Video Production Modules

Intro to Smartphone Filming (45 min)
Smartphone as camera kit
Presentation of the course and its aims
What can be actually done with a smartphone and what are its limitations as camera?

Production 1 - Smartphone (90 min)
Different tools for different aims: is a smartphone my best tool?
Smartphone vs Camcorder, DSLRs and mirrorless cameras
How to achieve best results with what I have?
In-built apps: best settings and good practices

Production 2 – Principles of video production (90 min)
Manual settings vs Automatic Settings
Focal Length
Focus, Iris, Shutter speed, ISO

Smartphone pro - webinar (90 min)
How to gain back aesthetic control
FilmicPro: setting and tools

Production 3 - Sound (90 min)
Recording Sound: how to achieve 'radio quality' audio
Microphone: different types for different uses
External recording devices

Production 4 - Video Interview (90 min)
How to approach video interviews
Framing a ‘talking head’
Best practices in setting up interviews
Aesthetic conventions: eyeline

Production 5 - Practice: filming a talking head (90 min)
Interview Exercise Presentation
Practice
'View and crit': workshop analysis of 'talking head' exercise

Production 6 – Grip and permissions (90 min)
Grip equipment
Tripods, monopods, gimbals
Permissions

Production 7 - Filming to edit (90 min)
What is a "shot"?
Jump cuts and B-roll
Framing principles and moving shots: tracking, pan, tilt

Production 8 - Practice: B-roll (90 min)
B-roll exercise presentation: portraits and locations
Practice
'View and crit': workshop analysis of B-roll' exercise

Production 9: filming indoor/outdoor (90 min)
Lighting
Light temperature and white balance
Principles of 3 and 4 point lighting

Conclusions and Q&A