I will take that any day if the week 😂

​@@theseshwithsav384gangster jits bro👊

I appreciate that man, 108 episodes in and still learning! I just got new cameras 2-3 episodes ago as a huge upgrade to the podcast and just figuring the lighting out I definitely get what you mean! Thankyou heaps for the feedback!

@@theseshwithsav384 Since you're open to feedback, it isn't just the lighting, it's the relative screen location according to their eyelines. Normally, the person looking to screen right will be slightly screen left and the person looking screen left will be slightly screen right, so we get the feeling that they are looking at each other. So Sav, more screen left, Adam Jones, more screen right. In some of the shots, Sav is even further to screen right than Adam. Breaking that rule works in films/tv shows to create certain desired effects, but for a podcast, it makes it feels disjointed Great discussion, though! Keep on keepin' on!

I fucking knew it was looking slightly off thankyou so much mate. If you look at the episodes I did previously I believe I did this and it looked more natural but I have been playing with the distance and placement of the cameras. I was using handycams before so now that I’m dealing with different mm lenses etc is just a huge learning process. That makes it so much easier for me, I can’t thank you enough! If you have any other quality of life criticisms I’d love all your feedback. Wanna really level it up! Hope it wasn’t too jarring for you to watch

If possible can you look at the episode I did with Michael crafter and see if that’s slightly better?

@@theseshwithsav384 First off, thank you for responding and for receiving what I said in the spirit that I said it. I definitely wasn't trying to be a snarky know-it-all. I'm only commenting about the Michael Crafter episode because you asked, but if you're talking about episode 106, it suffers from a similar issue. I think your compositions would also benefit from bringing your eyes vertically in frame closer to the top line of thirds. So tilting down on you a little bit to bring your head a little higher in frame, and titling up a little bit on Micheal Crafter so that his head comes down a little in frame. You don't have to fake that you're the exact same height or anything, but splitting the difference would help things feel more balanced and intentional. I know on shows like Mr. Robot, they intentionally break these rules, but they do it for unconventional storytelling purposes. Also, you typically want the people to have some feeling of separation from the background. Since yours is mostly black, I'd recommend either not wearing black and/or making sure you have a little bit of a hair/kicker light coming from the opposite side of your keylight. If you look at Michael Crafter's shot and do the squint test, his shirt kind of blends in with the background and the same goes for your black hat when you wear it. That's not as big of a deal and I know you don't want to micromanage what your guests wear so they can feel comfortable. An other way to help separate them from the background is to use variable nd filters so that you can use a larger aperture on your lenses so the background is more out of focus. I've owned Tiffen, Hoya, Freewell and messed around with Polar Pros. To me, the best bang for your buck is definitely Freewell. Tiffens have really gone downhill with their color cast and Polar Pros are overpriced because of their connection to an overrated influencer. The main thing to keep in mind is you have a cool personality, you care about the subjects at hand, your guests are interesting, and you're able to get a good conversation going. So you have your most important bases covered. Remember, if Joe Rogan's early podcasts had 4 less pixels, they would have been mp3s. Cheers!

Craig’s Aussie mate