S1 E4: The Art of Immortality

Enter My Shoes Podcast

Learn about my journey to becoming a videographer. - What it was like in the beginning - What keeps me going - Challenges - Advice to aspiring videographers

The Art of immortality - what does that mean? Why title?

• being able to capture things forever

How is this applicable to the audience?

• Social media, cell phones
• We can all be creators - that is what instagram and snapchat are urging us towards

4 tools for to telling a story (written, audio, pictures/drawings or video)
Consumer: Movies, instagram, tv shows, YouTube videos
Producer: pull out cell phone - film your dog or take video of cooking food, maybe class in highschool
My job or profession: Videographer

• Working in house
• Pros: consistent client and work
• Cons: less variety and freedom

My why:

• Creative outlet and empowerment (shooting and editing)
• Evokes emotion and makes you feel something
• Transcends time and space, doesn't depreciate
• Can be sent out to many people very easily - make art to be seen

How I got started in it:

• videos of friends - friend with messed up feet took him to get pedicure, trampoline, soccer highlights

The Process

• 2 minute video think 2 hours, actually 20+ hours
• Idea/concept (planning) 1-2
  • Evergreen content/popular
  • Scripting
  • Scheduling
• Filming (Director) - 2-4
  • Meet with talent before to build rapport and answer questions
  • Set up room (40mins), briefly talk about audio, lighting
  • Film, multiple takes
• Editing (magic) 5 - 10
  • Software: Premiere Pro, Final cut pro, avid, Sony Vegas, iMovie, windows movie maker and more!
  • On iPhone: iMovie (stock), Videoshop, or Splice (Go Pro)
  • Color correction
  • Audio levels
  • Exporting
• Review - 1 hr
  • Feedback, new edits
  • Good videographer review own work (all artists should do)
• Publish/Distribution - 1 hr
  • Social media (Facebook, YouTube/Vimeo, LinkedIn, Instagram)
  • Website
  • Oldschool: DVD's and thumb drives

  Pet Peeves with the industry

• Like mentioned: undervalue of time takes to create work (all art)
  • Hard to quantify - not all videos are the same, nuances
• Rules - getting ruined by school - be creative

The Eeriness of field/Why the Art of Immortality

• Captured people and animals that have all passed away
  • Want touch through screen
• Picture worth 1,000 words
• Hone craft, refine my own style
• My hope is that my videos live long after me - seen by grandchildren

Stan Lee Quote on Creating: "I used to be embarrassed because I was just a comic-book writer while other people were building bridges or going on to medical careers. And then I began to realize: entertainment is one of the most important things in people’s lives. Without it they might go off the deep end. I feel that if you’re able to entertain people, you’re doing a good thing."

Two of my early videos:

Backflip Blunder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DF4tpqwIUA&t=60s

Skiing with my Dad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsAd2gAxPHY