Learn DSLR videography with our video making short courses in Sydney!
DSLR cameras have revolutionised video, giving the amateur the ability to create professional imagery at a low cost with minimal equipment and crew. With a growing market for video promotion and sharing on social platforms, videography has become a sought after and lucrative skill.
Perhaps you've picked up your camera and wondered why you have the kit but aren't seeing the results that you expected? Perhaps you need some hands-on experience with a real instructor to move past those YouTube tutorials? In this DSLR videography course, you will learn the basics of how your camera works, how to master the settings of your camera, how to expose a shot properly, how to compose a shot and use different camera movements, record audio from multiple sources, light a subject, film an interview and much more!
This DSLR videography course provides you with the skills to master your camera for video and audio. We provide hands-on teaching from an industry professional in the basics of shooting, lighting & audio recording in a compact six weeknight DSLR videography course.
By the end of this DSLR videography course, you should have learned:
- How to set up your DSLR or mirrorless camera to optimise for video recording
- The basics of lighting a subject
- The basics of audio recording both in-camera and through separate audio recorders
- When and how to use camera movement in your videos
- The basics of how to structure a video to ensure coverage and coherency
What will be covered in this DLSR videography course?
- Introduction to DSLR and mirrorless cameras
- Camera file types, resolutions & frame rates
- Understanding exposure: Shutter speed, ISO, aperture, white balance
- Understanding lenses (primes vs zooms), focal lengths and depth of field
- Recommended camera practices/settings
- Setting up your camera for video
- Colour temperature
- Understanding picture profiles
- Camera movement and camera coverage - learn different methods of moving the camera, such as using a tripod and going handheld. Apply these skills to covering a scene, choosing the best type of shots to convey meaning and tell a story.
- Audio - an introduction to recording audio for your DSLR. You will be taken through recording into the camera as well as external audio recorders. In addition, different types of microphones will be explored from wireless lapel mics to shotgun mics.
- Lighting - You will experience the difference between soft and hard light sources as well as the basics of 3 point lighting using LED light panels
- Multi-camera shooting for interviews - how to set up and sync two cameras that can be edited together in post-production
- An introduction to product lighting - you will learn how to light for different objects and incorporate different camera movements and incorporate backgrounds into your work.
- Shooting video and audio for Vox pops
- Review of work
- Summary of course
Who is this DSLR videography course for?
This DSLR videography course is for beginners and those who have played around with their cameras but need some professional guidance. It suits hobbyists as well as those who want to get into the industry.
This will vary depending on whether the class is a practical one or not.
- Your DLSR or mirrorless camera + lens
- Minimum 8GB Class 10 SD Card or higher
- Notepad & pen
- Canon 7D Mkii + Zoom Lens
- Heavy-duty tripod
- Rode Wireless Lapel Microphones
- Rode Shotgun Microphone
- Rode NTG-2 Microphone
- Boom Pole & Blimp
- 3x Bi-colour light panels and stands
- Zoom H5 Recorder