How to Make Great Videos - Beginners' Creative Course
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I made this course because most How-To-Make-Videos courses leave the students high and dry, often learning lots about the gear, half of which they don’t need, but little or nothing about the creative parts that make people want to watch the videos they make!
And this is because teaching about gear is easy! The creative side, far less so. And making great videos in not rocket science. I’m not a wedding videographer. I’m a professional filmmaker, having 30 years of TV commercials and documentaries and dramas under my belt. Having been through that, I now make my own films with a global audience of millions. (over 75 million views and 300K+ subs on YouTube).
Lesson-1. It’s not the gear that makes videos good. It’s the ability to tell stories.
Lesson-2. If your soundtrack isn’t good, your video won’t be good.
Here you’ll learn what is really important in making great videos, and how to get there fast.
I’ve kept things easy to understand, with no unnecessary jargon, and in just 30 lessons I’ll get you from knowing almost nothing, to making videos that people will really love to watch. And that you will love to make!
Welcome to getting really good at making videos – fast.
I hope you will enjoy and learn much from spending this time with me.
Join over 32 000 of my students from 154 countries!
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What camera for what videoOr course cameras and gear are important. But they are not as important as you think. Here I break down the choices you have and help you decide what's needed for your video making needs.
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Microphones
Your microphone and its protection against wind noise are more important than your camera. yes. I've said it. More important! And here is why.
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Tripods
Keeping shots still and camera moved smooth is very important. And there are many ways to achieve this.
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Action cameras
Action cameras are wonderful at some things, and useless for many.
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Choose your frame size
Choosing the format you use now will determine it for all time. Make the right decision before you begin.
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Choosing your frame rate
Choosing the standard frame rate you use now will determine it for all time. And how varying it affects the images you will capture.
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Depth of field/focus and the lens aperture
The basics of the depth-of-field (AKA depth-of-focus) is explained here.
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How lenses work, and a bit about camera brands
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Beware of becoming a slave to equipment
Please don't dwell too much on the gear. The moment equipment gets in the way or complicates filmmaking, it means you are missing the point.
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Lenses
How lenses work.
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Best composition techniques
Basic image composition techniques. This is a very important lesson.
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Presenting to Camera
Techniques to engage your audience and be likeable when presenting to camera.
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Sound is important. VERY, VERY important
How and where to place a microphone to capture the best audio.
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Microphones and auto-audio recordings
More on positioning the microphone for best audio with auto-audio levels on cameras.
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Find the story while shooting Part-1
Storytelling. Part-1
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Find the story while shooting. Part-2
Storytelling. Part-2
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Storytelling part-1
Case study. Storytelling.
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What's the Story?
Find YOUR story.
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Working with Backgrounds
Backgrounds are important.
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The 4-Second Shooting Rule
The key to getting lots of really good, usable footage when shooting video. This is a very important lesson.
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Perspective and detail
A typical shoot consists of shooting both A and B roll footage. They are both needed to tell a story.
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Eyelines
It's through the eyes of a person or animal that its soul is seen.
