In this fourth “Light Over Heat with Professor David Yamane” video I discuss the concept of Gun Culture 2.0, the self-defense core of American gun culture today.
I have been developing the concept and studying the phenomenon for over 10 years now, posting hundreds of times on this blog and publishing a number of academic and popular works about it.
This is a short (4 minute) video primer for the uninitiated and refresher for the initiated.
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Gun Culture 2.0 
The video started and my first immediate thought was “Wow! great colors, excellent framing, great use of distance between subject and background to give that nice blur. It makes him pop right out at you.”
This is really good looking. You’re looking much more comfortable talking in front of the camera. You look very professorish, minus the lame old school tweed coat with patches. 10/10 would trust this guy.
Can you get a lav mic to record your audio? I think the Rode Wireless Go mics work great. You can use them directly or you can connect them to a small studio lav mic to be more discreet. You could also use a full wireless lav mic if you’re just going to stand in front of the camera.
It’s possible that you might want a little more light straight in front of you. You look like you’re standing under a light fixture. Makes your hair look pretty cool.
I also think that the camera might not be perfectly level. The top of the bookcase looks tilted slightly.
The improvement in just four videos is stunning.
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Thanks for the feedback and encouragement. Have been working on the video (camera, framing) and making some progress. The audio (50% or more of video I recognize) has been a struggle. Video #1 I used no mic, Video #2 was a shotgun mic attached to my camera, Video #3 was a wireless lav mic (which I had high hopes for), and Video #4 was standing with my Blue Yeti below me. I am supposed to receive a new lav mic with a long cord that I can plug directly into my computer (recording on my logitech computer camera now). Another option being toyed with is an overhead boom to mount my Blue Yeti. Also getting used to using the audio functions in Adobe Premiere Rush but I worry about overworking the audio. I need a sound engineer!
I do have a fluorescent light directly overhead which I turned down to 50% with two lights (a ring and a lume cube) at 45 degrees in front to my left and right. I was going to use the ring light directly in front of me but no can do with my glasses. I think I need to turn the overhead light down even more and get a second light to replace the lume cube, which is pretty small. I need a lighting tech!
I am trying to beat back my perfectionist tendencies and keep steering the car. Being committed to putting out a video every week and being very busy with other stuff is keeping me from obsessing about these things.
Stay tuned for next week’s video!
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Please do the world a favor and use your Blue Yeti mic as a shotgun target at your first opportunity. They suck. There are two basic types of microphone, a condenser and a dynamic. Condenser mics pick up EVERYTHING. They’re great for studio work in a soundproof environment, but as podcast/video mics they’re bloody awful. Way back when Andrew Branca was starting podcasting he used a Yeti. He had to unplug his refrigerator to record. It also picked up every singing bird in his neighborhood. Not ideal. I’d say that your audio issues on this were directly attributable to your use of a Yeti condenser mic.
I think a wired lav mic will do you just fine for this.
Don’t feel bad about learning through trial and error. Most people never even try so they never learn at all. You are already leaps and bounds beyond the first video. By video #20 it’ll look like you’re a professional vidcaster.
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Waiting on Amazon to deliver and excited to try the wired lav. My also upgrade from my Fotowelt wireless lav to a Ride. Be nice to be untethered!
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