Video Production Fundamentals – Make your own videos, using the camera you own

Video Production Fundamentals – Make your own videos, using the camera you own

 Video Production Fundamentals – Make your own videos, using the camera you own.

https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Video-Production-Fundamentals-Make-your-own-videos-using-the-camera-you-own/771648982

This course is broken up into 3 main sections.

In Section 1 we talk about:

Shooting Essentials

    • Gear – What equipment will help you record better quality audio and video.
    • Apps – What software can be used to record and edit on your phone as well as programs to edit on your computer.
    • Lighting Theory – Common lighting setups to achieve a more professional look.
    • The Exposure Triangle – Adjusting Aperture, ISO, and Shutter Speed: The three things that influence how your camera captures an image.

In Section 2 we learn how to use, and edit in, Adobe’s Premiere Pro, one of the most popular video editing programs to date: Available on both Mac and Windows.

Editing in Premiere Pro

    • Basic editing – How to import, cut, and trim footage, as well as playback adjustments, for speeding up or slowing down footage.
    • Transitions – How to apply Audio and Video transitions to footage for a smoother, less jarring look and feel.
    • Titles – How to use and edit pre-made titles provided by Adobe, as well as create our own from scratch.
    • Effects – How to apply effects to our footage for corrective and creative purposes.
    • Color Correction/Grading – How to use tools like ‘Lumetri’ to edit our footage, changing things like brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and more.

In Section 3 we learn how to use, and edit in, Davinci Resolve, one of the most popular video editing programs to date: Available on both Mac and Windows.

Editing in Davinci Resolve

    • ‘Media’ tab – How to import footage using Resolve’s media browser
    • ‘Cut’ and ‘Edit’ tabs – How to cut, and trim footage, as well as playback adjustments, for speeding up or slowing down footage. How to apply transitions and more.
    • ‘Fusion’ tab – How to use pre-built effects and titles, as well as creating basic titles from scratch.
    • ‘Color’ tab – How to use Resolve’s incredibly powerful color section to edit our footage, changing things like brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, and more.
    • ‘Fairlight’ tab – How to use Resolve’s dedicated audio editing/sound design section to apply effects to audio, as well as record audio straight into the program.

We also go over render/export settings for both programs and talk about things like bit rates and what codecs to use for different situations.