VIDEO PRODUCTION FOR SOCIAL MEDIA

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £600 + VAT

Course Available Onsite

Create professional-quality video content for social media

This 2-day crash course teaches the fundamentals of shooting and editing video tailored for platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Vimeo, Twitter, and Snapchat.

Whether you’re looking to become a YouTuber or simply share high-quality content online, this course equips you with the essential concepts and practical skills.

Day 1: Learn the basics of planning and shooting video, including talking head interviews, pieces to camera, features, and promos. Topics include camera operation, shot composition, capturing clear audio, working with lighting (both natural and artificial), and effective interview techniques.

Day 2: Focus on editing and optimising your content for social media. Get hands-on with Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or DaVinci Resolve, and learn how to turn your footage into polished, engaging videos ready for any platform.

By the end of the course, you’ll have the confidence to produce professional-looking social media videos from start to finish.

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COURSE OUTLINE

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Any one wishing to shoot video content for delivery via social media.

PREREQUISITES

No previous knowledge is required.

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1:

Pre - Production & Production

Pre Production

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

Kit overview and recommendation

Research:

Recce

Interviews:

Skill of the Interviewer
Closed & Open questions
Best Practice

Production:

Importance of technical quality:
Good sound
Good lighting
White balance
Using a tripod

Good Shots

Framing Shots
The Rule of Thirds & Balance
Shot Composition

Acquiring appropriate Illustrative Material

Shooting B Roll, GV’s / Cutaways

Camera

How to Use the Manual Focus
Depth of Field, Pull focus
Controls: Iris, Shutter , Gain , Lens angle
White Balance

Setting up for an interview

Basic Lighting Set-up

Best Prtactice
Shooting outdoors
Shooting Indoors
3 point lighting set up

Sound

Using Different mics
Best practice

Day2 : Editing / Post Production

Ingest Footage & Edit 3 min feature package
Learn basics of Premiere Pro interface
Digitising / ingesting Footage
Organising Media / file management
Overview of Premiere Pro Interface
Organising Clips
Skimming & Playing Clips
Marking Clips
Creating a rough Cut
Editing to the Timeline
Insert & Overwrite Edits
Playing and Viewing a sequence: The Programme monitor
Viewing audio wave form
Refining a rough Cut
Reordering a sequence
Trimming clips
Splicing clips
Creating breathing Space
Normalising audio levels for Dialogue
Adding Additional Audio & Mixing/ adjusting audio levels

Day3: Editing & Optimisation

Adding Cut away Shots
Trimming Cut Away Shots
Refining a Sequence
Creating Split Edits
Fading Audio
Fading Video
Adding basic video & audio transitions
Adding basic video effects
Basic Colour Correction
Adding captions & Titles
Exporting a movie
Optimisation for YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook
Optimisation for Twitter and SnapChat