Gear

- Camera Body 

- Camera Lens

- Lighting Gear Audio 

- Gear Tripods & Stabilizer 

What to look for when buying a camera

Primary Camera Characteristics 

1. Resolution

2. Frame Rate

3. Sensor Size

Secondary Camera Characteristics

1. Autofocus

2. Colour Science

3. Low Light Performance

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The Exposure Triangle

Shutter speed, Aperture, ISO

Practice Exercise - Take Exposure Quiz

Practice exposing your image on your camera in manual mode

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Focal Length

lenses & Focal Lengths

Frame Rates

Practice - Filming with different frame rates and focal lengths

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Composition

Ideal Image Composition

Camera Angle

Practice Exercise 

1.  Pick the action you want to film

2.  Storyboard your video by defining which camera angles you want to use

3.  Film a "before" sequence, with only one boring angle

4.  Create an awesome "after" sequence that features all of the creative angles you can think of!

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Movement

Cinematic Camera movements

Practice Exercise

1. Film your own "Sequence"

   1.  Pick the action you want to film

   2.  Storyboard your video by defining which camera angles you want to use

   3.  Film a "before" sequence, with only one boring angle

   4.  Create an awesome "after" sequence that features all of the creative angles you can think of!

2.  Work on your composition training:

   1. Practice setting up an interview scene

   2. Film scenes/take pictures of scenes that follow the various rules we talked about in the composition training. This will help engrain the content in your head.

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Lighting

Fundamentals of Lighting

the Three-point Setup

Practice Exercise - 

1. Practice the 3-point setup. This is probably the single most important practice exercise you can do as a filmmaker. 
   
   Even if you don't have a single "pro light" - this is something you need to practice. All you need is an iPhone and three desk lamps and you can put this strategy to use. Throw in a white bed sheet and you're really rocking. 
    

2. Start practicing the various creative techniques we outlined in the workshop:
    

   1. Lens flares

   2. Split lighting

   3. colour contrast

3. Pick a scene you love from a movie or television show and try to recreate it!

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Audio

Recording High-Quality Audio

Processing Audio

Sound Design

Practice Exercise

Editing

Data management 

Setting up your timeline

Practice Exercise

Intro to Starting projects

Workflow Optimisation and Keyboard Shortcuts

Different editing Workflows

Assembling your Initial Timeline

Adding Music 

Edting together your story

Colour Correction

TIme Remapping & Speed Rapping

Sound Design

Stabalisation
Keyframing Motion

Exporting your video

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