Film Gear That INSTANTLY CHANGED My Career

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

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[@RoadisEverywhere]

Hi, I really appreciate that unlike many channels that "promote" certain gear, you concentrate on the function of certain equipment and not particular brand/model. Great!

[@FrameCrafts]

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. And I completely agree with you regarding the color monitor. I, myself had gone through this situation. And the last advice you gave, to learn about cinematography, composition etc. That is really more important than the expensive gear especially when we are at the learning stage.

[@my2cents198]

Good points , but I think something that is overlooked by a lot of younger film makers is an EVF ... if you want one tool to make you a better shooter...forget looking at the monitor... compose and frame in the EVF

[@jasonmatthewbelkov4046]

Excellent tips. I have about 90% of everything you mentioned. You are spot on!

[@mrwayne8018]

That's an amazing monitor for color grade. I recommend as well the Eizo Coloredge series.

[@fanninmedia]

Thank you, Alex. That helped a lot. Getting deeper into documentary filmmaking.

[@dayannamorales6254]

Awesome channel! I love the quality and edit of your videos. They are well done.

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

Thanks Dayanna!

[@robertjohnson7678]

This was so thorough and immaculately laid out bro. I appreciate your hard work and attention to detail. Subscribing!

[@JamalNeutron]

Fantastic video across the board man, thanks for all the pro tips!

[@FaDookieTv]

That GVM can go against the sun! Good work sir🔥

[@DimitriAbrazard]

Your Channel is awesome dude ! thank you for the infos !

[@ElijahTichborne]

i have been editing on a benQ calibrated monitor since 2021 and I to send it to BenQ for warranty repair, they fixed it but took 6 months and communication was zero and difficult. I will be trying Asus next time.

[@hankhill2573]

I love this video but it’s out of reach for beginners. I think you should do something but budget . I’m having luck with gigs but I’m just getting my feet wet I don’t have the budget or credit to get most of these just yet. So far In my opinion -Camarera bag -Wireless audio system - use Ai to clean it up -cheap but good light - good c-stand -tripod -gimbal -good lens

[@tad5233]

i'd say get a camera hard case, more durable and customisable

[@pauljakeman]

Awesome video man nice work! This popped up on my suggestions, glad I clicked on it.

[@JanChoc]

Hi Alex, how do you work with the calibri color chart? Do you make color adjustments in lightroom and export it as lut for video or are you doing the correction inside premiere/davinci?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

I color grade mostly in Premier Pro. I know that da Vinci is superior when it comes to color grading but I just got used to working in Premier and for me it works great.

[@HistoricalWhispersYT]

You're so f@kin underrated man!!! 500k subs will be more accurate

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

Thank you brother

[@FnhP]

Missing easy rig link? Great video! Timecode has been a game changer for myself.

[@mathu_stans]

Very educative. This video deserves many likes.

[@ImaginationVFXhouse]

Monitor is very very important. I worked professionally editing commercials 8 hours a day 5 days a week full time job editing and this facility wasn’t a dedicated “production company” they were just a manufacturing & retail company and I was part of their marketing team. The monitor I had in my office had terrible backlight bleed and a very strong magenta color shift. This would completely destroy any reference of contrast and color. Would have to rely on scopes but with the work I was doing scopes wasn’t always a problem solver. And with product videos color is very important so I as working with a handicap. They didn’t understand the importance of me getting a new monitor even though they could see the issues with color they would think it was my grading that was the issue not that I’m pretty much working blind off scopes. After around 7 months of that I quit. They wouldn’t allow remote work which sucked because I had fully calibrated monitors at home in my home office and would save me the hour drive. Reference monitors that are calibrated is so so important. I brought my calibration tool to my office at work to try and fix the colors but the backlight bleed was so bad throwing off the contrast nothing could really fix that.

[@princearthur4946]

Excellent presentation!

[@FullFrameStudio]

The pro art displays are where it's at!!!!! They have a 1440p version which isn't too expensive if you cant afford the 4k

[@kameya87]

What are your thoughts on using a phone as a monitor?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

I think you could get away with it for really low budget projects or shooting by yourself but I wouldn’t recommend using your phone on a shoot for clients. That being said, I’ve never used my phone as a monitor and as long as you can get good focus peeking and see your image then it’s good but again for optics for higher end clients I wouldn’t do it.

[@sferro21]

Love the video 🎉

[@iSpike]

BRILLIANT and THANK YOU

[@AIVFilms]

I have a Ben Q PD2705U I still have yet to completely get the colors where I want them event after a calibrite run. How do you setup your colors on your monitor?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

Yo me the PD3420 looked great right out of the box. Mine came with a certificate showing that it was properly calibrated. Did yours come with this certification as well?

[@bencoheed]

thanks for the advice

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

No problem Ben

[@LeJ0hn]

That was good man !

[@AMillion-o9i]

thanks for sharing

[@cliftonsledge962]

Awesome video and always on point. I have the ninja v and it’s the best investment I’ve made so far. Keep dropping gems of knowledge 🙏🏾

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

Thank you for the support brother🙏🏻

[@A1Bokeh]

bro 4th camera in 10 years...that right there is a win lol

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

lol how many cameras have you bought in your career?

[@A1Bokeh]

@@Alexzarfatifilms bro i have had 7 cameras man..that G.A.S got me

[@fritzroysmith8526]

Gear you invested in or gear you were given?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

Gear I invested in. Non of this was sponsored except for the Skillshare bit. All of this is gear that I recommend looking into but defiantly NOT NEEDED to make great films.

[@fritzroysmith8526]

@@Alexzarfatifilms Thanks for responding. It's easy to say this is gear I recommend but not needed. When you are given gear for a video review it's easy to talk about it. Do you return any of the stuff you get?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

@fritzroysmith8526 actually like I said, before none of this gear was given to me. This was all gear that I bought myself. However, there are videos on my channel with sponsored film gear.

[@R7w7c]

Was interesting… Until the blatant skillshare ad… then it got even more interesting!!👍🏼

[@Bigcookfilms]

The monitor isn't as pricey as I thought

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

It’s not especially when you consider how much it affects your final product

[@danielketchelos]

Imo sennheiser 416 is the way to go for shotgun mics. More expensive than the NTG3B, but it’s the industry standard

[@Matthew_Raymond]

If you have MKH 416 money, you should also take a look at the DPA 2017.

[@traperobeatsofficail]

Its my macbook pro screen not good for editing?

[@benjaminzipser6021]

depends on which one you have

[@MrKawan92]

how can i talk with you?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

You can join the discord or reach out to my email: [e-mail]

[@creativeyoutubertamil]

Bro camera giveaway

[@W4rcrafter]

I thought I would see film cameras..

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

I try to steer away from cameras just because they’re all really good it’s just about understanding how to use them.

[@Applefanboy2012]

You’re not centered 😭

[@thirdrockjul2224]

👍

[@hvegel]

nice Matriarch

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

lol a synth MAN!!!!

[@hvegel]

here here! @@Alexzarfatifilms

[@TLOverlander]

Was interesting... Until the blatant Skillshare ad. 👎🏻

[@chadwin]

I mean, at least he’s hustling and getting the bag from his passion 💰 can’t fault him for that.

[@izzyshootsiphone]

@@chadwinyea but how can he be trusted now?

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

lol how can I be trusted? KZbin is a free platform and there are a few ways content creators can actually monetize their channel and be able to pay their bills for making high-quality free videos. I put out nearly 200 FREE videos before I got my first sponsor. I put in the hard work dedication and every moment of my free time to make free content and tutorials for filmmakers. You guys have to understand that KZbin ads pay such a small amount of money and definitely not sustainable to continue producing free videos. Just because there’s a sponsored ad in between this video doesn’t negate the fact that all of this film gear that I’m talking about really changed the way I produce content. In a day and age where everything is monetized and everything sponsored I understand what your concern is but at the same time content creators have to make money and eat too. Do you know how many times I’ve seen Peter McKinnon or Mark Bone put an ad in their video? And you absolutely cannot negate the gold that they give you in their videos, so why is it any different for me?

[@TLOverlander]

@Alexzarfatifilms oh no, I totally get it. For sure... But do they ask you to read from a script or something? Would be so much nicer if it were possible to integrate the sponsor into the actual video... Like showing how YOU literally used it to make the video...? 🤷 But good on you for having sponsorship 👍🏻

[@Alexzarfatifilms]

@TLOverlander it’s not necessarily a script but they give you guidelines. And I get what you’re saying I’ve done videos like that before with something like a musicbed sponsor and that’s easy to integrate because it’s something that I use every day but Skillshare isn’t something that I use to produce content