While others have been in Quarantine, I have been up and down the West Coast the last few months covering stories that were terrifying and heartbreaking, but amazing to witness. Below is a link to samples from my journey. I've included "Behind the Scenes" material to illustrate process of creating strong material, and staying safe.  I hope you are healthy like myself, and are looking forward to a better 2021.  Aron Ranen Lead Instuctor DVworkshops

Click below to see Pics from DVworkshops recent China Teaching Trip + 4 Interview Techniques to help you make better Video Productions.  All in below newsletter.  

 Next Hands-on Video workshop with Aron Ranen is March 7-9 here in Los Angeles @ DVworkshops.com 

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Creating a "Live" show is much better with at least two camera angles.
​The Switcher Studio App, (which ranges from $29 to $49 per month-per device) is a great solution for business communicators that don't want to spend $20K on new gear and training to produce Present Tense Videos.

It acts like a mini tv studio, you use the iPad as a camera and "camera- switcher". This will allow you to choose which camera & graphics you want to display to your viewer. The other iPhones act as cameras, and can easily be mounted on a tripod.

In theory one-person could shoot and "switch" the entire episode, pre- placing other cameras before the show.

Features include:

• Bring guests onto your show with 2-way Video Chat (Team Members in London can even get involved!)
• Schedule YouTube and Facebook Live videos so followers get auto-reminders
• Share videos with Facebook Crossposting
• Go live with Office 365’s Microsoft Stream
• Set up RTMP remotely and auto-sync with app to stream to Twitter, Twitch, and more
• Display scores alongside live sports with Scoreboard extension

CUSTOMIZED SOLUTIONS:

• Gain an admin account for your organization: 
• Invite authorized users 
• Set special permissions for each user
• Upload brand assets for your entire team
• Integrate with Facebook’s professional tools:
• Produce Facebook Branded Content 
• Claim content with Facebook Rights Manager 
• Share videos with Facebook Crossposting

The most important part of interviewing someone is listening.  It allows you to build your questions from people's answers, creating more authentic material.   Some of the techniques I use are included in the clip below.  They Include:

• Ask open-ended questions, no questions that can be answered by a "yes" or "no"
• Build your questions from Answers
• Repeat the "Last 3 words" of a person's answers, instead of going to your next question.
• Ask "Contrast & Compare" Questions
• The last question should always be "Is there anything that I have not asked that you would like to share with me?"
• Record "Room Tone" at the end for at least 60 Seconds. (ambient room noise with no-one talking.