Beginners Videography Information

How to Make Great Videos – Beginners Creative Course.

Making great videos people love to watch isn’t rocket science—if you know HOW to TELL A STORY with video. Even the humblest product review, vlog or home movie comes alive when turned into a story.

The trouble is, most video training courses focus mainly on camera gear, teaching little or nothing about the CREATIVE side of making GREAT VIDEOS.

They forget that it’s not the gear that keep viewers coming back for more. It’s the ABILITY to SHOOT and EDIT footage that HOOKS the VIEWER from the first shot and keeps them riveted until the final frame. This is what captures and GROWS an audience.

In other words: It’s the ability to tell CAPTIVATING STORIES with video that sets the proficient filmmaker apart from the amateur.

So, Lesson-1: CREATIVITY is more important than gear.

Lesson-2: The SOUNDTRACK will make or break your video.

Dramatic? Yes, but still true. If you want your movies to look and sound professional, you must understand the POWER of DIALOGUE, MUSIC and SOUND EFFECTS.

The Beginners Creative Course will teach you all this and more.

So, if you’re a new videographer and you want to go beyond showing off fancy cameras and gear to learn how to actually make a good video, then this course is for you.

Things you’ll learn

• How to make great videos in easy to understand steps, including shooting and editing.
• How to capture an audience and leave them wanting more.
• This course goes well beyond the cameras and equipment, and teaches the process needed to make a great video.
• Create outstanding video blog/vlogs
• Become a presenter and filmmaker.
• Share your story on video

What You’ll Learn In Beginners Videography?

Module 01 – Introduction

Hello and welcome to my Beginners’ Videography Course. In the next 32 lessons, I’m going to explain how to make really good videos by sharing with you what is really important – fast!

Module 02 – Equipment

What camera for what video.

Microphones.

Tripods.

Action Cameras.

Equipment Summary.

Choosing your frame size.

Choosing your frame rate.

Depth of field/focus and lens aperture.

How lenses work, and a bit about camera brands.

Module 03 – Basic Filming Techniques

Lenses.

Best composition techniques.

Presenting to camera.

Sound is important. Very, very important.

Microphone and auto-audio recordings.

Module 04 – Storytelling

Find the story while shooting Part-1

Find the story while shooting Part-2

Storytelling in general

What is the story?

Working with backgrounds.

The 4-second shooting rule.

Perspective and detail.

Eye-lines.

Module 05 – Editing: Telling the Story

Editing software basics.

Handling your media/footage.

Let’s start editing.

Editing Part-2

Editing to music.

Transitions: Beware the amateur traps!

Music choice.

How to make a video: from idea to release.

Conclusion and summary.

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