I like to think that I'm okay when it comes to shooting b-roll. I've shot a few videos and
put b-roll over the top and stuff,so in this video, I want to show you
two different ways that you can shoot your b-roll over your talking head pieces,
so that if you just do a lot of explainer videos or tutorials or anything like that
then you can just make them a bit more engaging by having b-roll over the top as well.
The first way that you can shoot your b-roll is actually by shooting a sequence.
So if you're talking about something or you're explaining something
whatever you're talking about or whatever you're explaining is most likely, most of the time,
going to have a process or a sequence. So for example, if I was going to be talking about
setting up my gear in my office I could actually show you that sequence.
So this sequence is an example of what I'm talking about. I could be talking about this light,
why I bought it, the specs about it, how I'm gonna use it, and instead of just talking at you
I'm showing you the sequence over the top, and it also works for me talking about the sequence
because I'm talking about a sequence and showing you a sequence. So one of the things that you can
also do with the sequence is not just show it all in its entirety because this sequence only
lasts about a minute, you could actually break it up so that you show part of the sequence and
then show some talking head bit and then show some more of the sequence, show some talking head bit,
so if you don't have enough b-roll or enough of a sequence that's one way of getting around it.
The other thing is creating several different sequences. So yeah, that's just an example.
And the same thing applies for a lot of things. So for example, if you do
makeup videos or you do food videos, anything like that,
if you have a process that you have to go through, you can film that entire process as a sequence.
In filming a sequence there are two ways that you can do it, you can either use a multi-camera setup
or you can just use a single camera.
And I will go into more detail in that for that in another video.
For the second method, this is going to be more of a show and tell. So whilst you're explaining
something or you're talking about something in particular you can show what you're talking about
at that very moment. So for example, again, if I was talking about gear and setting up gear
then I would have my talking head piece and then I would overlay b-roll at certain points rather
than just showing an entire sequence. So I'll show you what I mean by that.
Having the Creator Combo means that you can use the wireless transmitter, and it comes with a
furry windshield as well. You can also use a lav mic which you can put a furry windshield on or you
can use a shotgun mic which you can also attach a furry windshield, and this is how I predominantly
use the Pocket 2, I'll rig it up with my phone… And so if you see with that method I was talking
about setting up my gear and I was showing you each individual item as I was talking about it,
so that's just another way that you can do it, and you can, if you wanted to, make the b-roll a
bit longer, like each b-roll clip longer then you could just show that specific item from different
angles and different focal lengths, that kind of thing, but again something that I'll go through in
the next video. But if you are, if you're talking about something that you can't necessarily film
b-roll for then using stock footage is going to be the next best thing, and I've used stock footage
in my videos before where I've talked about going traveling somewhere and I haven't been there or
talked about some kind of food or something. You'll see it in some of my other videos,
so I have used stock footage in place of those things rather than just having me
talking to the camera. And the other way if you can't necessarily include stock footage,
this isn't really b-roll but it's still kind of related, is to use motion graphics. So using
motion graphics is another great way to just break up your talking head piece, so if all you did
was explain something which you couldn't actually film but you included motion graphics in that
video that would still break up the whole talking head piece and make it more engaging.
So I hope that made sense and it wasn't too confusing, but in another video I will talk
to you about the whole single-camera setup, multi-camera setup and how to actually go about
shooting those sequences, and then in a follow-up video I'll also talk about five
different shots that will make your b-roll even more interesting to watch,
so do like this video if you found it useful and subscribe so that you can see those other videos,
but thanks for watching and I'll catch you guys next time.