Filmed podcast production · London
Filmed podcast production
in London for PR agencies
and brands.
Multicam video podcasts, with the sound treated as the main event and the cameras set up to cover a whole conversation without anyone having to stop it. I'm Oliver, and I run Small Batch: Video Production. You brief me, and I plan the set-up, light the room and look after the recording, usually from behind the camera.
What a filmed podcast looks like
A conversation
nobody has
to stop.
A filmed podcast is a different job from an interview. People listen as much as they watch, so the audio has to be right first time, and a good conversation can't be paused while someone moves a camera. Most of the work is in the set-up, so that on the day the guests can just talk.
Sound first
A microphone on everyone, recorded cleanly, with the pictures cut to the audio rather than the other way round.
Multicam coverage
A camera on each speaker plus a wide, so every reaction is covered without anyone moving a tripod mid-conversation.
Lit for long takes
Light that's comfortable to sit in for an hour or more, so a meeting room can feel like a set without anyone feeling on stage.
Built to repeat
For a series, the set-up is planned so it goes back up the same way each time, which keeps episodes consistent and quicker to record.
The edit, or the files
Full episodes, social clips and an audio-only version if you want it cut. Or the rushes, if you're editing in-house.
Klowt: branded podcast series.
An example
A multicam podcast series,
dialled in.
A filmed podcast series for Klowt, set up around the sound and built to go back up the same way every episode, so the second one was quicker than the first.
Another example
Four cameras on two sofas.
A filmed podcast for Unilever, through Weber Shandwick. A host and four guests on two sofas, a microphone on every one of them, and a room lit to feel like a set.
Three cameras covered the conversation and a fourth held a wide of everyone, so nobody had to stop talking for a camera move. The room had its own lights, so I added two soft sources to give the faces some shape, and a sound recordist looked after the mix. The edit was ours as well: Callum Cartwright, who was on camera that day, cut it, and I oversaw it.
How the brief runs
Planned once,
every episode.
Tell me the format, how many people are in the room and where it's going. I'll plan the set-up, bring in the crew and kit it needs, and run the recording, with the edit there if you want it.
You can tell he's had years of experience in Film and TV. Everything is dialled in.Liam · Klowt
Send a brief
Got a podcast in mind?
Four lines is enough to start.
The format, how many guests, where you'd like to record, and when the first episode is due. I'll usually reply within a working day.