that
I don't have to be so far away from the camera.
And so now my Rode video, my Pro Plus,
can really pick me up a lot better.
Before with the 28mm-75mm,
to make sure I was framed up in a way that feels
connected with y'all,
I had to be, like,
way back here,
and then the audio's not as good,
I'm having to make sure I project (laughs).
You know, it was a whole thing.
And then even just on-the-go vlogging
was a little bit harder.
Now this lens is, like, all I have in my backpack.
And then if I'm going on a shoot, then I'll bring this one.
I still have the,
I filmed The Beast Cast,
the video podcast with my husband and I,
I filmed that on an 85mm,
85mm
F
1.8.
And I like filming The Beast Cast on this because
it just
it just looks good, you know what I'm sayin'?
It just looks good,
and I really do love this lens.
But this lens I feel like is more for,
it just makes people look really great.
It's a really great portrait lens.
It's a really great
true perception of people's faces lens (laughs)
if that makes sense.
And so I like busting it out
when I know I'm gonna film a Beast Cast,
because the camera's not gonna move and
we'll just be framed up and lit really well.
Overall, I'm just really happy with
the production value,
like, add-ons that I've done to The Beast Cast
since it is a more formal sit down,
nothing's moving kind of deal.
I can actually sit there and try to light it well,
and, you know, think about
correct lenses for what this is and that sort of thing?
All that to say, you know,
with this Monday Motivation
the big thing I am working on
this week is one of my clients,
it's a nonprofit education client.
The company has had a lot of nonprofit education clients,
and it's been really cool.
And a lot of them came because of
one specific video that the company made
for
a
afterschool program for
cultivating creativity within kids.
And it was also an education nonprofit,
and we made a really great video for them.
I'll link to it below.
It's a really great example of just, like,
really good storytelling,
really good progression.
You know, a little bit of subplot in there,
all that kinda stuff.
And I guess you could say it's a brand documentary.
I think that's what everyone's calling them now.
No, everyone's calling them branded storytelling,
that's what they're calling it now.
The names change every couple years.
Anyway, we made that one, it did really well.
And because of that one,
we ended up getting an influx
of other nonprofit education clients.
But aside from the show,
the thing I'm working on this week is
one of those education nonprofits
ordered a series of videos from us, and so
I'm working on getting that done
and getting those out the door to a good place.
Mr. Hallease actually got to film some of it.
He's actually been helping the company out more and more,
and that's been really neat because
I'm hoping one day where I can bring him on full time.
Low key, Mr. Hallease is expensive.
But the company is doing really well, and so
I'm hoping that
probably the next year,
Mr. Hallease,
Oh, let's manifest that in this Monday Motivation.
Let's go ahead and say it out
loud.
Speak it, amen?
Oh man, we gotta be like specific about it.
You gotta manifest with specificity.
I am hoping,
I think I would,
it would be cool
if by this time next year,
Mr. Hallease could work full time for the company
if he wanted to.
Gotta add that in.
If he wanted to work full time for the company,
we could bring him on full time.
Manifest.
(whispering) Manifest it.
Manifest
it.
Anyway, all that to say,
that's what I'm working on this week.
I'm working on getting that client's videos
to a really good place.
Aside from producing the show,
which y'all already know I do,
yeah,
that's it.
Eh, these are the growing pains though.
These are growing pains of having a production company
and trying to be out here, amen?
Again, these are my Monday Motivations.
I do these every Monday.
They're very,
I like to keep them very informal
so that way it just feels more natural
and y'all can understand just what I'm working through.
And the whole point is that
you get to check in with me once a week
what I'm doing behind the scenes,
not only for the personal YouTube channel
but for the production company as well
that I own and run.
Patreon Producers,
in the comments below
let me know if you have any more questions
so that way I can answer them in the next Monday Motivation
like I always do.
And if you aren't on Patreon,
I would suggest joining so that way if you do
ask a question down below,
I will literally answer it
a week from today.
Yeah, Patreon Producers,
I'll see you next week.
Everyone else,
I'll see you when I see you.
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