Day One
Planning a shoot
• What is the story and what footage will be appropriate?
• Preparing for a shoot - a shortlist of things to take
• Release forms and when you need to use them
Different types of shot
• Framing shots
• POVs (Points of View)
• Considering eye-lines
• Anticipating problems
• Tripods and camera shake
Establishing a shot
• Creating a context
• Working with natural light
• Tips for capturing movement
• Panning shots
Preparing to shoot an interview on location
• Planning an interview
• How long do you have?
• Research your subject
• Planning questions in advance
• Framing questions and eliciting answers
• Questions to ask to create soundbites
Shooting interviews on location
• Creating a context shot or background for the interview
• Lighting natural versus artificial lighting
• Working within time constraints
• Shooting a piece to camera
• Problems to avoid
Capturing audio
• Different noise considerations when using an on camera mic or external mic
• Recording sound
• Working with background noise
Days Two and Three
The second and third days of the course will be spent editing and preparing your footage for broadcast. This course assumes little or no previous video editing experience.
Introduction to editing digital video
• Shooting terminology
• Understanding non-linear editing
• Setting up a project
• Adobe Premiere and its interface
• Choosing preference settings
• Working with bins
• Transferring your footage from the camera to the desktop
Reviewing your footage and making editing decisions
• Capturing and playing back digital video
• Viewing and marking clips
• Working with your story
• Selecting footage to use
• Creating a piece with a start, middle and end
Editing your footage in Premiere
• Understanding the Timeline and the Canvas
• Editing in the Timeline
• Viewing edit points
• Inserting clips
• Deleting clips and gaps
• Trimming, dragging and fine-tuning edit points
• Editing for impact
• Using the trim edit window
• Adding video transitions
Adding Audio
• Adjusting audio in the timeline
• Editing sound clips
• Creating Voice overs
• Combining location recordings and voice-overs
• Making audio-only edits
• Applying audio transitions
Incorporating still images
• Adding logos, maps, diagrams and other items
• Incorporating still images
• Animating still images
Working with titles
• Adding titles
• Animating titles
Finishing your project
• Exporting your sequence and clips
• Preparing video for broadcast
• Preparing your video for the web
• Compression issues
| Course Dates | Venue | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £599 + VAT save £200 | |||
| London Bridge | £699 + VAT save £100 | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT |
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