Ahoj! This is Zdenka. It's been a while we talked about YouTube studios set up.
Well, every year my YouTube studio setup changes as I'm progressing and right now
at about 50,000 subscribers in 2020 things changed once again. I feel like
I'm on the intermediate level when it comes to set up and I would love to
share everything and all those tips how I actually did this set up, so maybe it
will help some of you who are working on their YouTube studio setup or any
filming set. And also, throughout the video I'm gonna announce who won this
Cinepeer C11 smartphone gimbal. And let's start with the empty room. So my
area is in a basement and it's pretty much my photography studio. That's why it
is all white and it's very plain and it's empty because I like to use the
light bouncing off the walls as a sort of light box. But things might change
because as we know I already stopped working when it comes to photography so I
might be changing the look of the room a little bit. And today, I'm gonna show you
this YouTube filming studio setup and also, I'm gonna show you the overhead
setup I use when I'm filming b-roll for some of the products I'm talking about.
And how about we place something in the room and we start with the table. The
table I'm using is actually just this very cheap white table. I used it on a
trade shows and to make it not white but kind of interesting looking, what we
recently did with my husband, we placed the floor on the table. Our floor is not
here a hardwood floor. It's kind of like a plastic imitation of a hardwood
floor. And we still have some pieces as a left over, so what we did, we kind of
taped it together and place it on this table so the table is matching the floor.
And it just gives this nice wooden effect. And because this room is so empty,
I placed some props behind me to fill it up a little bit. Over there is a table
where I just have some cameras sitting on top and if
you noticed, I placed it a little bit forward because I'm hiding a plug on
the wall with one of those legs on the table. And on this side you can see my
old flashlight. I haven't used it for 8 months now, it's collecting dust
but it works well as a prop. So I placed it here on this side, moved it a
little bit closer to me, not too far in the background so it doesn't look small.
Let's talk about the camera. I'm using Canon M6 Mark II with just 15-45
mm kit lens. I simply like the view of the lens.
I have also small rig cage on the camera and it's sitting on the camera, on tripod. It is
a very old tripod. The reason I'm using this one is because it's very simple to
use. It's very simple to setup and it's very light. I also like this tripod to
use outdoors. The downside to this tripod is that it's very light so I cannot put
heavy things on it. I cannot put let's say slider and other stuff so it's
strictly for this camera and strictly for outdoors. Before I get to fun part
which is the sound, let's talk about the light a little bit.
Well, the main headlight I have here is still my video ring light. I've been
using it since I started this YouTube channel two and a half years ago and I'm
still using it. I simply like this light because it's super silent, you can turn
it up, turn it down if you want to. I want to replace it however for a softbox
light video light. I have one of those here but unfortunately the fan is not
silent and the microphone is catching it so for these type of shots I cannot use
that video light but I can certainly use it for B roll
so I would like to replace this ring light with a soft box to give me even
softer look. Eventually. Right now the light is sitting not in the front but a
little bit off-center on this side and it's on top there pointing down at me. To
control the light in this room, there is actually window right there and if it is
super sunny day with some clouds, you get that bright, dark, bright, dark and it's
just kind of affecting the look of the background so what I simply did, I just
covered the window with some old cardboard and stick it right
there. Cheap, effective. Now I would like to talk
about those lights I have behind me to lit up the background but first actually
let me shut it down so you see the difference if I didn't have anything
lit up in the background. Well, this is the look you get with only the main
headlight facing you and then no light in the background. Pretty boring right? So
let me start with the first light behind me which is Falcon Eyes F7 light. And I
chang it to color depending pretty much on what I am wearing. I just I
look at the color I have on me and then I play with the colors and choose which
one is kind of suitable. So let me go ahead and turn that back light. And the
light is sitting just behind me on the floor there and I have it pointed on the
wall literally. You cannot see it in the shot and it lits up the background
pretty nicely. The center light behind me is not even on full strength. I think
it's about 60% right now. It's quite strong. The next two lights I have behind
me are there to lit the corners so let me start with this one right here. And
it's a small cube light I use. Let me try it on as you can see. The corner is lit
up already a little bit nicer, this one is still kind of dull. That light over
there I like because it's very tiny, it's super cheap. That one you cannot
turn up and down with the strength but you just turn it on. It's
very easy to hide. By the way, all the stuff I'm talking about in today's video
are listed below in the video description so you don't have to write
in the comments, what are you using. It's all listed there, you can check it out.
Let's turn on the other light in that corner over there and that light is just
a Weeylite another RGB light. I have it on 15% only, I don't need to put strength
too much and it lits up the corner pretty nicely. So now with those three
lights behind me, the background gets quite interesting. Let's talk about the
sound. I have here sitting Rode microphone, it's actually on an extension
pole and this microphone came with Canon M50.
camera which is sitting right there. It's quite cheap microphone, it works
well. I just have it sit very close to me about right here. You cannot see it in
a picture but it's close enough to catch my sound. This room has very big echo but
I'm gonna show you later how I got rid of the echo. But right now, let's actually
unplug the microphone and see what you would get if you would not use any
external microphone. Microphone is off, this is the sound you would get if you
will be recording yourself just with a camera and nothing else. I think it is
way better to get the external microphone. So that's option one when it
comes to microphone in this studio. I gotta say that eventually I would like
to replace it for something better but that will come after I fix the
background and exchange the headlight. So, let's talk about the echo situation.
Because this room is empty and big and very large, obviously you will get a lot
of echo because there's no furniture, nothing like that. So what I basically
did, I put a big blanket there which is hanging down. I also have some cushions
here from a couch which is just around the corner. I just move it in and kind of
place it around me and that definitely takes away the echo. Also bringing the
microphone as close to me as possible certainly helps. You can get some
blankets and all that and I'm interested in those things but because we live here
as a family and if I'm eventually gonna get a bigger studio, move out of here,
move the business somewhere else, I'd prefer the house to look like a house.
Look like a residence and like I said, if I'm gonna move my studio outside of here,
then I don't want to leave too many marks here to do again another
renovation. This microphone setup works if I'm not moving around, if I'm
literally sitting in one position throughout the whole video. The option
number two I have which is kind of fresh and for those who actually watch my
videos regularly, know that I recently got this wireless microphone. That one is
definitely helpful if I want to film something in this area and
all around dealing with the echo. So if you watched my last video, that's
actually what I was using as I was filming here and that's the sound you
would get if I did not use any of those sound panels. I actually want to see how
bad the echo in this room is. I'm gonna go ahead and remove all the cushions, put
them back and I'm gonna record myself a little bit to see, to actually hear, how
the sound is without all that help. And now that all the cushions and the
blanket is removed, this is the beautiful echo you get in this room. Actually, the
difference is quite huge. I can hear it myself as I'm talking but let's get away
from this. But just to compare the sound of this Rode microphone at this setting
with all those cushions and all that, let me switch the microphones very quickly.
And now you are listeing to the sound from this external microphone which I've
attached to me. Again, this room has those cushions and the blanket there so the
sound should be pretty good without any echoes. I'm not editing this sound in the
post just so you can compare. I would certainly recommend to have both
microphones in your kit. This one for the studio for example and also this
wireless one in case you want to film in locations where you actually want
to move away from your camera and still have a good sounds. To be able to
actually record yourself as you're talking, the other filming setup I have
in this studio is when I'm filming overhead shots. When I'm showing you
some of the products I'm actually talking about. For those shots I'm not
using this tripod Cameron tripod because simply it's too light. I'm using
the iFootage tripod which is very solid and heavy. On
top of the tripod I have the motorized slider Moza slypod E. It can be used
as a slider but also can be used as an overhead setup. I found it very useful
and I use it all the time now. It's quite easy to set it up, you just turn it on,
move it to the place you want and you are ready to go. The main light I'm using,
again the ring light. I'm just kind of using it from the side. If I need another
light just add it from the opposite direction.
Again, I'm using one of those RGB lights I have or sometimes I place few of them
around just to kind of change the mood of the lighting. So this is my studio
at the level of 50,000 subscribers. Again, I'm doing this full-time but it's a
small full-time, it's kind of like a minimum wage at this point so I'm still
on a budget kind of replacing the items on a go but I can get by. It's time to
announce who is the winner of the Cinepeer C11 smartphone gimbal. And the
name is right here. Congratulations. I hope you enjoyed today's video, hit the
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any questions, comments or simply want to say hi ahoj or anything else, you can
leave it in a comment section below and I'll see you my friends all of you in
the next video. Cau.... Ahoj....