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Here's a little behind the scenes look at what we were up to in the month of October!

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OCTOBER BTS VLOG

Check out my new channel with Sam Ellis - Search Party: https://youtube.com/@Search-Party Get access to behind-the-scenes vlogs, my scripts, and extended interviews over at https://www.patreon.com/johnnyharris Do you have an insider tip or unique information on a story? Do you have a suggestion for a story you want us to cover? Submit to the Tip Line: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdpNs1ykIwd7KNkwntN897X_SX9hJ8WiTH_erlLU_bQp2GGLg/viewform?usp=sharing I made a poster about maps - check it out: https://store.dftba.com/products/all-maps-are-wrong-poster Custom Presets & LUTs [what we use]: https://store.dftba.com/products/johnny-iz-luts-and-presets The music for this video, created by our in house composer Tom Fox, is available on our music channel, The Music Room! Watch my videos ad-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/johnnyharris About: Johnny Harris is an Emmy-winning independent journalist and contributor to the New York Times. Based in Washington, DC, Harris reports on interesting trends and stories domestically and around the globe, publishing to his audience of over 5 million on Youtube. Harris produced and hosted the twice Emmy-nominated series Borders for Vox Media. His visual style blends motion graphics with cinematic videography to create content that explains complex issues in relatable ways. - press - NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/democrats-blue-states-legislation.html NYTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/video/opinion/100000007358968/covid-pandemic-us-response.html Vox Borders: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLrFyjGZ9NU NPR Planet Money: https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1072164745 - where to find me - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/johnny.harris/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@johnny.harris Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JohnnyHarrisVox - how i make my videos - Tom Fox makes my music, work with him here: https://tfbeats.com/ I make maps using this AE Plugin: https://aescripts.com/geolayers/?aff=77 All the gear I use: https://www.izharris.com/gear-guide - my courses - Learn a language: https://brighttrip.com/course/language/ Visual storytelling: https://www.brighttrip.com/courses/visual-storytelling

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Thomas Tucker

Interesting Love seeing Nicks bright face but maybe show the other peeps a bit more Or was this “your” month Nick?

AJ

Hey Nick, I have some questions: 1. Can you talk about the camera/light set up at 1:01? I love how the colors looked and how "soft" the image looked. 2. at 6:22 can you explain why there are two mics for what it seems like the same talent?

johnnyharris

Nick here on Johnny's account! 1. LIGHTS- There is an Aputure 120dii light with a big soft box on it called the Light Dome II, about 3 feet in front of me just to the right of the camera- we also have some natural light coming in from some windows behind and to the right of the camera. The goal here was to get the diffused light as close to the subject as possible, I have it up high pointing down so it creates a kind of spotlight affect. Also I have one of those velcro grid things on the softbox to make the light more directional. CAMERA- we are shooting on a Sony A7siii on PP8 which is there Slog3/SLOG Cinetone profile so it comes out with really flat colors that are great to edit with. The lens is a Sigma 35mm 1.4 and we have the aperture all the way open here for that super shallow depth of field. But I think that softness you are looking for is coming from the mix of using the flat color profile and using a light with heavy diffusion on it and getting it really close to the subject. 2. We always use two mics just as a safety measure in case one gets interfered with or cuts out. We used to always use a lavalier mic as the backup but found that you get a more similar backup audio track using another shotgun mic, so we started doing that.

Micheal Evans

Do you have any tips for hanging large maps in a rental place? (i.e. I cannot destroy the walls for my aesthetic needs)

Roopal Vegad

You are so generous with your information and knowledge. Really appreciate it