NatGeo Documentary Filmmaker Answers Your Burning Questions 🔥

[@JesseEdgar]

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

[@austinmeyerfilms]

Thanks for the idea!

[@LarryEberhard]

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

[@austinmeyerfilms]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching 🙏

[@clipsthatsell]

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)

[@LouisLuzuka]

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 😊

[@austinmeyerfilms]

Thanks for the great question! Appreciate you

[@kmalfred]

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.

[@austinmeyerfilms]

Amazing! So glad that the videos helped. Good luck tomorrow!

[@speliotis]

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

[@austinmeyerfilms]

I am not sure of the exact specs. But I edit footage off the Crucial X9 Pro SSD (amzn.to/4aeqdnf). On my MacBook Pro with the Apple M2 Max chip, I can cut through 4K footage pretty seamlessly. But when I edit on my 2020 iMac I make proxy files of all the videos and edit using those!

[@speliotis]

@@austinmeyerfilms Thank you Austin, youre skills for filmmaking are great but so is your ability to share and teach.... Thank you

[@AkimDirectorOfPhotography]

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

[@austinmeyerfilms]

That's absolutely the goal! I really want this channel to be for people who are out there creating. Thanks for the support!

[@ChrisSpeda]

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?

[@austinmeyerfilms]

You just need to make sure that you get the Cos11 that says it is specifically for Sony transmitters. They make different mics for different transmitters. See here for the Sony version for example: www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/671663-REG/Sanken_COS_11D_UWP_BK_COS_11D_Miniature_Omnidirectional_Lavalier.html

[@ChrisSpeda]

@ Ah ok. Thank you. 👍

[@shinzychan5117]

Stop putting Nat Geo in everything man. It’s pathetic and painful. You are nobody in Natgeo so it’s time to move on for another click bait