Interviews + B-Roll 🎥

by Adam J. Richman
aka “Ready” 👋

Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

San Francisco Bay Area D.P. with 15+ years experience with corporate, commercial, and documentary films of all kinds.Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Hi, my name is Ready. 👋

I'm a San Francisco Bay Area Director / Producer / D.P. / Editor with 15+ years experience filming and editing corporate, commercial, and documentary films of all kinds.  ✅I love filming interviews. I'm always curious as to what people share, and every face is unique to light. And, I love capturing b-roll. Finding footage that matches the tone and content of the speaker is always a great challenge as a filmmaker.  🙌

Sample Stills 🎞️

Below is a small selection of interview stills from a variety of productions I've shot through the years. I've filmed folks in homes, lofts, industrial spaces, corporate offices, outdoors, restaurants, racetracks, and even on a 1986 converted school bus! ✨

Corporate / Commercial 🏢

Natural Light / Documentary 🌞

Interviews + B-Roll 🎥

by Adam J. Richman
aka “Ready” 👋

Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

San Francisco Bay Area D.P. with 15+ years experience with corporate, commercial, and documentary films of all kinds.Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Equipment List 📸

I'm an owner-operator of a completely dialed interview package — all-inclusive, no fuss! ✅This kit is perfect for interviews and b-roll. It's everything you need, arrives in one load, and can be easily managed by myself and an assistant for a successful and efficient day. Two matched full-frame Sony cameras, beautiful prime lenses, lighting, audio, gimbal, sliders — the works! 🙌

Cameras — Two Matched Full-Frame Sony 4K Cinema Cameras 📷

  • Two Sony a7s iii Bodies, Kitted for Efficiency, matches the FX-9 and FX-6 (same sensor)

  • S-LOG3, SGamut3, 4K/24p + Slow, Motion: 4k/60p, 4k/120p, 10-bit 4:2:2 recording

  • Continuous Auto-Focus for Video, 15+ stops dynamic range

  • “Dual Gain” 640 / 12,800 ISO, In-body active image stabilization, 5-axis

  • 12x Batteries, 8x 160gb CF-A Cards

  • SmallHD Cine 7″ Bolt TX On-Camera Monitor + Wireless Transmitter

  • SmallHD Focus 5″ Bolt TX On-Camera Monitor + Wireless Transmitter

  • OConnor 1030 HDs Fluid Head + Sachtler Speed Lock Tripod

  • Sachtler Aktiv8 Fluid Head + Flowtech 75 Tripod

Lenses — Sony G-Master Prime and Zoom Lenses 🔍

  • Sony 24mm f/1.4 GM

  • Sony 35mm f/1.4 GM

  • Sony 50mm f/1.2 GM

  • Sony 85mm f/1.4 GM

  • Sony 16-35mm f/2.8 GM

  • Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GM

  • Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GM OSS

Lighting — Complete Interview Kit 💡

  • Aputure 600d 600-watt LED Daylight COB Light with Spotlight Mount, 36-degrees

  • Aputure 600x 600-watt LED Bi-Color COB Light with 5' and 41" Dome Softboxes

  • Aputure 300x 300-watt LED Bi-Color COB Light with 1x4' Rectangle Softbox or Lantern Softbox

  • Intellytech LiteCloth 2.0 LC-120 Foldable 1x3' Lightweight LED Mat Kit

  • Aputure B7c Kit (8x E26 Standard Light Bulbs, full RGB, effects lighting)

  • Aputure MC12 (12x Mini LEDs, full RGB, effects lighting)

Audio — Multiple Recorders, Boom, and Lav Mics 🎤

  • 2x Tentacle Track-E 32-bit Recorders w/Timecode

  • Zoom H4n 2-channel XLR Mixer

  • Zoom H1 Single-Channel Recorder

  • Sennheiser MKE 600 Short Shotgun (Interview Boom Mic)

  • Rode VideoMic Pro NTG (2x, On-Camera Mics)

  • Rode Reporter (Handheld, Reporter Mic)

  • Tentacle Track E Lavs (2x)

  • 1x RodeLink Wireless XLR TX/RX (for the Reporter)

  • Track E / Sync E wireless timecode Sync Boxes

Teleprompters + Zoom/Remote View — iPad with Bluetooth Control 🗣️

  • PadPrompter Pro iPad Teleprompter + 15mm LWS Rails

  • Parrot Prompter iPhone Teleprompter Clip-on 77mm w/Remote

  • Bluetooth Control via Pedals, Remote, or iOS

  • Conversion Kit for any Teleprompter > Decimator

  • Zoom room streaming setup via either the client or D.P. monitor

  • Live view of the active camera stream(s)

Movement — Gimbal, Sliders, and an EasyRig 🛝

  • 3′ Kessler CineSlider Motorized Slider (great for compact Interview Loops)

  • 5′ Kessler CineSlider Motorized Slider (great for longer-running Timelapses)

  • Straight + Curved 2′ Combination Slider (great for Product B-Roll w/24mm Laowa)

  • Kessler CineShooter MoCo Head

  • Works with either 3' or 5' Kessler CineSliders

  • Used for Live Motion Control, Interview Looping, Time-lapse, Stop-Motion

  • Includes PS4 controller and Add'l iPhone for Keyframe ManagementRonin RS2 Gimbal

  • RavenEye Wireless Video + ActiveTrack

  • Wireless Transition from RavenEye to Teradek

  • Easyrig Minimax + Stabil Light (works with Ronin RS2 for “Z-Axis” Stabilization)

Monitors — Wireless 7", 13", and 24" Options 📺

  • SmallHD 2403HDR 24″ Wireless Client Monitor

  • SmallHD 1303HDR 13″ Wireless D.P. Monitor

  • SmallHD 703 Bolt 7″ Wireless Director’s Monitor

  • SmallHD Cine 7 Bolt RX 7″ Wireless Gaffer/AC Monitor

  • Teradek Bolt 500′ XT 1:4 System w/2x RX (for RS2)

  • Decimator DMON-QUAD 4x Input > 1x Output

  • Conversion Kit for any Teleprompter > Decimator

  • Zoom room streaming setup via either the Client or D.P. monitor

Interviews + B-Roll 🎥

by Adam J. Richman
aka “Ready” 👋

San Francisco Bay Area D.P. with 15+ years experience with corporate, commercial, and documentary films of all kinds.Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Location for Filming 🏠

Need a beautiful location to film your interviews in? Look no further than Magnolia Studios! ✅I run a studio in the San Francisco Bay Area that's an excellent choice if you need an efficient space to film an interview in. You can simply select a letter, like "A - Table with Wood" and arrive to set with all the lighting, cameras, and audio set-up and waiting for your subject to sit and share.All of the examples below were lit and filmed in the studio, with the same gear we'll use for your shoot. When you need a variety looks from one location, we've got you covered! 🙌

Interviews + B-Roll 🎥

by Adam J. Richman
aka “Ready” 👋

San Francisco Bay Area D.P. with 15+ years experience with corporate, commercial, and documentary films of all kinds.Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Available for freelance hire. 🤙
Two days from anywhere. ✈️

Rates 💰

If your shoot is a classic "Interviews and B-Roll" kind of a day, take advantage of my package rate! ✅Simple pricing that gives you everything you need: prep time, production days, all the equipment needed for the shoot, and even the editorial hours needed to create your perfect video!I handle everything from start to finish — including editorial! 🙌

🌉  Local S.F. Bay Area — $10,000/first day + $3,750/consecutive add'l days

Flat rate includes up to ~3 interviews per day and includes editorial.

  • Creative calls with client

  • Producing responsibilities (as needed)

  • Camera pre-build and prep day

  • Production day labor for myself

  • Production day of labor for an assistant (if I need them I hire, sub-contract, and manage)

  • 2x Sony a7s iii 4K cameras

  • Interview Lighting Kit

  • Audio Kit

  • Gimbal

  • Motion Controlled Slider

  • Teleprompter (if needed)

  • Peerspace Rental Location (if needed)

  • Lunch for myself and my assistant

  • 20x hrs of Editorial (typically enough to put an edit together for a project of this scale)

✈️  Domestic or International Travel — $15,000/first day + $3,750/add'l days

Includes all of the above, plus:

  • Additional Travel Coordination and Prep

  • Cost of Flights to/from SFO or OAK for myself and my Assistant (as needed)

  • Local Rentals (as needed)

  • Local Hires (as needed)

  • Additional Baggage Fees for Travel

  • Per Diem and Expenses for myself and my Assistant

Additional consecutive days may include up to a 3-day gap between shoot days.Additional days include additional labor for myself and an assistant (if included), as well as additional Post-Production hours to compensate for the additional footage that will need processing.

All rates listed are pre-discount. Subject to change without notice. If inquiring about a narrative, documentary, or music project, representing a non-profit, addressing the climate crisis or social injustices in any way, are a small business with limited cashflow, have a travel project of any kind, or you are not Jeff Bezos — feel free to inquire about discounted rates.If I can fit your project into my schedule w/o interrupting life or other clients, I'm happy to try to work within your budget.