"There is so much raw authenticity in the mess" is so true. Sometimes my favourite parts of a doc is when there's that audio "fourth wall break" where you hear the noise hissing from the gain boost because somebody off camera said something unsuspected.

Thanks for the not sexy, sexy video. Super helpful tips. Much appreciated!

Saving this for later. I film stage rally racing in the US, and I'm in the woods for most of the day during an event, usually by myself as well

Now i know why some animals charge videographers during wildlife documentary shoots. They did not sign the release form.

You have such a talent for capturing raw moments as they unfold Austin! It’s SO helpful to get be able to peak into your process and to see what it takes to build an emotionally captivating scene. I think, for me, this video solidified the importance of leaning into your instincts when it comes to documentary film.

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I appreciated your explanation of the documentary art form and its raw, natural, unscripted, and imperfect presentation. I found that to be very insightful and helpful.

WHATS THE NAME OF YOUR CAMERA? THE ONE YOU USE TO SHOT YOUR DOCUMENTARIES?

18:00 to 19:00 🙏🏼 This minute should be a disclaimer to 90% of the filmmaking content here on KZbin! 😅

Austin I'd love to hear more about how you prepare for verite style doc. You mentioned in the last video having a series of scenes each with its own in and out. How do you plan it as a whole? What discussions with the key characters? When do you decide on using a narrator? (PS I mainly make corporate videos and would like to incorporate more showing rather than explaining via interviews, but it can be a hard sell)

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Hey! Thanks for the shout! This video was just as informative as I thought it'd be. Great job Austin!

Thank you so very much for answering all of the questions we had from last week. You gave us very valuable and actionable information.

You may be a very good documentarian, but you may be an even better speaker. Really, you're a pro. Kudos!

Wow, Austin. Well done. Excellent presentation. I am not at NatGeo Explorer, but have shot weather and climate content and licensed it for use in many of their productions, so I am just a contributor. But, Explorer sounds more like a special community one can be a part of. Congrats on that achievement!

when working in 4K and delivering in 4K what specs do you need on your computer and hard drives?

Beyond unexpected and beyond grateful thank you so so much for answering my questions and helping me with my mindset, thank you for inspiring me to be happy ❤😊 man that was exactly what I needed 😢❤🎉 thank YOU 😊

Great video as always Austin, and good idea to dedicate your videos to practitioner documentarians. Akim

I‘m wondering that you can connect the Cos11 directly to the sony. Years ago i had the same, but I needed a cable adapter cause the wiring from sony was different. Did it changed?

So much helpful info. I'm actually filming an indoor meeting tomorrow and I'm feeling a lot more confident after watching your last video and this one. Thank you so much.

When you’re going hand held, I assume you’re using false color to nail exposure. Does your camera have false color or do you use an external monitor? Thanks!

Question for you Austin : when you're following your main character and other people show up (like around the dining table), do you get them (at the end) sign an agreement to be filmed, or how do you handle this? Akim

Really enjoyed your story. My story is much like your story. Finished my first film in 1985, went to National Geographic Society headquarters in Washington D.C. and auditioned my first film, "Wild and wonderful Alaska". Got a contract to present my film on their series a Constitution Hall in Washington D. C. Went so well i did 5 more films for their series at Constitution Hall. Worked 8 more years in producing those 5 films. Made enough money to build my first home, paying for it completely on that film. National Geographic was good to me and i owe them a lot for my 25 years in the business.

What kind of rig / setup are you using for this type of work?

Just started watching your channel, which is quite fantastic. I don’t think I have ever seen a filmmaker reveal their raw footage in such a public way. What a truly courageous, revealing and honest choice. Really unique work! Looking forward to viewing more!

This was wonderfully executed. Thanks so much for sharing this level of detail. This was so helpful.

so easy I feel a little dumb. THANK YOU!!!

Well done, Austin. Thank you for posting. There are.some doc series I've watched on TV where the music was way louder than the voice. These are some fairly large budget productions (for a doc). I'm not sure what's happening. I'm wondering if the music was mixed too loud in post, or if it was mixed well in post and the broadcast was simply playing the music track too loud. As a director, I would not be happy to see (hear) that. :)

Thanks bro ima make a hour long documentary about wins and losses off the inphone

Thank you for walking us through this. Really interesting and practical! :)

Wow, I feel like I should be paying for this. A really great tutorial. Amazing. Thanks so much for putting this out.

11:54 Was totally bracing for a sponsorship plug that never happened 😅

Scene approach and planning your in and outs are a great reminder. Do you ever get room tone to help blend your cuts? Really great how you get more coverage by quickly getting your details panning and zooming as it happens - allows them to cut together nicely. Whenever I'm in the editing stage, I'm always like ahhh, why didn't I hold on that longer!? You get fomo thinking there's action happening elsewhere. So, how do you remind yourself of those "next time, I'm going to...." moments?

Well, that was interesting seeing that you filmed Taylor Rapp. Even more interesting that he gave me the film you made about him to use for some b roll for a film I made about him and his diet. Small world. Very much resonate with everything you said here about your process of assessing characters. Really digging your approach and grateful that you're here pending your perspective! Your content is punching far above your follower count's weight!

You should make field guides you can sell. I'd buy them just to have them with my gear. Something that lives in my audio bag or can attach to my camera or put somewhere easy to reference when I'm filming an interview or have readily and easily accissible on my body while I'm running around directing a shoot or DPing.

100% dude use them from timer to time but never knew you call them that… thanks 😊

There's no way you don't reach 100k subscribers by the end of the year. My guess is gonna be 250k but it's gotta be at least 100k you make such great videos man. Thank you!

Another excellent practical video! You might have this already, but I live in the pnw, and rain and cloudy days are the norm. Would love to see what you would do in those situations for run n gun interviews. Also, you win my sub. Great work with your content!

This was very well explained and practical. I've watched a lot of videos on this kind of thing and have always been kind of confused, but this felt very accissible and easy to remember/logical. Thank you!

Hi and thank you alot! Not only for this video, but all the others I've watched since I found your channel. I appreciate your down to earth way, and your educational ability. Probably one of the best videos in its category. A breath of fresh air in the middle of this sea of ​​similar channels on KZbin. Greetings from Sweden :)

Very informative film dude and I’m also a athlete and filmmaker and brand ambassador for running companies so having that mind set of being free with in your own ways ending editing fun films is amazing with the community and companies. Again thanks for sharing and what’s your longest run while filming ? I’ve filmed many races her in Ireland while on open mountains up to 10hrs getting everyone’s mileage and faces tells a good amount about the race. The pain the why and the end…

Super thanks for sharing such in depth information and details - I’m new to filming and doing some interviews for my social network KZbin including and always learning by doing and the editing on premiere pro. I watched this video till the end and picked up a few tips so thanks for this… I’m working on a new project now and hope to try a few of your good tips. Please keep sharing as now I’m following…

lol your "scrappy" edit would be my best work... gotta keep practicing

very impressed with you videos . this video is what I needed to refresh my filming skills . keep up the good work. I'm a solo filmmaker and love when I find creators that motivate me . Thank you for all your hard work. one thing I learned as a filmmaker is I'll always be learning . my problem is I get too excited when I get to the scene .. I make a shot list and plan my shots but when I get there its almost like I forget everything and just shoot lol

love it!

Hi Austin, congratulations for all the outreach work you do. In the case of documentaries, do you always work in 4K and deliver in HD or is the request 4K also for delivery? Greetings from Italy. 😃

davinci or adobe software ? which is future for flim production

i am from bangladesh and want to be a documentary flimmaker like business insider video type.please create video about full roadmap .

excellent edit, love the running gun style

what lens did you use sir ?