- So I don't know what Mario was thinking
like he sees the animal coming.
He's looking through the viewfinder.
So I'm thinking Mario you know that
the animal's getting closer and closer.
♪ Fire ♪
♪ A fire on the mountain ♪
Okay we are back.
What's going on Coyote Pack?
And welcome to another episode
of Howlin' With The Pack.
I think this our,
yes this is the fourth time I've done this
and I'm thrilled to be back in the office.
Because we have been traveling like crazy lately.
Getting ready to release all sorts of new content.
Now last time I said to you guys
put some themed questions in the comments section
and let's talk about the process of film making
and what it takes for us to get these episodes
out there to you guys on
The Great Wilderness Channel.
But before we get into that
first thing we're gonna do is announce
the winner of the official Coyote Pederson
versus the Gila Monster poster.
And yes this one is autographed.
And the winner,
there were a lot of you had amazing comments.
But the winner goes to ooh I can't pronounce this.
So we're gonna put it up on the screen.
With the great comment.
And it's some letters and some numbers
that sort of end in crazy but the A in the crazy is a four
So congratulations to you.
You won the poster.
Make sure your contact info is available
on your YouTube page and we will write to you direct there.
Social media director will contact you.
Congratulations you have won this poster.
Okay getting into it.
Now we are gonna give something away cool today guys.
Give something away today that is cool.
I don't know if I phrased that properly.
Yes there will be a giveaway at the end of this video
so stay tuned until the end.
Now we've got 15 minutes together.
I've got some great questions lined up
and so far we're only about 30 seconds in.
So this is perfect.
All right guys so let's see.
The first question having to do with the film making process
this one comes in from DiamondDazzle Vlogs.
And DiamondDazzle asks
Have you ever ruined some expensive filming equipment
while filming?
Yes we have specifically I am really good at
accidentally destroying cameras.
I've had snapping turtles bite cameras
And they've smashed the lenses on the front.
I've actually also had an alligator snapping turtle
bite through the LCD screen.
You know the little fold out LCD screen.
One time I was filming an alligator snapping turtle
under water wasn't paying attention,
the turtle came up and it's beak went right
through the screen it filled up with water
and let me tell you guys,
you can't use the camera really well
if you can't see the LCD screen.
There have also been a couple of different times
where I have lost cameras.
Specifically in the water when filming
with of course snapping turtles.
Oftentimes if I've had a camera placed on my hand,
we actually don't do this anymore
because we've found that the snapping turtles
grip on to the cameras and rip them off of my hand.
There was this one incident
where I caught this huge turtle,
came up to the surface was super excited
this was in the first season of Dragon Tails
and actually I believe it was the episode
where I caught stumpy
and I was kind of wrestling around with the turtle
in the water and in that process
it ripped the camera off of my hand.
And after we were done filming the episode.
We didn't cut during the midst of the episode
but at the end Mark was like
where did the GoPro on your hand go?
And I said ooh.
Yeah looks like the turtle may have ripped off
when I was in the water.
I actually got back down into the water
and swim around feeling in the mud
trying to find the camera.
But low and behold I could not find it.
So somewhere out there in the wilderness in a swamp
at Ashton Pond actually in Columbus, Ohio
there is a GoPro with some epic footage on it
buried at the bottom of a pond.
Now I say that,
but guys do not go out there looking for that camera.
It is long gone.
This was years ago.
Trust me it is buried down in the primordial ooze.
So yeah guys sometimes equipment does get broken.
A lot of the gear that we use is rather expendable
in the sense that when you film in environments
we often times expect that something may happen.
We could get stuck in a rainstorm.
Mario could be on a kayak filming me
and he could fall off the kayak
and the camera could go into the water.
Mark could be out in the desert climbing on rocks
and drop the camera and lens could shatter.
There are many different opportunities
for these cameras to get destroyed.
Therefore we oftentimes use equipment
that is not crazy expensive.
Great question DiamondDazzle.
Whoo man love Howlin' With The Pack.
Okay this next one comes in from Prinegon Bevaris.
Prinegon Bevaris it looks like
it's supposed to say Piegeon Beavis.
But we'll just put the spelling of that one
up there on the screen.
Prigeon? I don't know.
I'm not real good at pronouncing these things guys.
Asks Hi Coyote.
What parts of post production like editing, encoding, etc
have you done in person and have your tasks
changed with the growing success of Brave Wilderness?
That's a great question.
The reason that I picked that is because most people
don't realize is that from the first two seasons
of the Breaking Trail series.
The Dragon Tails series,
everything that was on the Brave Wilderness Channel
I actually was the editor.
So not only am I writing the voiceover scripts
to give you those build-ins for the intros and the outros
but I also was doing a lot of the editing.
So for a long time it was just myself and Mark
working for the Brave Wilderness Channel.
And we would go out into the field,
capture all of the footage,
bring it back,
and I would spend weeks in post production
editing together every episode.
It was like putting together this amazing puzzle
of B roll shots and voiceover
and animal captures in the field.
And I did that for over two years.
Before we got to the point where we could begin
hiring other employees for the company.
Chris Kost our senior editor was the first editor hired.
We also have another couple of editors
named Ryan and Mariah.
Our other members of the editing team.
So total we have three editors at this point.
But it all began with me.
And that was a crazy two years of my life.
Traveling, hosting, writing, producing,
and also editing all the content that was on the channel.
And I'm thinking back right now.
I think the last episode that I edited entirely myself
was actually the wolverine episode.
It's really titled Phantom of the Wilderness.
But the title we gave it on YouTube was
Face to Face with a wolverine.
So yeah that was longest episode I had ever edited.
The longest episode at that point in time
on the Brave Wilderness Channel.
And also the last episode that I cut myself.
Great question there Pigeon Brevis, Beavus.
Okay this one comes in from EMD 1594.
Have any of the animals you've filmed ever attacked
the equipment what has been the worst damage so far?
Now I know that I just said that sometimes snapping turtles
bite the camera.
My favorite thing to do is to get GoPros under water
and get them right into the face of the camera
and then boom snapping turtle lashes out
and bites everything.
GoPros are pretty durable
so most of the time they survive.
However we've had several encounters
working with cute cuddly mammals believe it or not
that love to attack the cameras.
One of the most famous incidences was when we were filming
in the rainforests of Costa Rica
and we had the encounter with the Ocelot.
And in the process of filming that episode
Mario got the camera a little too close
and the Ocelot lunged up and grabbed ahold
of the fluffy thing on top of the microphone.
Now what you guys don't understand on the cameras
sometimes you do if I'm holding a GoPro where you
can see the camera.
You've got the camera body,
and then there's a microphone
that attaches to the top of it.
And that wind guard on top which we call a fluffy
or a fuzzy which kind of looks like a squirrel
or a cute little forest animal
often times will attract these mammals.
They'll think ooh cool that's a toy
or that's something that I can eat.
And the Ocelot specifically jumped up,
latched on with both of it's paws
and those razor sharp claws,
and yanked it right off of the microphone.
And decided well this was gonna be a new toy.
We also had an incident recently
where we filmed with Swiper the red fox in Florida.
And for some reason animals love to get close to Mario.
And specifically the wind jammer that's on Mario's camera.
Because in this instance Swiper grabbed the
microphone fuzzy again.
Ripped it off the camera again.
So I don't know what Mario's thinking.
Like he sees the animal coming.
He's looking through the viewfinder
so I'm thinking Mario you know the animal's getting
closer and closer and then the microphone fuzzy disappears.
That one was tough.
Because Swiper did not wanna give it back.
And there was all this playful
(making fox noises)
going on and I had to use a real quick maneuver
to distract him on one side
and then grab the microphone fuzzy on the other side
to get it back and onto the camera.
And we would have let Swiper play with it longer
but he started actually ripping the rubber
parts off of it
and we definitely didn't want it
to get completely destroyed.
So I mentioned the microphones getting destroyed
specifically because this brings us into our next question.
And this is a great one because people don't realize
there's a lot of audio design done in post production
by the editing team to bring my voice front and center.
To work in some of the background noises.
Obviously the music is a huge part of the episode
so we'll get to that in a second.
But this question comes in from HardLight Hub.
And Hardlight Hub asks while on location how do you keep
the wind noise down in scenes.
Is it based on waiting for a quiet time
or do you just do something else?
The wind is one of the biggest like struggles
that we face.
When you're producing out in the wilderness
the wind is always trying to attack you.
Now here in the studio situation
see this I've got a little loud mic on
so if I do that and you guys can hear it
and I try not to bump it.
But that mic is picking up my voice loud and clear
right here in a controlled studio space.
There's no wind.
We've got a lighting panel.
There's a window here.
But there's no outside environmental element
that's going to alter this interaction
that I'm having with you.
But when we're in the wilderness all of the elements
are coming at you a million miles a second.
And many times we've been in instances where
we actually had a Dragon Tails episode earlier this year
where Mario and I had caught these two
snapping turtles and the wind was just going crazy
and even with the wind jammers
which is the little fuzzy thing on top of the microphone
even sometimes the wind blasts through that.
So you hear (wind noises)
as I'm trying to present 'em.
Like I've got these two big turtles here
(wind noises)
and often times I will actually say to the camera
we've got a lot of wind going here today guys
so that you guys don't say what is going on
with their audio today.
Why does this sound so muffled.
Oftentimes when you're in an instance
where you made an amazing catch
or you're in the heat of the moment of presentation
if the wind picks up you just work through it.
But we do our best to sort of reduce those
wind noises in post production.
And one of the ways that we can hide
some of those imperfections
is actually with the music.
Now I know a lot of you have written in comments before
that said wow you guys have such epic music
in your episodes and honestly guys
the music is one of my favorite aspects
of creating these episodes.
You can write epic voice over.
You can get incredible shots out there in the field
but until you put that puzzle together
and then you lace that music underneath
it really gives it it's character.
Gives it it's emotion.
And for me the music is so incredibly special
because it causes I think myself as somebody
who is making the content,
but also trying to enjoy it as an audience member
and then certainly for all the Coyote Pack members
out there watching
it gives you the sense of really feeling
like you're immersed in that moment
and the emotion of the scene
is bestowing upon you hits home
when that right music track comes in and places perfectly.
And I know with these Base Camp episodes
we try to us music that's a little more lighthearted
as compared to some of the more dramatic music
that may happen during the process of your animal catch
or an epic outro.
Some of the most epic music that Chris chose recently
was in the King of The Savannah episodes.
Specifically Bite of the King
I think is what it was called
the second part and that last piece of voiceover
talking about the lion walking through the sunset
and that epic music really helped set the scene
and makes the whole experience for everybody watching
at least we feel so much I don't know
I guess more emotional is just the way to put it.
I hear those tracks and I'm like oh the King of the Savannah
this is so cool.
So yeah audio design is a huge part
of everything we do.
And as you guys know we put a lot of care and time
into every single production.
Even something as simple as Howlin' With The Pack.
This episode even though it has no cuts,
goes into post production.
We find clips to cut over the top when I say things
like baby sloth,
there's a shot of a baby sloth.
Big snapping turtle,
King of the Savannah,
we have these shots that can come
in to sort of keep you guys engaged
as it's just me sitting here rambling on and on and on
but I love doing it and oh we're running out of time.
We're also at 15 minutes already today.
Crazy this one has flown by.
So what are we giving away this week?
We have to give away something.
I said all right if we're gonna do Howlin' With The Pack
and I'm gonna be talking to Coyote Pack one on one
I have to give them something new every single week.
So this week what we're giving away
is the brand new Be Brave Stay Wild
hoodie sweatshirt check this thing out.
This is actually mine.
So you guys can't have this one.
This is the one that I own.
But we will send you your very own
Be Brave Stay Wild sweatshirt I guess hoodie.
It's a hoodie.
They are super comfortable.
I know it's summer.
But if you're heading out to a cook out in the evening
or you're gonna have campfire
and sit around and make some S'mores.
Having one of these hoodies is the perfect thing
to keep you warm.
So write in the comments section below
tell us why you want the Be Brave Stay Wild hoodie
and how you are gonna use it this summer
to stay warm or what event you're gonna be on
whether it's camping,
backyard cookout,
you name it it's all fair game to potentially win
the Be Brave Stay Wild hoodie.
Well guys that's it for this week.
And next week,
well I don't know if it'll be next week.
I don't know when we're filming the next one of these.
But write in the comments section below.
Give me some ideas for the next thematic
that we should talk about.
We've spent a lot of time talking about equipment
inspirations,
let's come up with something new.
You guys tell me what you wanna talk about.
I'll select some questions and answer 'em here
on Howlin' With The Pack.
I'm Coyote Pederson.
Be brave, stay wild.
We'll see ya on the next Base Camp adventure.
Oh man that was like a perfect 15 minutes.
All right cutting the camera.
Hey Coyote Pack if you missed one of the most epic
episodes of the year,
make sure to go back and watch our two part
King of the Savannah masterpiece.
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So you can join me and the crew on our next big adventure.