Introduction to Filmmaking: How to Make Great Videos

Learn how to make professional looking videos.

Regardless of whether you’re creating a new YouTube channel, creating promotional videos for your company or just trying to create cool videos for TikTok, there are a few important lessons you need to know in order to make your videos look and sound amazing. After all, video is everywhere now. Video marketing is one of the most powerful tools in this digital age and if you get it wrong, it can affect your reputation and your brand.

What you’ll learn

  • You will learn how to comfortably operate your camera.
  • You will understand the different types of camera movement and tools available to you to create the best shots.
  • You will understand the importance of controlling focus.
  • Effectively use lighting.
  • Use different microphones to effectively capture clean audio and understand when/why you would use a specific type of microphone.

Course Content

  • Introduction –> 1 lecture • 1min.
  • Camera Settings –> 7 lectures • 17min.
  • Focus –> 1 lecture • 7min.
  • Composition and Framing –> 3 lectures • 9min.
  • Camera Movement –> 6 lectures • 9min.
  • Lighting –> 4 lectures • 11min.
  • Sound –> 1 lecture • 9min.
  • Outro –> 1 lecture • 2min.

Introduction to Filmmaking: How to Make Great Videos

Requirements

  • No previous skills required. This course is perfect for people getting into the world of video creation..

Regardless of whether you’re creating a new YouTube channel, creating promotional videos for your company or just trying to create cool videos for TikTok, there are a few important lessons you need to know in order to make your videos look and sound amazing. After all, video is everywhere now. Video marketing is one of the most powerful tools in this digital age and if you get it wrong, it can affect your reputation and your brand.

Never made a video before? Never picked up a camera? That’s not a problem. This course will walk you through everything you need to know to get started. The class will start off by explaining what the numbers on your camera mean, what camera settings to use and what camera settings to avoid, how to focus your lens, shot sizes and angles, composition & framing, camera movement, lighting and sound.

The techniques featured in this course are not specific to one type of camera, these skills can be applied to virtually any camera. So that means that your digital SLR camera, your mirrorless camera, point and shoot camera, even your iPhone is capable of shooting great looking videos.

So let’s just into the course and learn how to create better videos.

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