The One Tool That Makes Solo Filmmaking So Much Easier

Wireless monitors are the least exciting bit of kit I own, and the closest thing I've found to hiring a crew. SmallHD and Teradek wanted £6,000 for the pair. I spent under £1,000 and haven't regretted it once. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 👋 Got a specific question about your project or career you want a direct answer to? One call, no fluff — book it here: https://calendly.com/theogee94/consul... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🎬 Watch These Next The bit about getting clients out of the interview room goes much deeper than handing someone a screen — this is the psychology I actually use to get documentary subjects to open up:    • How I Get Documentary Subjects to Open Up ...   If wireless monitoring made sense to you, these are the other four tools holding my one-man documentary setup together:    • The Unsexy CHEAP Tools I Bring on Every Sh...   And if you're wondering where the monitor sits on the camera without turning your rig into scaffolding, this is what survived on mine:    • My Entire SONY FX6 Solo Documentary Rig   This channel is about the psychology and craft of documentary filmmaking — honest, practical, no film school required. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📺 Find Me Here Watch my full documentary work: https://www.theogee.net/work Behind the scenes bits:   / theogee94   -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 🆓 Free Stuff 🧭 The Filmmaking Career Map + Free Career Quiz — download the full map and take the quiz that shows you where you actually fit: https://film-career-map.lovable.app 🗺️ The Conversation Blueprint — my step-by-step guide for getting deeper, more honest interviews: https://the-conversation-blueprint.lo... 📁 Free Edit Folder Structure — my complete project folder system: https://folder-zen-pro.lovable.app 📈 Free Growth Tracker — plan, track, and review every project: https://filmtrack-dream-build.lovable... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 💸 Gear In This Video Hollyland Pyro 5 (5.5in wireless transceiver monitor) Hollyland Pyro 7 (7in wireless transceiver monitor) Hollyland Pyro 7 Ultra (4K transmission, lower latency) Hollyland did not sponsor this video. I bought the Pyro 5 and Pyro 7 myself and used them for over a year before making it. They sent the Pyro 7 Ultra to test after that. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 - The solo problem 01:51 - Reason one 02:31 - Reason two 03:19 - Reason three 04:13 - Reason four 04:40 - The monitors 06:14 - The price gap -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This video explains why a pair of wireless monitors is one of the most useful investments a self-shooting documentary director or solo videographer can make. It covers lighting an interview from beside the light rather than behind the camera, running A and B cam setups without discovering a dead card afterwards, handing a second monitor to a camera assistant for focus pulling, and moving clients out of the interview room so contributors relax and give better answers. It also compares SmallHD and Teradek wireless video systems against the Hollyland Pyro 5, Pyro 7 and Pyro 7 Ultra transceiver monitors on price, latency, brightness and rig weight. Aimed at solo documentary filmmakers, one-man-band shooters and anyone building a documentary camera rig for client work. Theo Gee is a self-shooting documentary director based in the UK whose channel covers the psychology and craft of documentary filmmaking. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 📋 Affiliate Disclosure: Some of the links used in the description will direct to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases at no additional cost to you.