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Smartphone Video Production for Beginners

Shoot, edit, tell your story.
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Description

Create stunning video content using your mobile phone with this fun and practical course.
Led by international video trainer and mobile journalist Caroline Scott, you’ll learn how to make the most from your smartphone, producing high-quality videos on advanced multi-track editing apps used by TV producers, journalists and marketers today.
You’ll get hands on with shooting and editing – the two skillsets needed to create beautiful video. By the end of the course, you’ll feel confident in using your smartphone in a range of scenarios, ready to bring your ideas and stories to life.
You’ll learn:
•The benefits of smartphone video production for today’s digital world
•How to use the manual controls in your smartphone’s camera for the perfect shot
•Why video resolution matters, and how you can control it
•Best practice for shooting with a smartphone: filming interviews, pieces to camera and B-Roll
•How to develop interview questions to achieve the perfect soundbite
•How to use the rules of video composition to portray your message
•How to frame your shots to create engaging shot sequences
•Methods of achieving crisp audio with a smartphone
•How multi-track editing timelines work and what they can help you visually achieve
•The ins and outs of ‘PowerDirector’ and ‘iMovie’ – two of the best editing apps to launch you into the world of video editing
•How to create eye-catching videos for social media with the app ‘Quik’
•Methods to progress and move forward with your new-found skills!
This course, suitable for both Android and iOS (Apple) users, is loaded with practical exercises that’ll get you away from the computer and out there DOING IT.
This course is designed for beginners who have little to no experience with video production, as well as professional videographers who are looking to develop new smartphone video skills.
There’s no better way to learn than get stuck in, and Caroline will be there guiding you every step of the way.
So, forget purchasing expensive and outdated equipment – get started with smartphone video production today, and never look back!

You will learn

✓ The benefits of smartphone video production for today’s digital world
✓ How to use the manual controls in your smartphone’s camera for the perfect shot
✓ Why video resolution matters, and how you can control it
✓ Best practice for shooting with a smartphone: filming interviews, testimonials, pieces to camera and B-Roll
✓ How to develop interview questions to achieve the perfect soundbite
✓ How to use the rules of video composition to portray your message
✓ How to frame your shots to create engaging shot sequences
✓ Methods of achieving crisp audio with a smartphone
✓ How multi-track editing timelines work and what they can help you visually achieve
✓ The ins and outs of ‘PowerDirector’ and ‘iMovie’ – two of the best editing apps to launch you into the world of video editing
✓ How to create eye-catching videos for social media with the app ‘Quik’
✓ Methods to progress and move forward with your new-found skills!

Requirements

• You must own an Android or iOS (Apple) smartphone

This course is for

• Social media marketers who want to create more engaging video content
• Business owners who want to promote their services through video online
• You Tubers / Vloggers who want to embrace the power of their smartphone
• Journalists needing to tell more stories for social media or TV
• Anyone wanting to produce content to build a personal brand online

More info about the instructor,

Caroline Scott

Smartphone Video Specialist
Caroline Scott is an international videographer and social media specialist, helping news organisations, marketers and businesses better connect with their audiences online.
She has shot and edited video for the BBC, ITV, Thompson Reuters, Associated Press and British Forces Broadcasting Service.
Her previous work saw Caroline report on the latest innovations and trends that are changing the digital media industry, with a strong focus on the growth of smartphone content creation in the newsroom and how businesses are using the technology to better connect with audiences. 
Although trained on ’traditional’ cameras and desktop editing software, she prefers to shoot, edit and publish her work from mobile devices, experimenting with a range of formats for viewers on different social platforms – and is a huge advocate for vertical video and raw content. 
Practicing what she preaches, you can find Caroline on Instagram, Facebook and YouTube, reporting on the country music industry in the UK (IG: @citycowgirloffocial). If she can hone into this specific niche and get video views into the 000’s, there’s no stopping you!
In a previous life, Caroline was based in the South Atlantic where she developed a television station and its news programming for the population of the Falkland Islands. Her work as a videographer includes producing short films, documentaries and educational material for various companies in the UK.
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