What is up everybody welcome to week six of the NFL season Gonna be breaking down this pretty fun Thursday night game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the Philadelphia Eagles Looking mostly at this thing from a single game slate standpoint on Fandle, but If you have some season long questions You can get those in if you have some props questions. I have a few that I like But as usual, I'm going to be running down some things like historical optimal lineup trends show you guys my Game simulations and ranges of outcomes for tonight's slate. It's gonna be a fun one That that total of 52 and a half doesn't really feel like a Thursday night Point total we have a lot of injuries For the Eagles, it's their offensive line for the Bucks is their defense So welcome on in to the Fandle NFL Q&A for this week I'm your host Brandon Gadoula the managing editor over at number fire comm you can find all of my content at number fire I do a bunch of simulations Some start-sit stuff to help you with all of your start-sit decisions Showing things like the probability that you know players are top 12 or top 24 within their position rather than just kind of us you know a Sit column based on some guys with some tough match-ups I put out some floor ceiling projections For the main slate those come out on Fridays As always I do a an NFL heat check with Jim Sonnis. We go over the main slate in detail Lots to talk about on the main slate, but again, you can find all that work at number fire comm Remember, this is a Q&A format so get those questions in you can hit up Comment section on YouTube Facebook Twitter or Twitch if you have questions for tonight's game I see some rolling in and keep them coming But I want to break down this thing as I always do looking first and foremost at this game from a high level standpoint again, 52 and a half point total Six and a half point spread for the road buccaneers That implies a lot of scoring and a fairly tight game overall. I'm not saying it's gonna be Three-point game throughout but it's not so no, it's not a double-digit spread So I'll go over some of what that means historically from a single game slate, but Get those questions in and I will break down the overview for tonight's game I always like to look first at individual match-ups in terms of units looking here Philadelphia and Tampa Bay really ranking about league average in passing net expected points per drop back a lot of opposing quarterbacks, which is basically I mean his number fires expected points model shows that they're about league average defenses One thing that stands out though is that they allow a high success rate Which with this combination of a high success rate and a kind of a middling or top 12 Expected points per drop back number kind of implies consistent gains let up, but somewhat stifling the deep play by contrast So either way not a passing matchup to avoid for either side here as far as rushing goes We know that buccaneers defense has a really good rush defense Rating out basically, you know top top four across the board and some key metrics for opposing running backs meanwhile The Eagles are rating out kind of bottom tier in some of number fires metrics as well as adjusted fandal points per carry allowed to Opposing running backs so that could put us on Leonard for net for tonight As far as receiving goes Phillies about you know average really if you're if you're not top five Or bottom five matchups kind of overrated We do see a little bit of that though with the buccaneers against running backs out of the backfield, which makes sense because teams don't really Run the ball in the buccaneers. So just by nature. They're gonna at you know, give up a lot of receiving production To running backs relative to what they typically those running backs typically accrue and then one more thing I like to look at here Some pace both teams top 12 in non garbage time pace this season both teams also top seven in Pass rate again outside of garbage time with the buccaneers leading. That's gonna put us pretty heavily on Tom Brady first and foremost. So that's kind of that's kind of an overview I'm gonna dig into some questions again. If you have some YouTube Facebook Twitter or Twitch, and I'll get to those Probably in just a second here. I'll be going over my Sims, but Let's see what we got here Andrew on Facebook is asking is tonight a night to fade Brady on in DFS and Roster Evans or Brown or roll with both Hertz and Brady and find value elsewhere. So That question there's kind of multiple questions within that I will show you guys this Not that I was hiding it, but just a good time to show you guys If you look at all optimal line-ups in single-game slates since 2019 The MVP has historically been a quarterback and in games with totals above 50 and tight like, you know The spreads between four and a half and eight and a half We've seen the quarterback actually overperform from that perspective being the MVP and optimal line-ups about 54 percent of the time Which is about a seven point boost So unfortunately from this standpoint that does point to Tom Brady rostering Tom Brady will not be Like people are gonna want to roster Tom Brady at MVP I get that And Additionally in these types of game environments, we see the MVP come from the favorite And about a 6040 clip a little bit higher than that even and it's most likely just that in these game scripts The MVP is the favorite quarterback. So that points to Tom Brady again That's still 34 percent of the time this has happened and in my sims Which by the way kind of ran things with him without Dallas Goddard But I'm proceeding as if Dallas Goddard is not going to play Tom Brady rates out as the MVP about 34 percent of time, which is just on par with his historical average. So that's kind of how I'm viewing Tom Brady is Second most likely favorite in the Sims if you adjust for this context historically just the most likely play to be the MVP So I'm not particularly fading Tom Brady I think you can still play Tom Brady at MVP on Fandle and differentiate in different ways Most notably by rostering him with one of his top three receivers. So Antonio Brown Mike Evans Chris Godwin and then A sort of tertiary or I guess in that case a quaternary or even quinary piece Where we would roster one of the tight ends because Rob Grunkowski is out again. So no, I'm not fading Brady He's going to be very chalky at MVP. So you can find leverage by you know playing him outside of the MVP But again all signs point to Brady being a great MVP pick probability-wise relative to everyone else And then the secondary question here is Hertz and Brady With that, it's kind of hard to go with both quarterbacks because if you do that You're looking at 93 33 left for your remaining three positions the one Way that you can really make this work is By going down here to Zach or it's assuming Dallas Goddard doesn't play and then you're back up to 10,750 for your final two. I think this is going to be a super chalky build like a start This very easily could be in the optimal because we have value with Zach Hertz, but You know probability-wise this is a good start. It's a very safe start But game three wise I think this will be very popular and I'm trying to avoid it in most situations So I know that kind of doesn't answer your question To the point where I'm saying like I'm not gonna fade Brady I don't think you play both quarterbacks because the salary is too tight And the most obvious way that you're gonna get there is by rostering Zach Hertz Who is shaping up to be pretty popular assuming Dallas Goddard does not play? Question from I need money on YouTube. You'd like to score a touchdown on the Eagle side I'll jump over to my sims again And look at a few things here looking at number fires projections And just seeing who we projected number fire. These aren't my projections that come from number fire I use these to base the simulations on with some Dynamic ranges of outcomes based on you know, we know that a rushing quarterback Typically has a bit of higher higher ceiling than a passing quarterback, which is why you see Jaylen Hertz a little bit outperform Tom Brady from a top-square perspective despite the same the same median outcome, but I will sort this hopefully and I had been having a lot of spreadsheet issues this week So I had to kind of rebuild things to hopefully the source properly, but Okay, well that's good enough and then let's filter this just to Philly So number fire saying that Miles Sanders unsurprisingly the most likely touchdown score From the Eagles at about point four six, but on Vandal sportsbook Plus two ten to score so kind of outperforms those odds there So I like my old Sanders in that situation despite the fact that I know it's a really tough rushing matchup But my old Sanders can get targets out of the backfield He kind of fended off Kenneth gain. Well from that standpoint Last week, so I'm still fairly high on my old Sanders despite the almost impossible rushing matchup But we also have Zach Hertz At a point two seven gain while himself's a point three one Hertz is point four one to score a rushing touchdown and Devontae Smith. I would probably go Sanders and Smith I know it's the chalky way to go avoiding Zach Hertz here, but If I had to pick one it's gonna be Devontae Smith Just because he runs a ton of routes relative to everyone else and he should get a little bit extra work if Goddard's out So I'm gonna say I'm gonna say Smith But pretty pretty decent odds across the board for some Eagles to get in to the end zone DJ's asking is it safe to start the Bucks defense this week? Yeah I would say so, you know that the Eagles offensive line is really really decimated no Lane Johnson no brainer Brooks And some just some more injuries now that the Bucks themselves are pretty banged up defensively so You might have better options on The waiver wire, but all things considered, you know short week Thursday night, even with the high total Don't worry too much about a high total when it comes to defenses about 60% of Defensive scoring from a fantasy standpoint just come from sacks and turnovers points allowed doesn't really do a whole lot I mean you need turnovers and you need some sacks and that could be on the the docket if the Buccaneers play from ahead and Jalen Hertz is forced to drop back extra And he's gonna drop back extra anyway, just because nobody really runs on the Bucks They have opponents against them have a seventy seven percent pass rate Excluding garbage time. So that's that's crazy high So I'd feel pretty good with the Bucks from that standpoint Overall question from Jarvis Hertz or Murray standard league. Oh boy Pretty good problem to have It is really scary to feel like you're gonna bench Kyler Murray, but he's got Offensive line issues himself his shoulders not a hundred percent The wind is projected to be almost 20 miles per hour in that game and that really points to a big downgrade. I would Again, I have a I have an article my start-sit article on Number fire Each week goes up. It shows that the probability that each player for in this instance quarterback finishes as a top 12 quarterback for the week Based on number fires projections hurts at 55 percent colors at 53 percent. I Would probably lean hurts just because I feel a little bit safer That's one of those where it's close enough I can't follow you if you really feel like it's Kyler, but I would lean hurts as scary as that is um DJs asking start Khalil Herbert with Damian Williams out. Is there any rooms have rolled out? I Must have missed that I was too focused on this game. I Did not see that Damian Williams was out But if yeah, if he's out, I'd play Herbert fine again I have to do some updates to the start-sit then but I would be fine with Khalil Herbert assuming that Williams actually is Out oh, he's got on the code. Okay, so yeah if there's no Damian Williams Khalil Herbert, I would say we've seen enough from him to start pretty comfortably over a lot of Sort of you know the guys that you would consider him against so feel pretty good there Even though the Bears should play from behind They still want to run the ball as much as they can So that should lead to some extra carries for Herbert in that context. So if you have if you have Herbert Pretty heads up pick up there Um Producer Cal saying he sees it confirmed. So thanks Cal and thanks DJ. So news to me again I had a lot of spreadsheet stuff. I had to reset up here for this week It's been a bit of a nightmare and I was really focused on digging into this game. So Very good call. But yeah, Khalil Herbert um, I Like that call for this week question from Phillip non PPR Beckham or Knox. Oh goodness. Um So That's all right with the wind for the Cleveland game I Might lean Dawson Knox there from a touchdown upside standpoint. I think the The issues with Odell Beckham are a little bit overstated. It's working his way back He's around 60% of snaps in his first game around 75% the past two games What you don't want to see is the Three Targets to catches 20 yards whenever your offense kind of erupts But Odell Beckham still has a lot of high leverage looks going his way In terms of downfield work now again with some wind concerns. That's problematic I would be fine Going with Knox in that standpoint in that matchup from that standpoint, but Boy I might think I might lean Dawson Knox there. So boy, that's a That's a tough spot For Odell. I can't believe we're here. But that that question alone kind of sums up week six fantasy football For sure question from Greg. I had Williams filling in this week for Camara now that he's out My options are Tony Pollard or Jamal Williams on the bench or should I look to add an RV? Always look to add running backs if you can That's kind of an obvious answer but between the two I Think Jamal Williams makes for a fine play. I like this game. It's in a dome. We have wind concerns pretty much everywhere and You know, the the Tony Pollard role is a bit overstated. He's been hyper productive on his snaps. He's and I've been looking into this He's like 28th In PPR points per snap since 2016 among all flex players and it's like a sample of like 2,300 guys. So He's really out for overperforming. I think Jamal Williams is very much in play in a game That's in a dome Control environment that always is good for fantasy points. So I would be cool with Jamal Williams in that spot Question from Philip. Do you think Adam feeling will bounce back? feeling for me is always a bit Problematic just because the yardage upside is never really there for him.  That's not the type of receiver that I like to target Will he bounce back? Honestly, he's been kind of He's been someone I've been eyeing up For years now as a touchdown regression candidate in the negative sense. So I'm not that high on feeling But in terms of if you're asking to trade him who you would trade Involving feeling or would you target him? I also publish number fires trade values. Those go up every Tuesday Show standard league half PPR and PPR values and it's based what I like about these is they're based on Rest of season projections not a whole lot of conjecture and assumptions of roles But I would definitely say I'm low on feeling but check out number fires projections and that trade value chart They're probably higher than I am personally Question from Greg the option at the waiver wire David Johnson mark Ingram Latavius Murray Would you go over any of them over Jamal? Probably not but you could pick up Latavius and just see what happens there Not a whole lot of interest in The Texans backs although Tyra Taylor should be coming back soon and that should be a boost to that offense But I think you could pick up Murray if you have someone else that you could drop Um question from Chris passing yards Brady or Hertz Okay, so I'm gonna see what number fire says Here, I know it's gonna be Tom Brady, but Tom Brady 288 Hertz 254 255 really Yeah, it's really hard to go against Tom Brady their pass rate again in situation adjusted Caught play like plays non garbage time plays. They just leave the league Philadelphia is not particularly worrisome from a passing stand or a past defense standpoint. So For me, it's it's a pretty easy path for Brady to lead over Jalen Hertz in yardage for tonight. So You know, it's close enough where it would probably simulate out to be fairly decent, but you know, it's Really hard to go away from Brady in this standpoint Question from Larry any updates on if Carson would back on the field this week. I haven't seen anything personally There'll be a not the most ideal matchup no No Russ so Not really that interested myself question from Barrier Bay Area football cards, so I start to want a Smith Van Jefferson or Jalen waddle. I'm gonna go Devonte Smith. They're pretty easily I like Smith I'm really high on him in terms of what this offense does and the role that he has He runs like 10 more routes than any other Eagle kind of consistently Gets downfield work. It's a it's a high-risk play always, but I'm definitely a better Role for him than the other guys. I have Smith rating out about 46% likely to finish as a top 24 receiver for the week Again, you can check this out on number fire and go to my start sit column Shows those the sort of baseline projections for guys It's it's Smith pretty easily there and I feel pretty good even with their offensive line a bit dinged up Another question from Philip a non-PPR would just start knocks Beckham or Gaskin Gaskin had an amazing role Last week sounds like they want to get in the ball Maybe a little bit more than they have his snap rate had been pretty strong It was about 65 percent Weeks one through three then like down to 25 percent week four and then in this matchup against the Bucks Got a lot of a lot of receiving work. I Think I'd go Gaskin there Just because even if it's a even if it's non-PPR Running backs can can generate production on receiving I think it's You know targets matter even in standard league, so I feel pretty good with Gaskin Out of those three All right, I want to I want to make sure that I go over my simulations a little bit more in detail just because You know, that's the main focus of this show is focusing on this single-game slate I'm a sort by median projections because this is where things get really really interesting We have Jalen Hurts and Tom Brady being about equal. We know that historically It's the favorite quarterback who is more likely to finish as the MVP based on Hurts's rushing ability rates out a little bit better for me from a ceiling standpoint, but a little bit worse from a top five standpoint and You know just the 1.6 passing touchdown expectation for him versus two and a half for Brady But we have this huge tier of six guys Between 11.2 and 12.7 Fandall points across 10,000 slate simulations. It's Leonard for net Miles Sanders and then the four primary receivers in this game So what do we do here well again jumping back to the historical optimal lineups Running backs do see a dip in these types of games in terms of their odds of Finishing as the optimal MVP compared to the full sample, but they're so much more likely than receivers to get there About 23 to 14% Tight ends I will note here. This makes it look like tight ends are in a really good spot There have been it's a 35 game sample as you can see up here in this sample I Three tight ends were MVPs twice. It was Travis Kelsey once it was Robert Tonion Sure, these tight ends have multi touchdown upside if things break their way and if you know multiple touchdowns go to You know Cameron Brayte, O.J. Howard, Zach Ertz It's really gonna throw a wrench into the viability of the receivers, especially because they'll be fighting each other for targets in your yardage Anyway, but I will I just wanted to point that out that this doesn't necessarily mean it's a great spot For tight ends still less than 10% likely for them to finish as the MVP and again twice of that two times that was Travis Kelsey and then I always like to look at Kicker numbers. This is not a great game script for kickers They're about 10 percentage points less likely to get into the optimal lineup in this type of game environment compared to overall games That's because the total is high it should mean more touchdowns and that means, you know kickers have They have a floor but they don't really have the ceiling to match so not a not a great kicker slate That doesn't mean you don't play any of them But it's not a it's not a night to load up on kickers based on historical trends And then of course when the underdog is an MVP in these game scripts surprisingly running backs fit well, but this is a 13 game sample out of the 35 total in this split So if you're gonna play an eagle at MVP, not surprisingly it looks like Jalen Hertz is the way to go Now, of course, this doesn't adjust for tonight's matchup. This is just a historical thing Miles Sanders doesn't have the greatest workload. So it's a horrendous rushing matchup overall And then we see a low probability for receivers to get there But Devonte Smith does have a really high a dot high high market share so that leads to high Like a high upside play because the air yards will be there so If I'm not gonna roster Tom Brady at MVP unsurprisingly, it's gonna be Jalen Hertz at MVP But if I'm gonna go elsewhere With a non quarterback I think I'm really looking at Chris Godwin because he's coming off of a week where he had like the best workload among the Buccaneers receivers With those 11 targets if you adjust for the fact that he had three downfield and four red zone targets Is equal to about almost 16 targets worth nobody else in this game I had a target number a weighted target number higher than 11 Again, you can see here. I'll zoom in Expected Fandall points for last week Godwin led But he fell behind in terms of his You know conversion on that opportunity underperformed by about six and a half points Mike Evans and Antonio Brown Overperformed by more than 12 points So I think Chris Godwin makes a lot of sense if we're looking to Deviate from the quarterbacks for tonight Question from DJ thoughts and Dan Arnold this week, I think Arnold's fine Pretty it's pretty clear. They want to try to get him involved and they kind of need to get him involved He's actually rating at about 39% likely to finish the top 12 tight end definitely You know in the terms of viability. He's a he's a consider for me in terms of my My start sit column. That's definitely not something that you would look to bench I have some other options above him Like Hunter Henry in a game that I like a bit more But I know issues with that Dan Arnold all things considered Jumping back to this single-game slate Just want to look at the Sims once more Leonard for net Really stands out from a touchdown odd standpoint. He's a favorite to score on Fandall sports book at minus 110 He's the most likely to score a scrimmage touchdown According to number fires projections So I'm probably gonna deviate from Tom Brady. I know that I said he's the most Kind of most justifiable MVP play, but that's not how I play things. I like the game theory angle of single-game slates I will go with Jalen Hertz I will go with Chris Godwin and I will go with Leonard for net Primarily at MVP for tonight. I like the touchdown odds for for net. I like the top score odds plenty and With for net we've seen a really good workload from him if they're playing from ahead Which is what the spread indicates then it's not gonna be a heavy geo Bernard game. I like the touchdown odds for him So lots of ways to go even though it feels like we're locked in to both quarterbacks at MVP Plenty of other ways to go on Fandall for tonight's slate That is gonna do it for me for the Thursday night NFL Q&A. Thanks for tuning in Big thank you as well to Calvin Theobald for producing the video running that side of things Featuring your questions. Thanks again to everyone for tuning in. Feel free to hit me up on Twitter at Goodwill 13 Check out my DFS content on number fire. Best of luck tonight, and let's hit a big stack


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This is the SF Productions podcast network It's the Popory of a popery addition.  The disco thing the whole disco thing that just kind of Hit in mid mid to later 70s and well, we'll talk about it Well, um, say that this is Vasley's land. I guess That's my land And we're on at least Wednesdays at 10 and Thursdays three And if you don't see enough right right complain tell them you want more Vasley's land Just like we used to have anyway Or but at least the Wednesday at 10 and Thursday at 3 there and If you want to write that's what happened to the Tuesday at 6 You're right box 15 14 11 Columbus, Ohio 4 3 2 1 5 And then tell us cuz we'd like to know too Yes, well what happened to it or why Well before we before we jump into the night's big topic. Let's we've got a letter here So I read it. Yes read that letter please This is from Perplexed actions by thriller comedy moviegoer Okay, that's confusing Dear Vasley slam The other day I was watching one of my all-time favorite movies cannonball run get a light and one of the move one of the Many many many stars Roger Moore was making a cameo as himself And he was talking about that TV show he used to be in that is now in Syndication what in the world is the name of that TV show look some punctuation man Well, first of all Roger Moore was not playing Roger Moore He was playing a person who believed that he was Roger Moore in the show He was a little Jewish guy anyway The series that he was talking about which was in syndication Which still isn't the syndication that Roger Moore starred in back in the late 60s or so was the same There he played Simon Templar who was the same And well there we have it there and perplexed actions by thriller comedy moviegoer. You need to study Okay, so I'm with the big Disco Phenom Phenom. Oh, okay. Phenom and on well it happened and How did it happen? Well, I'll tell you what back When this whole first thing started it was it was your late your late 70s there when Yes, it was just done. They were really doing great there and They were on this record kid label Casablanca. They were actually the first the first group signed to this label And the second person signed to the label was Donna summer. Would that be Casablanca records Casablanca. Yes Records and film works. Well, it was just the records at first. They do the film works until later when they started doing movies of Groups performing which kind of became well it later became known as videos, but oh, but I gotta explain something This is a record record It's also a 45 song a Single it's not as shiny as the CD, but it has music on it And it has a great big hole in the middle and it's black It has grooves which the needle no no no no no how many grooves does a record excuse me? It has one groove And it ends in here somewhere one single group don't be stupid record needle Which was on the arm the tone arm of the record player would fit into the groove and produced music when it was Moved at the proper number of rotation This is a 35 record Record there were also larger records known as Albums, but hey something that the disco movement brought out the Disco single disco single the same size as an album 33 33 and a third RPM revolutions per minute And this one is the Jackson and what would that song be? Shake your body down to the ground Oh the Jackson Okay, they have a flip side, which is that's what you get for being polite I guess the Jacksons were trying to be nasty on this one. Hmm the Jackson This is a disco single so that you can dance for about ten minutes on the same God made the break It made the DJ's job a whole lot easier now you take these records and you And that's where That's the heart part of a whole maybe disco be got hot because nobody wanted to listen to that crappy music anymore Actually disco music was not terrible for the first two or three weeks And and there were there were your performers who were big in the disco scene I believe we might go I did mention Donna summer already Donna summer She did a lot of help up the nasty picture of Donna here This is Donna once you really got in the disco This this is probably for the the cover of that big song love to love you, baby Baby, I think that one lasted a full 20 minutes and here's the Isley brothers They were a group that like well They started off back in the late 50s early 60s And they just rolled the whole musical tide and came right into that disco thing with a bang and here It's Van McCoy who was very famous and became popular for one song They kind of just took off with the whole disco thing the hustle I had a friend who thought it was do the hot We've all had trouble with music Anyway, this whole disco thing by golly. I look at disco as being the the great um, oh What what would I call it the movement that the movement that brought a lot of other things that had died out back or at least tried to because Well with disco it kind of brought back the whole the whole Latin dance movement Which had kind of died down, but then disco came out and all these Latin dance steps started coming back like the hustle and The Latin hustle and oh, I don't know what all they were just all these different dance steps That were like Latin influence and they just came back and got to be real popular because a lot of disco dancing was done with couples And in close proximity and they twirl them around and dip them and flip on their heads and do all kinds of things And then we'll see along with the disco thing they they just started started doing Disco roller skating And like I said disco just brought back a lot of things that were either just kind of falling down or something And they made them popular again disco roller skating doing all these dance steps with roller skates on in the roller Ring, but you know what industry really boomed with disco The polyester industry a polyester and spandex industry did very well very very well with the disco thing also the idea of bringing along Personal kind of like noisemaker. I whistle whistles became very very popular again during the disco era Like you kid wear pacifiers around your neck, which is so cute now. We were with well I didn't I couldn't wear polyester and made me itch Well see there you are I left out a little disco break as I can wear polyester Oh, I didn't dance and still don't I'll attest to that he does not dance. He's still done But but disco by golly. It just made a lot of things popular Okay, if you could know that if you could put the blame on One person for bringing the plague of disco To the to the front of the American people. Who would you blame? Who would you blame? Who would you blame? You would have to blame this man Johnny to revolt Johnny revolted He was a sweat hog. He started out as a sweat hog He started out like dumb and cute like men should be and Then he decided he could dance and this was the look the look notice flares flair pants White suit black shirt black shirt It's usually well open open neck and he was usually like a gold chain at least one if not several He jumps This person right here face should have been on a wanted poster along with these guys Be who also rode the musical tide from the 60s right up into the 70s And we're at the real forefront of the whole disco phenomenon Is it fair to say they wouldn't have a career if it wouldn't have been for disco? Yeah Other ones out of them here and such it says stay in alive stay in alive Staying alive Of course they sound much higher than I can sing I'm a girl night fever night fever. It must be the night fever Of course the other great bands got got in on this one KC and the sunshine band get down tonight get down tonight That's the way. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. I like it. Uh-huh Yeah, what up Tavares, ooh, they're even on here. Oh, ooh The brothers Tavares notice hair afro hairdo hair do oh large hair Very nice very nice. I can see this come back without the polyester. I wouldn't mind I wouldn't mind at all great hits were on here.  Yeah, yeah You should be dancing Oh, here's a good one night on disco mountain Which was the disco version of the the classical night on balls mountain, which made its big debut in old the Fantasia thing But well there we are Lip-soul breakdown. Yes. Here's another one of those wonderful Latin things that just went in straight into the disco thing Why here's another person that made a lot of Disco thing he thought element. She was in that movie Jesus Christ superstar wasn't she? Lord of I think Back when They didn't say what this movie was about and they were just Advertising the Saturday night fever thing. They just had posters with Saturday night fever. I looked at this I said, whoa, look at that lightning bolt shiny letters a science fiction movie Why was I disappointed? It was a polyester movie one of the better scenes in this movie I did go see it with my friends because well, we had to we didn't have lives We were 17. It was the first R-rated movie we could get into It's the first R-rated film. They are a movie we could get into But the best thing John Travolta in his underwear little underwear Screaming Al Pacino. I didn't quite understand it, but hey Yeah, it's like an identity thing. Yeah, and when he's getting ready to go to the disco Of course, can we leave out the silvers? Silver the don't have a picture of the silvers, but let me tell you they had hair The silvers, but the silvers hair moves like this. Yes, if they did this their hair would touch the ground They could fall over doing this fly with their hair But they were a family right it was it was a family thing boogie fever got to boogie down Okay, one of that. This was one of my favorites. I don't know why No, it was this one Alisha Bridges who was a woman DJ Okay, this is like her one one hit Edit it was weird song. I love the nightlife. I got to boogie key words in disco got to boogie on The disco round. Oh, yeah, and Gloria Gaynor. I will survive She didn't And Your song said I will survive you didn't have a money back guarantee good The thing I the things that happened though quite soon with disco was the idea that a lot of people decided We're gonna make fun of it Hi on that list. It's not funny. This was serious. Well, okay Educational disco in the educational sense Now and you know who did this one? Okay, you see the brothers give well, this was little brother gives album This was Andy's contribution Oh, that's funny in no, it's Robin give wait a minute Andy. Okay, this was Robin's contribution So Robin was on there. Yes Well Robin is one of these he's one of these guys.  This is Sesame Street fever And look at little Grover look at him job. Oh, he can do the same thing the job trip ultra was doing This is Sesame Street fever Great hit by Robin give trash He probably was at the time trashed And boy golly disco rubber ducky is also on here the disco version of rubber ducky and See is for cookie. That's good enough for me. Of course later on Sesame Street. They went ahead and did this great single I left my cookie at the disco. Oh, no Oh But this wasn't really comedy this was serious this was education But it's still a parody of the whole Which several DJs at several stations decided to take it upon themselves to do further parodies of the disco era with disco Destruction Well, that's true. Um, just go duck Rick D. Rick D. Who was a DJ? He did several Let me see. He did it. He did a parody of Rod Stewart's if you think I'm sexy or do you think I'm sexy? Yeah, this was a sad thing because like people like Rod Stewart who'd like who'd like had roots in like folk music and rock music and Well, Rod made a serious error here. He did this real tragic thing he decided to be like disco and Yeah, that's there he is This is Rod Stewart like during his disco days right here next to Donna summer during her disco days Poor Rod just above the Bee Gees during their disco days only day No, no, no the Bee Gees 60s and doing pop and but I think they really like me got into the disco to start doing coke Anyway, well They could have had Dr. Pepper. Yeah, they're from Australia pepper.  Would you like to be a pepper to be a pepper That's a commercial so the disco era Destruction yes, um Which which station? Qfm John Fisher in fact Yeah, he had fun with that. They what they would do is they would basically play a disco song and They'd let it get old maybe about 30 seconds into it and then you'd hear the The record being Yanked off the turntable and they'd throw it and We blow it up Be it I was from Cincinnati area WBN did that but they they just actually put the record on let it play for like a Revolution a revelation or so just around it and then they like actually put the firecracker on the record and blow it up off of the turntable they could afford it I guess but That that sounds interesting over the radio. I think they should go back to doing I'll give them a list start with guns and roses And well the whole the whole disco era Well, it what what movies were there there was well, of course that's Saturday night fever There was a sequel to Saturday night fever. Well staying alive wasn't really about disco necessarily was more of a dance thing see somehow with this whole Saturday night fever thing somebody got the idea that any any dance thing that John Travolta did kind of Should become what everybody should do because after that there was that urban cowboy thing and you know why that movie didn't make it I swear I read this urban cowboy didn't make it because The audience that was aimed at the what 17 to 25 Did not know what the word urban meant thought it it meant something like gay and we're so homophobic They didn't go to the movie. Well now that's that's one thing I read when that was out That may well be true But I know that it seemed to have an impact around the central Ohio area because there became there were several Western bars with mechanical bulls and there's no one in town with a mechanical bull They probably still have just kind of hit here and Hit home or something because people just love that idea and it was because of that movie and then um but what was Didn't even like a robot-sized movie with somebody was grease out before the Saturday night fever thing No Or after that after well after was it after the urban cowboy thing? No, it was before urban cowboy. Well when the grease thing came out, too It was like you got your Saturday night fever. There's disco boom John Travolta did it Well, I guess everybody's got to grease came out. It was about the 50s boom of 50s late late 50s late 60s It was an early 60 movie. I thought it was like boom 59 60 They were nostalgia John Travolta did it everybody's go out do it the urban cowboy say boom John Travolta did it everybody's got to do it then the the um well staying alive was more like well that was after um flash dance which kind of brought Street dancing Sickness disco and and it is like John Travolta did it in this day and a lie Well, I guess everybody's good, but he was kind of trying to catch up because Jennifer be a little anyway disco It kind of just it melded its way into I Stayed away. I just don't know really what yesterday made me it kind of made Disco techs which were big in the 60s It kind of made them popular again because they were kind of a flagging thing too and and disco kind of made them popular again And all the flashing lights the floor the lighted floors The only place you could go in and get served high when you were actually low Which maybe we should explain high and low Because back in these days if you were 18 or between 18 and 21 You could go low, which means you could buy three two beer which they have now put in bottles and they call it light Like they had all this three two beer left over when they decided not to have that anymore had to do something with it boom 21 you could drink If you were 21 you could drink absolutely anything including the fire extinguisher on the wall So if you were like under 21 you could go in with somebody who was over 21 And they could buy your drinks and you could just pretty much sit there in the pretty lights and get drunk That's if you didn't dance or we're polyester or shoes that were this high That's right.  Yeah, Deborah. Harry started off In the in the New York Kind of almost in the the alternative scene and then she was hip hop there into into the disco scene and Like only whereas Deborah harry now showing up in science fiction movies playing wicked people and then you've got your Well, the the Locker dance steps which kind of went into disco thing there Tony Basil Shabba do people like this they they really got to be popular during the disco thing and they went on further with Yes The hip hop thing when after flash dance came out they went and did a couple movies, you know Why I can't remember what they were called anyway and the dance show dance fever dance fever Oh, yeah, I need a little more Griffin was hot for so they say we don't know we weren't there We just going by the rumors. That's kind of what happened there It was kind of evolved from American bandstand and soul train Even though they tried to do their own things with that to that dance Kind of the big one so you get out here in the most sparkly polyester on bigger shoes and dance and not fall on their And the frilliest dress that would just fly up and so they're frilly under thingers you were looking Dresses were just flying up every day spin them around there goes the dress so disco We're so glad it's gone Certainly certainly are you can revive the sixties you can even revive the fifties But please God don't revive the disco And that that whole thing about the 70s preservation thing talking about I love these disco songs Well, I hope they buy them all And burn them. It's just sad. It's just sad Sad to think some people just grew up on this disco thing and think it was the most wonderful thing in the world Anyway, Mark's giving us the fist. I guess it's time to ski dad a lot of here So what's next time all the time it'll be all three of us again And we'll be doing something off on TV or something like that But that's the rumor until then I will see you next time


We're in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona on the 6th of December, 2012. This is Sonia Colina, who teaches, who works here as a professor of Spanish linguistics. I work up a faculty member in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. Do you're not in translation? Per se, or officially. I'm officially a professor of Spanish linguistics, and I do translation as one of my second area, actually, because generally I'm a linguist, and I do phonetics, phonology, history of the Spanish language, and a few other things I have to do with linguistics. But another area is translation and translation studies, and I've taught a number of courses, translation here and in other places, too. But here, I've done a course on pedagogy of translation, a graduate level course. Because that's what you're known for in translation studies? Exactly, yeah. For my work on translation, teaching, and pedagogy. And I do a few other things in teaching. I mean, I've done that some undergraduate courses, having a deal with business translation, online translation, I taught medical translation. We also have come up with the assistance of a grant from IBO, the Arizona Board of Regents, so it's a state grant. We came up with a sequence of courses online, business, medical, legal. Okay. You're behind the planning of that? I'm behind the planning of that. They're pretty much all the sign, we're just taking care of some administrative issues and enrollment and online passwords and things like that, costs and a few other things. And the interesting part about that sequence that's connected to my work on pedagogy is that we're planning on offering it at two different levels. One of them is for people who want to learn how to translate. And another one is for people who are interested in how to teach it. So these people will be observant on how these courses work and at the same time taking an optional additional course that has to deal with pedagogy. So that's some of the recent work that I've been doing in terms of teaching. It just follows on. We know you threw your 2003 book on translation teaching. Translation teaching from research to the classroom. And that's one of the big areas that I work with. I'm very interested in getting all that we know through research, all the research findings out there. They're relevant. Some of them are specifically translation studies. Some others are not specifically translation studies and have to do with other areas. Translate in those into methodologies and the principle methodology of translation teaching. But then we can use to argue for or against different ways of teaching. That's the big thing for me in the United States. I don't think there's very much formal translator training, but there's very little actual research to connect with. And you seem to be doing that. Yes. That's what I'm interested in. Because I see that there is a big gap. We have a lot of research in translation studies. Some of it is more or less empirical. But then you look and see what people are doing in the classroom. And there is a huge gap. So how do we get the teachers to know all this stuff, to be able to use it? Obviously they're teachers. They're not researchers. So that doesn't mean some of them could be both. But they don't their obligation. Their duties are not to do the research, but to be able to use it and inform their teacher with the research. So that's what I'm interested in doing and seeing how we can cross that bridge or that gap. Another area that has to do with that that I'm very interested in is all the interactions and the interconnections that we could have in translation. Translation, in my opinion, that's what makes it very appealing to me, is that it's very easy to connect the practice with the theory with the teaching. I mean, and when I say it's very easy, it doesn't happen. Yeah. But that's because I do believe that the people have been in their own separate areas. So we've had the teachers who sometimes are professional, who sometimes are academics, and sometimes they're their teachers. And then we have the researchers. And again, here we have some connections that should not be very difficult to make, but people have not been invested in the time and effort you make in those connections. What we compare with other areas that I'm familiar with, like second language acquisition, like recently heritage language teaching, if we could follow the model of those areas in translation, I mean, that's something I'm very interested in and putting out there as a suggestion and then trying to contribute to myself because we look at those fields. And if they've done it in translation, we can do it even better because of the nature of the field. There is, there should be more of a connection between the practice and the theory to get informed practice and at the same time teach and there's informed by both the theory and the practice. In second language acquisition heritage language teaching, the practice part, well, is used in the language. But in our case, we have all the practitioners. We have all the people that are actually doing it out there that could really help with the teaching. And at the same time, the people who are doing all the research could inform that teaching. So those connections. Now, if we look again, I was talking about how we know we do SLA and second language acquisition and heritage language teaching, if you look at those models, what happens in those fields? Well, we have a community of researchers that study how people acquire second language or how learning a language that is heritage language, something that has been learned at home versus the classroom, how those people learn the languages, they study the theory, they study the the the research and the empirical aspects of it. And then the findings of that get transferred into certain types of methodologies. It could be better or worse, but people can argue on the basis of that research. And the teachers use them. So that's a model that's been out there is not perfect. There's always some people in the field that may not be as well informed as others. But I do believe that we can definitely do something like that with translation. And then if on top of that, we try to connect with the language community because obviously language competence and language proficiency is a big part of translation. Although for many years, we've tried to say, oh, you know, that's not part of it because the translator needs to know it needs to be a perfect bilingual. But the reality of it is that many people are not in many of the students we have in our classrooms are not also be important for us to try to get some of those students earlier in their careers, even if they're not perfectly bilingual to know about translation, understand how it works, and kind of develop that along the same lines that develop in the bilingualism. Sometimes I've come across students who are perfectly, I mean, they're perfectly bilingual, but when it comes to translation, you tell them to translate, just start doing things that you would never think that they do. I truly believe that's because they don't really understand translation via well, especially in this country that has a terminal lingual of the US, a terminal lingual tradition, right? Even when they know two languages, they don't quite understand what's going on. If we got them earlier to understand about translation, to understand what they need to know and where they are, you know, along that continuum, I think that would help. So that's another area that I'm very interested in. And if, yeah. Well, come back to the rest. Sonya, I want to know how you got here. You're coming from a linguistic background there. Okay, go back to your 20s. You're starting doctoral research. You're looking for a topic. What country are you in? Well, before, well, I was here. You're not from the United States? No, I'm not from the United States. I'm from Spain. And that's where I got my BA, or then, you know, Belief in Fiatura in Spain in English. Then I came in English in Santiago de Compostela. Yeah. So then I came to the United States in 87. So to do a master's degree in applied linguistics. Once I did that, my interest even then was I wanted to do translation. So after that, I was in my mid 20s, actually, after I finished that degree, then I was in Binghamton. Binghamton University working with Marilyn Rose. Well, that's literary translation. Exactly. I was, yeah, I was accepted into the PAT program, comparative literature and translation studies, because I wanted to do translation. Okay, with my MA, that wasn't possible in linguistics. So I said, okay, I want to do translation. So when I got there, you know, I really wanted to do translation. But comparative literature was not quite what I wanted to do for a PhD. I somewhat myself more of a linguist. So I still wanted to do translation. There were not too many options in this country back then. Now we have a number of PhDs in Kent State. We have Binghamton too as a PhD in translation studies back then and have. So then what I decided to do was that I was just going to get my MA in translation studies, get my education in translation, and then go get a PhD in linguistics and hopefully be able to combine the two of them. So then what I did is I got my MA in comparative literature and translation studies, got the graduate certificates that Binghamton had then in translation, the different combinations, you know, literary translation and scientific and literary, English, Spanish, English and all those things. I don't know if they still have those, but anyway, that's what, you know, I did back then. And then I got my PhD in Spanish linguistics, trying to then Illinois, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, trying to use some of what I was learning, some of my linguistics courses. A lot of them really have to do with my interest in pedagogy and translation and trying to compare with second language acquisition because I did a number of courses having to do with second language acquisition and methodology and how to teach a language. So of course my thinking was, oh, we can do the same thing with translation. So I was trying to apply that, all of that, discourse analysis and a number of other courses that had to do with linguistics in general, but I was doing my pride just in my interest role in translation. Okay, so in this, you've had an academic, a straight academic career in the United States? Well, not really. I mean mostly, but I, yes, yes. When I was, in addition to all the freelance and that everyone does, I had some time off in between my MA in Binghamton when I finished the MA in translation studies, no, actually in competitive literature, with a constant track in translation studies, that's what they call it then. I got a job, it's a full-time in-house translator with Xerox in upstate New York. So I did that for a year, working with Cistern, with post-edit and coding and scientific, yeah. So I did that right before going into my PhD and then of course I continued doing freelancing. Every, throughout my career, throughout my education and also the jobs that I've had, I've always tried to combine linguistics with translation. So there's always been departments that were not interested in translation per se, but that they could use it and sometimes they were not interested in it. They didn't know that they were, so I had to do the convincing and I always managed to get a course here and there. When I was a PhD student in Illinois, I started the first course that they had in translation. The course had been in the books forever, but they never had anyone to teach it because they were not going to go higher someone in translation to do that at that time 15 years ago. So I said, well, I can do this. I have this background. I've worked as a translator, so I can do that. So I did that. One final question. There's not a lot of translation research in Illinois, but it seems, the question is, are you working with people in Canada and Europe?  There's a clear academic community in this country. I mean, we have a TISA. There's EST in Europe, but we have a TISA here and there's a in Canada, but obviously a TISA if you're involved and being vice president, being also part of the the scientific committee every other year with a TISA, looking at what people, the types of abstracts that they submit. So there is a scientific committee community in the United States. It's much smaller and much younger than it is in Europe. Also, what happens is in the United States, there are a lot of people who are doing translation related research that don't know too much about translation. Translation is the field or is that TISA? So we do have to do a lot of publicity and advertising and say, hey, you know, we're here. You know, this is completely relevant to what you're doing. You're not entirely aware that we're there, but it is important. We find a lot of, not a lot. You know, we find people that come somewhat in a similar way to the field that I did even much more recently than I did because they're doing work in translation, but they may have PhDs in applied linguistics and SLAT. Obviously, also in comparative literature and all kinds of related, not all kinds of, but some related degrees in literary studies. That's much more the tradition in the United States. But we find, for instance, we have a language acquisition and teaching program here that has graduated a number of people that are doing work in translation translation studies, you know, Holly Jacobson, who's a graduate of SLAT program here is doing that kind of work. After her, I think her PhD is 2002, we've had a number of them. This program is not a PhD in translation studies and obviously the majority of their graduates do apply linguistics to second language acquisition. But some of the graduates who came with an interest in translation because some of them had a maize from translation schools and other places, those people have developed their research in that area. Why? Because they're given the research tools that they need and then they apply it to translation. Okay. So, yeah. So, Sonia, I hope this video gets people interested in TCEN translation studies in the United States. And this kind of work and, you know, I'll be happy to anyone who's interested in this type of work, you know, that has to do with second language acquisition with translation studies. I work with translation quality too. Please feel free to get in touch with me. Thank you very much. Thank you.


Hello everyone and welcome back to another mobile filmmaking tutorial. I know that most of you guys watching this video right now carry a smartphone with you. Well guess what? You can create awesome things with it. You now have the advantage to create a masterpiece right there on your smartphone and the good news is you don't even have to spend money on expensive camera gear to create good videos. With that said, let me show you how to film and edit on your iPhone so that you can get the best results for your video. Did I bring back that intro? Hell yeah. For the filming part, I will be filming myself without any help using the iPhone 11 Pro standard camera. I will be using this inexpensive tripod. This way I can get interesting angles of myself. By the way, if you're interested in the mobile gear I use, I will leave links to it in the video description below. I think filming yourself is the best way to learn filmmaking fast. It's a tedious process because you have to set up the shot and be in it. It also makes it difficult to compose your shot nicely since you can't really see yourself while filming but it's definitely possible with a few tips and tricks that I will give you in this video. So I will go through a few basics first before we get into the behind the scene. In the end, I will show you how to edit the video using the free version of InShot which you can download on your iPhone or Android phone. So that you know, this video is divided into eight parts. We're gonna talk about location, storyline, camera settings, focus and exposure, composition, movement, behind the scene and editing. So with that said, let's get into the video. So starting off with the location, it's important to consider when picking your location is that it matches with your story. Choose a place that helps tell the story. Also think of the time of day you are shooting because that can really change the suitability of your location. I picked the day where the sun is not too high above. It's actually cloudy day which is also beneficial. This way the light will be softer resulting in less harsh shadows giving you a more pleasing look. So try to avoid shooting during midday or pick an overcast day to really get better result unless you're going for that harsh look like in Western movies. So if you have to shoot during midday but want a softer lighting then look for fully shaded areas maybe behind trees or behind a building where there is shadow. So moving on to storyline. For this video we're going to have a vague storyline. It's important to have some kind of story in your mind. I will start out from this spot. I will then get shots of me walking through the area observing the place and crossing the bridge. In the end I will be arriving at an interesting spot where I will be filming most of my b-rolls. I will then put down my camera bag, grab my camera and take photos of the environment. So with this story in mind I sort of know what shots I need. This is helpful because you don't want to just capture random things. When shooting videos you don't always want to shoot from eye level since we see the world like that anyway. Really take the extra step to find interesting angles to make the video look more interesting. Maybe go a little bit lower or get on top of a rock to have an angle above. Really keep your eyes open for unique angles and doing so will definitely enhance the story you're trying to tell. So the process of how I do this is that I film a sequence from multiple angles. This way I have more options in post to cut the story. I usually start off with an establishing shot to give the viewer an idea of where the scene is taking place. I will also be taking medium shots that will help tell the story. These shots will mostly be static because my smartphone will be on a tripod most of the time. And of course I will add some nice detail or close up shots to add more emotion into my story. Camera settings. We will be working with the standard camera of the iPhone because I want to keep it as simple and easy as possible for you guys. But if you are interested in using an advanced camera app like Filmic Pro where you have full control over your camera then I highly recommend you check out this video where I explain how it works in detail. So the camera settings I will be using is 4K 60 frames per second. 4K has more detail and allows me to crop in. And this is really important since I'm filming myself and therefore might not get the framing right all the time. If you don't have 4K 60 frames per second you can also go with 1080p 60 frames per second but keep in mind that you won't have the flexibility to crop in that much so be careful with that. Make sure to enable grid line so that you can set your composition correctly. Speaking of composition, the rule of thirds is one of the basic rules and easiest to get started with to create a strong balance image. You simply want to enable grid lines and place your subject on one of the four intersection points. Avoid placing your subject in the box like now. Although placing your subject in the middle can create a strong composition, doing it too often can make the shot look very boring. Keep in mind that you don't always have to use the rule of thirds. It's really here to guide you to create a dynamic composition in your video. Another important part of composition is that you have a strong foreground, mid-ground and background to add a sense of depth into your scene. Think of it as layers. In terms of shallow depth of field, you won't get that much on a smartphone, meaning that the subject is in focus and the background is out of focus. Now there is a way to achieve a really shallow depth of field on your smartphone is to get really close onto your subject. That would work. Focus and Exposure. The video options on an iPhone are somewhat limited compared to a video app like Filmic Pro but the small amount of adjustments that you can make on your iPhone's camera will still enable you to do important things. Now setting focus is pretty easy on an iPhone. Just tap where you want to set the focus and it will automatically do it for you. To get a little bit more advanced, I like using the AE and AF lock for locking focus and exposure. AE stands for auto exposure and AF for autofocus. Keep in mind that you can't separate these two. For that, you would need an advanced camera app but for what we're using it for right now, this should be enough. Now let me show you how you can lock your focus. Frame the subject and tap the screen to select your focus point. Hold your fingers down on your focus point for a couple of seconds and a small yellow box will start to flash with AE, AF lock appearing. Your focus is now locked. If you reframe to something else, you will see that it's out of focus. To release it, tap elsewhere. To lock your exposure, again you want to frame the scene and tap on the area of the image that you wish to auto expose correctly. You should now see that the brightness of the image has been adjusted to the point that you have selected. You should be having a perfectly exposed image now. If you reframe to a brighter area, you will see that the exposure won't change. Another useful feature that is important to know is to manually set your exposure. This comes in handy if you want to reduce noise or simply want to correct your exposure because you're unhappy with the auto correction that has been made on your smartphone. So to manually adjust your exposure, tap on the iPhone screen on the point of focus. You will see a yellow box appear with the sun icon. Move your finger up or down the screen to brighten or darken the exposure. All right, let's move on to movement. Most smartphones have optical image stabilization that will compensate for the hand movement. To even get smoother shots, make sure to have your knees slightly bent and your feet roll when walking. Also, hold your iPhone with both hands and keep whenever possible close to your chest. Really move with your whole body instead of using just your arms. Because we're recording in slow motion, this will also help make the video look more smoother. Now, I prefer using a gimbal because it allows me to be more flexible and I can really create dynamic shots with it. But since I want to keep this video low budget, I will just be using my tripod and some handheld movements. So I hope you digested all of that information. Now we're going to get into the behind the scene and shoot the video. So we're going to start off here with our establishing shot. And what I'm going to do is pull the camera upwards to reveal the nature's beauty. So I'm going to set the focus first and then lock it. And then I'm going to create this revealing shot. So there's a nice reflection going on here. And I think this is going to look great for a nice close up. So I'm going to use the tele lens for that. I'm going to set the focus on the reflection, lock it and action. All right, so I set my tripod over here. I'm going to get a medium shot of myself walking over that bridge. I have some nice foreground with this tree. And I'm going to set my focus on the bridge and then lock it. And I'm going to push down the exposure just a little bit. And I'm going to start recording. So I think this shot would look great because of the leading lines, giving it a nice symmetry. So I'm going to set the exposure on the sky to preserve those highlights and lock it. So let's test it out. So for this shot, I'm going to use the tripod to film myself and create some movement in it. So I'm going to switch to the front facing camera so that I can see myself. And just as I gaze at the leaves, I just turn the tripod around me. And I think that's going to look great. So let's try it. So I'm going to film myself walking.  And for that, I'm going to use the ultra wide lens. So let's go. So I think this would be an interesting angle as well. As I said before, I want to get for every sequence different angles. So I have a little bit foreground, these leaves, and I'm going to walk across the bridge again. And this is going to create a really dynamic shot. Start recording. So now I'm going to get a shot of this tall tree also because of this leading line. And I'm going to film it like this in a circular motion using the ultra wide lens. Let's see how this looks like. The next shot will be from a different angle, like a continuous shot of the previous video. And again, I have some leaves here in the shot. And I'm just going to walk across the bridge again along this path. Start recording. And of course, there is also some acting involved. So the camera is hidden between the trees. And this is a different angle that I want to get. Again, me walking this path so I can create a dynamic shot. Press the video and we can get started. So this is the part where I walk towards the bench and take off my bag, pull out the camera and take pictures of the city. So I'm going to set the focus on the bench and lock it and start recording. Oh, and one important note is that you don't want to have the trash can in your frame.  I'm going to use the tele lens and I set the focus on my bag. This way I can create some nice shallow depth of field. So let's see how this will look like. So the next shot will also be a detailed shot where I grab out my camera. But I don't have my second camera with me. I'm actually going to use this one so you guys won't really see the behind the scene. So sorry about that. So after grabbing the camera, I will get a medium shot of myself. I'm going to use the front facing camera so that I can set the focus on the sky and preserve the highlights. I'm just going to lift up the camera and then take a shot of the city.  I already have a shot taking out the camera. I'm just going to reverse that clip in post and yeah, I think it's going to look great. So let's start and I'm going to use the ultra wide angle for this one. Yep, that's going to be our ending. All right guys, so I actually already finished editing the video. We're going to use the in shot app and it's actually a really simple video editing application that is almost self explanatory, but I'm going to walk you step by step through it and also show you some advanced features that you can apply for your video to make it look even better. So make sure to download the in shot app and we can get started. All right, so open up the in shot app and we have video, photo and collage. We're obviously going to work with videos. So select that. As I said before, I already edited the video, so it saved it as a draft. It does that automatically and you have to just be careful not to delete your original files on your saved camera roll if you're still working on the project. So just to show you how to import the video, you would select new and then select the videos in the right order. So as an example, and I would select the green check mark. OK. All right, so this is our timeline, as you can see. And the first thing you want to do is go to canvas and you have different aspect ratios. So you can choose four by five for Instagram or one by one or nine by 16. But we're going to use 16 by nine because that's the standard ratio for film. And you also have the option to zoom in, which is really great if you want to change angles, for example. And you can also select different backgrounds. So if I would go back to ratio, for example, one by one, I can go to background and make the background either very blurry or I can choose a color. Which is really awesome or shapes, patterns, but we're not going to use that for now. All right, so we're going to choose 16 by nine and select the check mark. So the next thing I would do is remove the in shot watermark. I select that and then remove this once. I do that for every project I create on on in shot and you can do that every time. So that's pretty cool. And if you don't want the ads to be displayed, you can just, for example, close the in shot app and select flight mode and then select in shot again. Video and then our draft and it's gone. So you don't have to deal with that. Then you have music. You can choose tracks. They have their own built in tracks. I personally have a paid subscription on Artlist and I just use music from them because I most of the time monetize my videos, but they also have a few selection here. Now, another great resource to get music from is YouTube Audio Library or no copyright music. I actually have a dedicated video on that that you should check out. So I actually imported my own music from Artlist over AirDrop, which is really cool that I used for this video. But you can also connect it over iTunes and you also have effects, for example, weapons, instruments and all that stuff. And I actually used a couple of them for this video. For example, I used the birds since the scene is taking place in the forest. You can also record your own voice if you wanted to. To create a voiceover, for example. But we're not going to need that. Now, you also have the ability to add stickers. I don't use that. I usually add my own PNG pictures. You can import them from your camera roll, for example. And I'm going to show you how that can be an advantage for your video. And then we have text. You can add your own text. All of the text you've seen in the video was added through here. And you can also create transitions. You can change the font of the text and so on. We will get to that in detail later. Then you also have the ability to add effects. Most of them are paid, but I don't use them that often. And you also have filters. I actually paid for the cinema pack filter because I think it looks really nice. And you can also adjust the intensity. And if you want, you can also color grade or color correct your image using these tools right here. Pretty advanced for video application on the phone. And if you want to apply all of the effects to all of the videos, you can click the double check mark for apply to all. And this is really useful and will save a lot of time. So we're going to head back. Next thing is pre-cut. This is great for precise editing. So on a phone, it can get really hard to make precise cuts. And with the pre-cut, you're able to do cuts, for example, to the beat or so. Next, we have delete. Then we have volume, obviously, speed. And this is going to be really useful because I'm going to slow parts of the clips down to around 50 percent since everything was shot in 60 frames per second. Now, you can't apply this to all of the videos. That's kind of a bummer. So you have to, if you want to slow down all of the videos, you have to do it by selecting each. So you can also duplicate your clip, rotate it, flip it, freeze it, reverse it, all useful tools that I used for the video. Another great thing you have to know is if you accidentally deleted a clip, you can undo it by selecting the left arrow. As you can see, it reverses that. Now, if you want to see the video clip as a whole, just hold and tap outside of the timeline and you can see each shot taken. So this is really great to reposition your clips however you like to. Now, you can always add more clips by pressing the plus button and going to video photo. This way you can add more video clips to it, for example, this one. But I'm just going to delete this. All right, so I'm going to open up my draft and this is how it looks like. As you can see, there's a watermark. Again, I'm going to remove that by selecting remove this once. So I started off by organizing the clips in the right order so that I could tell the story and to do so, you can just press and hold on the timeline or outside of the timeline and then reorganize it the way you want it to. And what I also did is canvas, I selected 16 by 9, which is the standard aspect ratio for movies. So I took this as the opening shot. As you can see, I added some cinematic letter bars to it, which is really awesome. This was also shot in slow motion. Actually, so I slowed this down by 50 percent and the color grade is really awesome. I really like the LUT preset on this one. So if I select filter, I chose Cinema One. This is how it looked like before and with the LUT applied. Looks really nice, right? It makes a huge difference. So in order to add a letter box to your video, I actually downloaded a PNG letter box from Google Images. You can just type in letter box PNG, save the PNG letter box to your camera roll. And then you can go on to sticker, select sticker again, and then choose from camera roll. And it will give you that PNG letter box. PNG means picture without the background, basically. And then you can adjust it this way. And there you have it. And then you can stretch it out all the way. As you can see, I've stretched it till the end so that it stays. And this is really a cool hack to give your video a cinematic feeling to it. As you can see, I also added a transition to it. The way to do this is to go to edit and select this part. So you have different transitions right here. And I chose this one because it looks really great. The next thing I'm going to show you is how to add your titles. So we're going to select text. And then, as you can see, I have different titles over here. And you can just select so you can edit the text by selecting the pen. As you can see, I can choose different fonts. Bebas is my favorite. You can also choose the color of it and also transition. So I chose this as a fade in and fade out transition. And you can also select the duration of the fade in. And I think 0.7 would fit perfect. All right. And you can move it by holding on the text and then dragging it, which you can actually be really precise with it. So another thing I would like to show you is this transition right here. So in between clips, you can see this white box. You can select that and choose different transitions. My favorite transition for this would be this one. I really like this transition, particular for this scene, because of the sun flare getting brighter and brighter with this transition. It fades into white. So this shot was actually upside down. So it looked like this and I just rotated it. And that's it. So I actually have two similar shots, which is this one. Me grabbing the camera and putting the camera back in. So this is actually a reverse shot I did. And I also cropped in because I don't want to have the same framing all the time. How I did that is I went to canvas and zoomed all the way in. And you can also adjust the framing to your liking. So let me show you how to add sound effects. Just go to music. So as you can see, I have different sound effects. I have birds. I have walking on the leaves. And I also have whoosh transitions, for example, where it fades into white. I added a whoosh transition below is the music track playing. And I also added a fade in to this music track. As you can see, you can select fade in and fade out. And usually the sound effects aren't too loud. I usually lower it to around five percent to export this. You just press the upper right button and save it. And this will take a little while, but it's going to be on your camera roll. And then you can use it for your social media. So as you can see, filming yourself and editing it on your iPhone is possible to create quality videos, even though I personally prefer to edit my videos in Final Cut Pro X. It was still a great challenge for me to do. And this video application is actually pretty advanced for what you can do with it. That is why I highly recommend you go out, try shooting videos of yourself and editing it with the video application in shot. Now, I would love to see your videos. And if you upload it on Instagram, make sure to tag me at Benek Grazer. Now, it does take practice shooting videos. And the more you do it, the better you get at it. If you like this video, leave a thumbs up and let me know what you would like to see next on this channel. Subscribe to my channel so that I can keep creating these awesome videos for you guys. Now, if you want to dive deeper into mobile filmmaking, I got two videos right here that you can check out that will certainly help you improve your mobile filmmaking skills. Until then, I wish you all the best. Thank you so much for watching and I will see you in the next video. Take care, guys.


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The first was Tredavious White, the second was Lamar Jackson, the third is Tyrae Kill, and so here we go. I was gifted this jersey from an absolutely incredible subscriber of mine, so I want to say thank you so much bro. If you're watching this, let me know down in the comment section below, so we can give you the love you deserve. But apart from that, do I really need to introduce this guy? Probably not. We all know him, we all love him. He's Tyrae Kill, he's Mr. Peace Sign, although nowadays he can't do that because he's going to get fined. So what he's done is he's got a black glove, and he's got a solid yellow two finger outline. So when he does burn you, and he goes like this, it actually looks as if he's doing the peace sign, but he's not. So he's officially hacked the NFL system, and for that I'll give him credit. But what I also give him credit for is being officially the fastest man in the NFL, and there's nothing I love more about contact sports than speed. You can't teach speed, you can't buy speed, you've either got it or you don't, and this man has it in spade. So guys, it's time we roll the intro and get into it. Right then, let's get into it. We've got the boys, the triple threat, wide receiver corps of the Kansas City Chiefs, and if I can name all three of these guys, then I really deserve a pat on the back. I'm going to give it a go.  If I'm correct, I'll let you know how I did it.  Keep the camera on me though.  Sorry, my bad. The gloves are yellow with a black peace sign. And if those gloves are old news, I apologize. I only just saw them. We played them in the FC Championship game in 2018, and there was a pun on their sideline, and I just remember thinking to myself, man, I hope this guy doesn't make me look silly. I just can't explain how unique his ability is when he gets in those tight spaces to be able to decelerate, re-accelerate, and get the top speed. That's really what sets him apart from everyone else. You know, the guy that was originally tracking him, number 24, is literally on the other side of the field. He bounced inside, outside, came on the inside again, beat him, beat another three guys, and now Tyree kills on the opposite side of the field. He's like a rabbit out there, or better yet, a cheetah. What he's done for my career, what he's done for this team, is not talked about enough. That boy ain't as quick as hell, yo. Damn. Quickest player in the league. Oh my God, boys. He's moving a whole different world. I'm a quick guy. It's a different world. He's a different player. That's the coach of the opposite team talking about Tyreek, and that had happened week after week. He's probably the quickest, the fastest, the twitchiest, the most... Twitchy. Certainly twitchy. A lucive guy that I've ever seen. Even that left foot step, to burn what would be the equivalent of the fallback in Rugby Union, oh my God, to see Tyreek Hill make a break in Rugby.  Then have the acceleration to get back up to top speed before anyone else can catch him. I'd love to see Tyreek, nothing would make me happier than seeing Tyreek Hill on a rugby field in space with room to move. And if you do want to see that, it may be on a video game, but I did in fact create Tyreek Hill as a rugby player on a game called Rugby Challenge 3. And if you want to check that video out, it's in my video library. And I believe it's titled, I Created Tyreek Hill as a Rugby Player on Rugby Challenge 3. I would recommend it. It was a hell of a lot of fun for me to put together, and I know you guys are going to love it. But as much as I love to dream about seeing Tyreek Hill on a rugby field, it's simply not going to happen. He's being paid millions and millions and millions of dollars to play the game of NFL. The man decided to play football and what a player he is. Need a touchdown for the cheetah! There is not one defender on the entire planet that could mark that. The release was elite, the route was elite, the throw was elite, the speed was elite, the catch was elite. And that my friends was a very, very nice touchdown.  Two shallows there. Yeah, just be a 20 so you can be... So we heard from the Bills coach, now we've heard from the Dolphins coach. Who are we going to hear from next? How many yards did he get? The Chiefs hit the chargers with the 54-yard bomb to the cheetah! 54 yards right on the chest. That's a record. Most receiving yards in a single quarter. And just to make sure, let's look him up. In 15 games played during the regular season, he scored 1,276 receiving yards, ran for 123 rushing yards and scored 17 total touchdowns. He performed really well in the postseason, played three games for 355 receiving yards, no touchdowns for the year and unfortunately, no Super Bowl ring either. But interestingly enough, in five seasons, he's been to the playoffs every single season. And after reading a hell of a lot of stats here, I'm going to say that that is a luxury, not many players would be lucky enough to have achieved. But either way, he may not have been a Super Bowl winner last year, but he was the year before. So he's got at least one Super Bowl ring. And for someone who loves speed, one of the biggest tragedies of Tyre Kill's entire football career, in my opinion, is the fact that we don't have a specific NFL Combine timed 40-yard dash. He's listed as having a 40-yard dash of 4.29 seconds. It was apparently done at the West Alabama Pro Day. And look, I can get behind a pro day. I can get behind a 40-yard dash at a pro day. But there ain't nothing like the lights, the cameras and the action of an NFL Combine. So that is one thing unfortunately we will never see and one thing I wish we could. So he's officially listed, it is inked in history, as having a 40-yard dash of 4.29 seconds and a three cone drill of 6.53 seconds, which is officially the fastest we've seen this entire series. But is that really a surprise? No, no it's not. He's got a 40.5-inch vertical jump, which we saw just before. He's got a broad jump of 10 foot 9, and he is the cheater playing for the Chiefs. He signed a four-year 2.58 million dollar contract on May 17, 2016. On September 6, 2019, he signed a three-year 54 million dollar extension. And I can't see anything here, but I wouldn't be surprised if he restructures his deal prior to the start of this season. But the way that reads to me is that the 2021 season is his final of a three-year deal. He's gonna keep playing his little hard out, and at the end of this season, I wouldn't be surprised if the Chiefs offer him some mega deal, just like they did with Patrick Mahomes. Wouldn't be surprised if come 2022, Tyreek Hill was officially the highest paid by a receiver in the league. Interesting fact, Hill began coaching as an assistant coach at Lee's Summit North High School in 2020. And if we can just give them a bit of a shout-out. It's a high school that serves grades 9 to 12, and it's in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. And it's the second of three high schools opened there. Their mascot is the Bronco. The school offers classes for the IB Diploma. And they've got a football coach named Tyreek Hill. Before it's going up and down that field at a hundred miles per hour, he's the best one that I've seen ever. Oh, good luck. Hang on. So he had the speed to not only burn the cornerback at first, turn around, run backwards, catch the ball, turn back around, stumble, get back up to speed, throw the peace sign up, and score a touchdown. What? Let's watch it again. Turns around, catches it, stumbles. You know, we came up with a cocky attitude, like, you know, we're gonna get our hands on them, we're gonna play them like this, and it didn't work for us. Throne needs to be on point, which it is. You can't plant you. You can't plant something. You gotta have two people on them at, like, 90% of the time during the game because the speed is unreal. 200 yards in the first quarter? Yeah, he's the real deal. 200 yards in the first quarter. We didn't confirm that, did we? We didn't confirm if that was an NFL record. He became the first player since Lee Evans in 2006 to record at least 200 receiving yards in a single quarter. Lee Evans was the 13th pick in the first round of the 2004 draft. And with that being said, let's continue. That made no sense, but it's all good. What's that? Is that the Green Bay offense? Is that the Green Bay offense about to come back on the field but just in awe at what they'd just seen? Let's go back. Okay, so they're discussing his performance having 200 yards. Understandable. Hey, help. Okay, you on the way? Okay. Help is on the way. He talked trash, but he talked good trash. Like, it's funny trash. Well... Well, I could personally say he got... Yeah, I'll admit, that is some good trash talk.  It's really only going to benefit you if you can then go out and walk the walk. Or in this case, sprint the sprint. And that's exactly what Tyrek does. So guys, thank you for watching. That brings us to the end of another video. For anyone wondering, it's 3.48pm. It's the 7th of September. And we've currently got 14 players to go. The country has been in lockdown for the last four weeks.  I did this to myself about two weeks ago, as many of you will have seen. And we're going to go and get it sorted out properly. So I'm looking forward to that. So I'm going to log off. I'm going to go and relax. It's going to wake up bright and early in the morning. Get cleaned up, nice and fresh, and we'll crack back into it. So thank you for being here. 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