- If you're thinking about buying a smart phone
so you can become a content creator,
then you're in for a real treat today
because I'm at VidCon 2018
with Andru Edwards from Gear Live.
- Yes.
- Andru how's it going?
- It's going well, how you doin' man?
- Man, this is my first YouTube event
so I'm like sup and can't wait to meet everybody
- [Andru] Yes, it's going to be amazing.
- And thanks for doing this.
- Absolutely, happy to.
- So first question that I want to ask you,
if somebody is out there
and you're thinking all I can afford is a phone
- Yep.
- Or maybe all I have is a phone,
is that good enough to be a content creator.
What would you say to them.
- I would say
yes.
- [Dee] Yes
- I would just start right off by saying
yes, there are obviously going to be
some caveats to what you can do with a camera
but if all you can afford is a either nothing,
just the camera that you already have in your pockets
- Right
- Start there, there is no reason
to wait until you can afford some fancy bigger camera.
Now if you do have a little money
and you want to get
you still can only afford a phone
but you want to get something
with the idea that you're going to use
it specifically for content creation
there are some tips there.
- So if somebody has to go shopping
to get a new phone, I mean it's overwhelming
you go into the shop and there's just so many to choose from
- Right
- Is there something that they should look for?
- A certain sort of
a certain spec for a camera
or somethings you should stay away from
- Yeah yeah, I would say
especially when it comes to smart phones
I feel like the phrase you get what you pay for
really does apply
luckily there's not a big disparity in smartphone pricing
when you, at least compared to DSLR pricing
so I'd say if you go for a camera that's
roughly $600 or more, I would say you're safe
to use that camera
and you could probably even
use it for a couple of years
without needing to upgrade as it pertains
to making videos.
For example, I have an iPhone X,
the cool think I like about this
and you'll find this on other phones as well,
Samsung Galaxy S9, the next Google Pixel that's coming out
the Pixel 3
- I'm looking forward to that one
- Yes, the Pixel 3 is going to be a great phone,
especially with the camera,
by the way, if you need just the best camera
on any phone
- Yeah
- Pixel. Get the Pixel 2, the photos on that thing
are phenomenal.
- So Pixel 2, hands down, best camera out there.
- For, for still photos.
- For still photos.
- For still photos, Pixel 2, hands down.
For video though, this is my favorite phone
for video.
And the reason that I like the iPhone is
because this model and the iPhone 8,
they let you choose what your frame rate is going to be.
So, prior to these phones,
even Apple didn't allow you to choose your frame rate,
they just at 30 frames per second
and that was pretty much it.
Now by default, you can go into the settings
and say I want to do 24, which is what I shoot.
I shoot at 24 frames per second.
- For someone who might not know,
what's the importance of changing the frame rate,
why would they want to do that?
- Okay, so the frame rate determines
the look and feel of your video
and it's hard to see it if you're just looking
at one video but if you put them side by side
it becomes pretty apparent.
If you're watch, let's say a soap opera, on tv, verses
I don't know
Game of Thrones or something
you'll see a very obvious difference
in the way the characters look
and the way they move.
Not just, not talking about makeup or clothing
but just the motion
and the depth of field behind them and all of this.
So 24 frames per second is what they shoot in cinemas,
if you're watching a movie in the movie theater
that's what you're seeing.
- And that's what you're shooting.
- That's what I shoot in,
because I like to, I do tech videos by the way
which is why I'm on your channel.
- Right
- So I do a lot of close up
- The man by the way.
- Appreciate that
So I do a lot of close up cinematic shots
of devices, of gadgets,
so I want to have that nice,
like movie quality of feel to it,
even though it's not a movie,
my videos are like five minutes long
but I want to have that cool
that cool feel to it.
Alternatively, you can go up to 60 frames per second
and again, this, the iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy S9
those are the two phones right now
that let you do 60 frames per second in 4k.
And 4k, by the way, I would recommend as a bottom level.
Don't publish in non 4k unless you have to crop in
or something and the shot got messed up
because I found, this is a YouTube tip,
anything you can give YouTube that creates a badge
on your video, which would be
4k, close captioning, I don't know what the other badges are
but at least those two
- Any of them
- Any of those badges
- All the badges
- The more you can have badged on your video,
the more those surface in different areas
- Pro tip
- So 4k is one of the badges
so I always shoot in 4k
and I want a phone that let's me shoot in 4k.
iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S9, they both let you do that
at 60 frames per second.
Why would you want to do 60 frames per second
those videos are huge, huge videos files,
but, if you're doing gaming,
- [Dee] It's double the size
- Yes, if you're doing gaming, it's
60 frames per second is a no brainer
if you're doing like slow-mo shots,
60 frames per second allows you
to slow things down a little bit
without getting that choppy look when you do the slow-mo.
So if that's the kind of content you want to make,
with like slow-mo shots, or like pans and zooms
and all that, I would say
go for a phone that lets you
do 60 frames per second as well.
- How much of your actual work flow is done on your phone?
From ideas to the final product.
- Okay, so one thing,
this is a real behind the scenes,
I never told anybody that yet before.
People are always like man-
- Exclusive, exclusive
- You always look like you know what you're talking about
- Right
- Your videos are so smooth,
what I use is an app called Evernote
- [Dee] Okay.
- And I put all my bullet points into Evernote
and I have it open on my phone
and when I'm doing a video,
I'm talking to the camera
in my hand is my phone
by my side as I'm talking.
- Right.
- And when I need to refer to something
I quickly look up at my phone
and the second my pupils are not looking at the lens
B-roll.
- Oh
- B-roll is shown, I keep talking
- I would say cut, but b-roll.
- No cut, and so it's like
Hey, this iPhone, this iPhone has 20 megapixels
and can shoot at 4k 60 frames per second
and like that's how-
- And you put b-roll on top of it
- B-roll of the iPhone right there
- Game changer, right there
- Less editing
- You just changed the way - I don't need to edit
- Right right right
- all I do is drop a little b-roll right there
I always want my eyes to be connecting to the viewer
so the second my eyes are away from the lens
I just have b-roll there
so I don't have to wait, cut,
what was I suppose to say again
like, none of that,
- Right right
- I just very smoothly do that
so the phone, any phone, definitely helps there
but the other thing, in a pinch, again
I use a Panasonic GH5
so that's my camera of choice,
I have a few different lens for
a couple weeks ago, I went to an event,
I live in Seattle, I went to an event in San Francisco
and forgot to put the GH5 in my bag.
So I had this on me,
this shot all my b-roll.
I went home, shot my a-roll on the panasonic
I didn't say a word to anybody,
not one person has commented,
what's up with the b-roll quality
why is the b-roll quality so-
- Nobody noticed.
- You can not tell, you can not tell the difference.
And that's how good these phones are getting now,
so again, there's no reason to spend $2000 on the GH5
plus $1000 on this lens and $500 on that lens,
you can do that, and there is certainly
no reason to be a part of the YouTube crew
at least in my niche, people like
as a badge of honor, where I don't know why,
they buy these red cameras, have you heard of these?
- Yes.
- I'm on YouTube, and I'm buying a $100,000 red camera
because, why, I don't know.
- So 50% of your viewers can look at it on their phone
- Exactly, what are you doing?
- They can't tell the difference anyway.
- What are you doing? You don't need any of that.
- Right - But I think intimidates
people jus getting started because they see
all these other people, look at this guy's camera
look at his lighting
- It's so pro.
- Look at his microphone, oh I don't even know
how to edit audio.
Don't worry about all that stuff,
just, the best way to get started is to get started.
Get started with what you have.
- That's what I say all the time,
Nick, my brother Nick, says it all the time too.
- Nick, big fan of Nick by the way
- One question about recording
are you using the native recorder
or do you use like Filmic Pro
or some other sort of kind of app.
- I use a native recorder
I also when I use a gimbal,
I have the DGI gimbal, I use a DGI Go app
in conjunction with that gimbal.
A gimbal is a, again, a very nice way
if you want to make your video look more professional
- [Dee] More cinematic.
- More cinematic, instead of buying expensive cameras
use your phone, buy, just gimbals $150
$149, it connects to your phone over bluetooth
and control all the functions right with your thumb
on the joystick and your video
as you walk around, it's just smooth as butter.
There's no need,
again,
there's reasons to have a DSLR,
there's reasons to have a micro 4/3's camera
I'm sure there's even reasons to have a red camera
in this day and age,
but if you're new, don't worry about all this stuff,
just use what you got
- Just take your phone and get started.
- That's right - Get started.
Upgrade later, if you want to
- [Andru] Yeah, exactly.
- If you want, you might not even need to.
- Exactly, I think a lot of people upgrade
just because they see other people,
oh they upgraded that, oh I need to,
I upgrade my phone every year
partially because I do tech videos
but also, I want the new thing,
I want to have the new thing.
- I'm rocking an iPhone 7.
- And it made me laugh,
I didn't even mean to do that
- He just laughed at an iPhone 7
- I didn't even mean to laugh
- But it's a thing though,
but you know what though, they don't know
- [Andru] Right
- If I film something with-
- [Andru] Oh wait, so you're saying you use that
for your video.
- Sometimes. - Oh okay.
- For b-roll, for b-roll - alright, okay.
- But if I record b-roll with it
or and I mix it in with DSR content
not one person has ever said,
oh the quality is worse there,
nobody knows, nobody cares.
- No one cares.
- They are there for the message, the story.
- The main thing with holding your phone
is you have a shaky hand,
so like why you just get a gimbal, $150
that cures that problem.
That's the main problem, shaky hand,
Once that's done, that's over,
and you can even stabilize in your video
editing software as well. So there you go.
- What do you edit with by the way?
- I use final cut pro personally,
I'm a Mac guy, and I have found, for me,
it's all about speed, so I know Adobe Premiere
can be more flexible especially if you're on windows
you can't use Final Cut Pro
but for me, I found Final Cut Pro
is integrate better with the operating system
and the hardware on the Mac
and when I hit export, it flies through,
so that's why I use it,
but I'm not a fan boy about it,
use whatever works for you.
- There you go, use whatever works for you.
- Use whatever works for you.
- Andru, thank you so much.
- Absolutely, thanks for having me on.
- If people want to find you, how can they find you.
- On YouTube.com/GearLive
twitter, Andru Edwards, instagram @andru
- He's bring that mobile hot
or that tech hotness
- Tech hotness, to the world
- Right.
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