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What's up guys Chris Ford here and I'm out in the field shooting b-roll so I wanted to

show you what my setup was like and what I bring with me.

First off.

I've got my Panasonic HC-X1

It's the camera I use to get most of my b-roll

I've got a nice tripod rig for that and

sometimes I'll bring the tripod with me while I'm shooting

and other times I'll leave it in the car just in case I need it

but you always want to have it on hand.

On top of the camera I've got a Rode directional mic

And that's better than the internal mic on the camera

It's great for picking up nature sounds around you

and it could be good for an interview in a pinch inside the camera

We've got a fully charged battery and a completely empty 128 gigabyte memory card

This is kind of the minimum and you'll always want to have backups with you for that

and since you have so much equipment and it's really important that

you keep it charged you always want to bring all the battery chargers as well

The other piece of equipment that's crucial is your cell phone fully charged

and if you need to bring in USB charger do that.

Because the phone gives you access to maps so you know where you're going.

You can search online for different places you might want to shoot

You can use a time lapse calculator.

You can use the clock function.

And you can troubleshoot your camera if you have any problems in the field by Googling

or YouTubing it

The other thing I like to carry with me at all times is a b-roll bag

It's light, it's easy to carry, it doesn't get on the way

And it keeps some equipment that I might need while I'm out on the shoot.

First off I like to bring my DSLR camera and one or two lenses

just in case there's another kind of video I want to

shoot or if I want to take a really high-quality photograph.

The bag also will be where you keep your backup battery fully charged.

A backup memory card fully empty at least one.

You might want to bring a bunch of them.

I bring an ND filter kit because I have to use it sometimes for time lapse.

I bring a flat-head screwdriver just in case I needed to unscrew the plate on the camera.

I also bring this microphone and even though you're shooting b-roll and you're just getting

footage,

you might run into an interview along the way or

somebody might pop up that you didn't know is gonna be there,

or you might have to get on camera.

And you always want to have some kind of professional looking sound device

that gets clear audio clearer than your directional mic

and always carry microfiber cloth in

your bag in your pocket and use that to

wipe off the lens not your shirt.

And another piece of advice I don't find in other YouTube videos:

Before you go on a shoot eat a meal, bring snacks if you need them.

And always bring water.

Carrying around a camera all day especially in the sun is just Brutal,

And what happens is

after a few hours you start to get tired

you start to get hungry and if you don't have food or food in your system

You're gonna want to go home early and you might miss out

on some video that you would have had if you had more energy.

Your equipment that you bring with you

on your b-roll shoots might be different.

You might have different items in your bag.

But I've also got a second bag with me and that is my trunk bag.

My trunk bag is kind of an emergency bag in case I need something

that you're not gonna use on a regular basis.

Inside my trunk bag I've got my laptop with my charger and

there's so many times when I have to stop at a Panera Bread or a Starbucks

and use my computer to do a bunch of different things including

clearing off the memory card.

This is also where you're gonna keep all your charging

equipment for your camera for your phone.

You can keep other things in there like

this light I bring, I've got a hard drive

in case my hard drive gets full

I've got some different lens cleaning items in here

as well pretty much anything that you don't need to carry with you

But you might need in case of emergency keep in

this bag and leave it in your trunk

It may seem like a lot of stuff but it's

really essential that you have this with you.

It'll make sure your shoots never run short.

It'll make sure you've always got power.

It'll make sure you've always got memory space.

And it's just really great idea to keep this around

when you go on your b-roll shoots.

So that's it that's how I shoot my b-roll.

Let me know in the comments if there's anything that I

should be bringing that I forgot any other ideas that

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