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| London Bridge | £599 + VAT save £200 | |||
| London Bridge | £699 + VAT save £100 | |||
| London Bridge | £749 + VAT save £50 | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT | |||
| London Bridge | £799 + VAT |
Section One
The first day and a half of the course will cover filming techniques, including hands-on time with the trainer planning and shooting an interview. The course is ideal for beginners and anyone who wants to learn professional techniques to improve the quality of their footage.
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 a background for the interview
• Natural lighting vs 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
Please bring your camera with you to the course, this course is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless or Video cameras.
Section Two
The second half of the course will be spent editing your footage in Adobe Premiere Pro. This course is ideal for beginners and will take you through the basics of video editing using the industry standard software.
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 voiceovers
• Combining location recordings and voiceovers
• 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
• Compression issues
"Putting me at ease to ask any questions"
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