SHOOTING VIDEO ON A SMART PHONE

Duration: 1 Day

Cost: £300 + VAT

Course Available Onsite

Turn your smartphone into a powerful video storytelling tool

Modern smartphones shoot in HD & UHD and deliver excellent picture quality, but they also have technical limitations.

This hands-on course teaches simple, practical techniques to help you transform your iPhone or Android into a professional-quality journalistic tool.

Day 1: Focus on shooting effective sequences to tell compelling stories. Learn which shots you need for smooth edits, how to shoot interviews, framing conventions, lighting and sound, and capturing action. Using your own smartphone, you’ll gain the skills to shoot confidently in a variety of situations.

Optional Day 2: Dive into editing your footage and understanding the editing process. Learn the basics of short-form editing using Apple iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve, giving you the tools to turn your smartphone footage into polished video stories.

By the end of the course, you’ll be ready to shoot and edit professional-quality videos using just your smartphone.

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WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Anybody with an interest in learning the basics of video-production using an iPhone

PREREQUISITES

You will need your own iPhone 4, 4S or 5, 5C 5S, 6, 6s, 7, or Android Phone such as Samsung Galaxy with optionally with FiLMic Pro (£2.99) installed. Basic tripods and mounts will be discussed and will be available for use. However it is preferable to buy and bring. (Please contact us if you require further advice)

COURSE OUTLINE

Recognise and shoot the key shots needed to tell stories through video.
Shoot professional looking video content on their iPhone, suitable for use on the web.
Control focus, exposure and white balance on their iPhone.
Shoot basic sequences to cover location, interviews and individual activity.
Edit sequences together to form a short film, using iMovie.

Day 1.

Use a tripod
Plan a shoot
Frame shots
Use different shots
Shoot an interview
Use sound
Understand basic lighting

Course Content:

Pre Production:

Treatment
Story board
Shot List
Production check list

Phone familiarisation & set-up:

FiLMic Pro features:

White Balance
Understanding & Using Depth of Field

Shooting Video:

Framing Shots
Rule of Thirds
Looking Space
Camera Moves: Pan Tilt, Zoom
Establishing Shots
GVs / Cut aways

Using Lighting:

Using existing lighting conditions
Using Natural Light
Using artificial light
Basic Lighting set up

Using sound:

Best practice
Monitoring audio levels

Setting up an interview:

Asking questions
Open & closed questions
Structuring an interview
Shooting BRoll
Establishing Shots
Close Ups
Filling out the story

Loading Content onto a Mac or PC

Hands on Practice of the above

Day 2 (Optional)

Ingest Footage & Edit 2 min news package
Learn basics of IMovie interface & Editing Process
Digitising / ingesting Footage
Organising Media / file management
Organising Clips in Event Window
Skimming & Playing Clips
Marking Clips
Basic keyboard short cuts
Creating a rough Cut
Editing to the Timeline
Playing and Viewing a sequence
Viewing audio wave form
Refining a rough Cut
Replacing Clips
Reordering a sequence
Trimming clips
The splicing clips
Adjusting audio levels
Adding Music
Mixing/ adjusting audio levels
Adding Cut away Shots
Trimming Cut Away Shots
Fading Audio
Fading Video
Adding basic video & audio transitions
Adding basic video effects
Basic Colour Correction
Adding captions & Titles
Exporting a movie