Advanced Shooting Workshop

Take your videos to the next level with our Advanced Shooting workshop! We will help you to become more efficient in your shooting abilities, and teach you how to create better looking video. You will learn camera placement, creative composition, shooting techniques, dramatic angles and framing all while shooting on a variety of camcorders and cameras. Class size is limited so register today to reserve your spot in this exciting hands-on workshop!

Topics covered, with lots of hands-on exercises so you can do it for yourself:

• Video Standards
• Shooting Pre-Production
• Organizing Equipment & Crew
• Lenses and Filters
• StediCams
• Dolly Systems
• Jibs
• Cranes
• Car Mounts
• Helmet Mounts
• On-Camera Lighting
• Natural Frames
• The Illusion of Depth
• Lens Compression
• Creating Emphasis
• Dramatic Angles and Framing
• Trucks and Arcs
• Getting That Film Look



Friday

• 7:45 AM Doors open
• 8:00 AM Workshop Intro & Orientation
• 8:30 AM Camera Technology
• 9:45 AM Camera Equipment
• 10:45 AM Hands-on Production Equipment
• 11:30 AM Lunch Break (on your own)
• 1:00 PM Organizing the Production
• 2:00 PM Class Production: Concepting and Storyboarding
• 3:15 PM Production Crews
• 4:00 PM Shooting Aesthetics
• 5:00 PM Doors Close



Saturday

• 7:45 AM Doors open
• 8:00 AM Shooting Techniques
• 9:00 AM Class Production: Studio Shooting (Dolly, Lighting)
• 11:30 AM Lunch Break (on your own)
• 12:30 PM Class Production: Field Shooting (Crane, Steadicam, Helmet-Cam, Lighting)
• 5:00 PM Doors Close



Sunday

• 7:45 AM Doors open
• 8:00 AM Class Production: Car Mounted Shooting
• 9:30 AM Importing and Digitizing Video
• 10:00 AM Critique Shots and Instructor Edit Project
• 12:15 PM Project Screening
• 1:00 PM Workshop Ends

Due to the Hands-On nature of this course, times above are estimated and may change depending on the group needs.