CAMERA TRAINING

Duration: 1 Day

Cost: £300 + VAT

Course Available Onsite

Master the fundamentals of video production with our hands-on camera skills course

In today’s multimedia-driven world, cameras are more accessible than ever — but strong basic camera skills are what separate amateur footage from professional-quality results.

This course teaches you how to achieve professional-looking results using camcorders and DSLR cameras.

You’ll also gain an understanding of:

Video pre-production and production essentials
Camera operation techniques
Guidance on selecting the right equipment to elevate your productions

By the end of the course, you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to shoot high-quality video for any project.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Any one wishing to use a video camera & obtain professional looking results, whatever the nature of the video shoot should attend this course. If you also require video editing training, please look at our longer video production courses, or our Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro and Divinci Resolve training courses.

PREREQUISITES

No previous knowledge of video production or camera skills are required.

COURSE OUTLINE

The Thinking Process

Audience, purpose, content style.

Pre Production

Pre-production thinking & the paperwork that you produce from it
Outline, treatment
Shooting script
Storyboard
Production schedule 
Production checklist

Production:

Importance of technical quality:
Good sound
Good lighting
White balance
Using a tripod
frameing Shots
Balanced composition relevant / neutral background
Shoot optimum amount storyboard
Logging Shots

Appropriate Illustrative Material

B Roll, GV’s / Cutaways
Establishing shot
Get as many cutaways as possible
Relevant cut-aways
Think in sequences of shots
Close Ups
Continuity
Camera Shots:
Long Shot, Wide Shot
Mid Shot, Medium Close Up, Close Up, Extreme Close Up
Camera Moves
Pans, Tilts, Zooms, Tracking Shot, Dolly Shot , Sweep

Framing Shots

The Rule of Thirds & Balance Compostition

Crossing The Line

Focus

Soft, Sharp
Depth of Field, Pull focus
How to Use the Manual Focus
Adjust focus ring
Camera Controls
Iris, Shutter , Gain , Lens angle (zoom), Camera filters
Neutral Density (ND)

White Balance

Setting up for an interview

Basic Lighting Set-up

Shooting outdoors
Shooting Indoors

Sound

Handheld mic, Omnidirectional, Bidirectional, Unidirectional
Boom Mic
Radio Clip Mic
Built in camera mic
Traps to avoid

Practice Shooting Vox Pops / Interview