Videography
BraveWilderness uploaded its first media content to the video sharing website YouTube in 2014. At that time, BraveWilderness used a Canon XA10 prosumer camcorder as their main recording device and complemented it with the GoPro HERO 1 and Drift HD170 Action Camera. The total cost for the package of equipment used in initial productions was less than $3,000 (USD). Additional filming accessories were two Ikan bicolor battery-operated LED light panels, a Sennheiser MKE 600 Shotgun Microphone for audio, and SanDisk PRO SD cards for field media.
Hard drives (G Technology G-RAID 12TB) were used to store media for post-production. A MacBook Pro was used for media transfers and field editing when required for footage reviews and uploads on location. An Apple iMac complemented with the current version of Adobe’s Premiere Pro editing software was used for standard video editing and uploading.
Concurrent with channel growth, BraveWilderness production upgraded to lower end professional cameras such as the Canon EOS C100 and the Sony FX6, but use of prosumer grade products such as GoPro, iPhones and hobby-level unmanned aerial vehicles (i.e., DJI ‘drones’) continued. All postproduction and delivery of digital products continues to take place on Apple iOS devices using software products from the Adobe suite.