In this tutorial we focus on how we set up OBS: Open Broadcasting Software .
Like many 12 months ago we starting out with a just a webcam and a pc . This training video is the summation of 12 months of continuous development and evolution . We moved on to a external 1080p tripod mounted webcam and Movo M1 lavaliere mic . In 21 we starting shooting video with the iPhone SE2020 using the OBS camera app and a separate audio feed from the Samsung meteor USB mic .
Our Tutorial is part our visual first approach . Covid 19 has accelerated our digital migration . Video is taking over the world . It is not just the ability to pause rewind and replay . When you make it visual you make it memorable . Make it memorable and you buy time for reflection .The ability to reflect makes complex subjects understandable , steepening learning curves .
Our OBS tutorial was Recorded with the Screen-O-Matic screen recorder . The video demo we created was then used as our background media source within OBS . While OBS is a more than capable screen recorder .To record itself would be recursive leading to infinite regression where each video within a video become smaller and smaller . For this reason OBS was only used to record the voice over
Execution . This is a say what you see presentation . Facing the screen allowed us to film live without an autocue using the background video as a prompt . I find it adds spontaneity . Or a natural engaging quality to audio . My auditory memory is simply not good enough to internalise an 8 minute presentation without getting lost , stalling out or freezing mid sentence .
We have tried presentations with scripts and auto cues maybe you have to . They are not for us .I can recommend an excellent course on Linked In Learning presented by Rob glass Marley Baird . Together they explore this very issue and the pro and cons of each approach .Even when done competently to my ear scripts and autocues end up with a musical quality . The performance is great . The message is lost and the end user . They end up bewildered . My gut feel is you have to go with the style that suits your personality .