LIVE STREAMING GEAR

• VIDEO

  • Budget friendly (used in Mental Amusements): Sony ZV1- great inexpensive option that is small, has great autofocus for moving actor and no additional lenses needed

  • Premium (used by Chris in our meeting): Sony a7iii with Sony 24-70mm 2.8 lens - you can choose a lens for this camera that fits the needs of the show, super high quality camera, overkill for most live stream applications

  • Note: We run the cameras off battery but also have it plugged in so essentially it’s being recharged as it’s being used and have not had problems with batteries draining.

  • Tripod (any budget friendly tripod will work)

    • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00SIL5O36/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

  • Backup batteries
    

• LIGHTING

  • Elgato Key Light Air - can be controlled via app

    • https://www.elgato.com/en/gaming/key-light-air

  • Another lighting option - Neewer Bicolor LED Panels

    • https://amzn.to/2IjslBf

  • Additional colored lights as needed for the show. Vinny has Lifx lights that Chris can control remotely with their app

• AUDIO

  • Rhode Video Micro (mounts right on camera, inexpensive but sounds good especially if actor is within a few feet of camera, avoids the need for lapel/wireless things that could go wrong)

    • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B015R0IQGW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

• ART DIRECTION

  • BACKDROP

    • https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07DVJ74MS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

• BROADCAST (for bringing camera into USB)

  • Atem Mini (used in Mental Amusements but primarily for local multi cam switching if needed)

    • https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/atemmini

  • Elgato HD60s+ (Good and inexpensive option for bringing single camera HDMI feed into computer via USB)

    • https://www.bestbuy.com/site/elgato-game-capture-hd60-s-/6359930.p?skuId=6359930