r/videoproduction

Hi, I’m an independent film director from Seoul, and I’ve been invited to quite a few major film festivals. Thanks to that, a project to produce a promotional video has come in, and a company in Dubai has requested outsourcing. About ten times a month, I use my equipment to shoot only the footage from exhibitions held in Seoul, and they handle the post-processing, as they do. They offer $350 per day— is that an appropriate level? It’s funny that I’m getting paid about twice as much in Korea’s industry, but I’m thinking about it because I want to consistently land international projects going forward. What do you think? Give me some advice.

I usually take videos with my iPhone 16 at 4K. But I’m looking for a professional video camera. I create instructional design videos for the organization I work for. Can anyone recommend some good video cameras?

Thanks

Hi there. I run a large global video studio (35ft long, 16ft high, 20 feet deep) that's primary focus is on service related content. Zero turn mowers, big block engines, etc.

Recently, our legal, IT, marketing, power, electrification, and corporate communications departments have been using the studio more and more. I've worked here 11 years, but the last time we upgraded our studio was 10 years ago. I am so out of my depth when it comes to studio technology that I'm afraid to even ask where to start.

I have a presentation to give next week Wednesday to 3 Vice Presidents on why I should be given the funding to upgrade this room.

What I am hoping to achieve with this thread: Can you please provide some end result examples on sets that have produced content that I can play and then directly correlate that clip to a piece of equipment?

If I show them a spread sheet, they'll decline my request. If I provide them a simplified pretty spreadsheet, they'll likely decline my request. These are engine guys, they know nothing of the work involved to create content. If I can provide a series of visual examples from studios and say "If we had this, we could do this," and just provide example after example, that would really be helpful. We're looking into a complete rebuild within the space. We have a 4'x4' pipe-grid 14' into the air that fills the dimensions of the space.

I've got a few scenes lined up, but perhaps y'all might have better examples. Thanks!!!

You should know how to shoot high quality talking head video, video production direction will be provided. Must have their own gear.

If available send dm details

I’m currently editing a 10- to 15-minute video (a short documentary style), and I’m hitting a massive bottleneck when it comes to gathering stock/B-roll footage.

Right now, even for a simple 1-minute section, finding footage that actually fits the narrative takes me hours. My process usually looks like this:

1. Search across multiple free stock sites (Pexels, Pixabay, Unsplash, etc.) or look for creative commons / fair use clips on YouTube.
2. Preview, filter, and download individual clips.
3. Import them into my project, cut them down, and test how they fit the pacing.

By the time I finish sourcing visual elements for just a tiny chunk of the timeline, half the day is gone. It feels extremely inefficient, and I know there has to be a smarter way to do this.

For those of you who regularly edit video essays or documentary-style content:

**What is your actual workflow for sourcing stock footage?**

Do you write a script and bullet point specific shot lists *before* searching, or do you edit audio first and gather footage as you go?

Do you use plug-ins, specific subscription platforms, or stock footage manager tools inside your NLE (Premiere, Resolve, FCP)?

How do you balance searching for the "perfect" clip vs. settling on a "good enough" clip to keep moving?
I’d love to hear how you structure your process so gathering visuals doesn't eat up 80% of your editing time.

Hello everyone, I need some advice...

I've been using my Sony ZV-E10 for a while and I just used the stock lens... now that I am getting deeper into videography i feel like i need something better.

I've been searching the web and as it seems (understandably) 1 lens isn't enough for videography, but right now I am tight on money and I can't spend thousands... therefore I am looking for an all-round lens with which I can do a bit of everything and that I can keep using for the years to come (even when I will add other lenses to my arsenal).

Thanks in advice for your help!