TWO DAY WORKSHOP
The DSLR Video Production Boot Camp with Fletcher Murray
Tuesday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 4.
This workshop can be taken in conjunction with Beyond the Softbox: An Introduction to Lighting for Motion & Stills with Vincent Laforet & Polly Morgan Thursday & Friday. It is not required to take both.
So you have a DSLR Camera that can shoot video, now what are you going to do? This two-day workshop will serve as a serious introduction to how you can use your DSLR cameras to shoot broadcast quality motion & still projects for your clients.
We’ll explore camera setup procedures, cinema lenses, stabilization choices, monitoring issues, sound options and DIGITAL workflow. How and when to move the camera will be discussed as well as production strategies that optimize the budget and experience level of photographer filmmakers.
• Demos and drills to be sure you can operate the Canon HDSLR like a Pro
• Hands-on, Real Life training scenarios
• “Tips from the Pros”
• Workflow tips for offloading the files
• Special Preview of Canon’s new 5D Mark III and C300 HD camera
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AT THE END OF THE CLASS YOU’LL HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS AND MORE:
1. What are the basic steps for setting up my camera?
2. What is the transcoding process?
3. What are the limitations of the 4:2:0 color space?
4. What are my options for support & handheld rigging?
5. Should I shoot FAITHFUL, NEUTRAL or another preset look?
6. How can I avoid the CMOS sensor overheating?
7. How do I import my shots into Final Cut Pro?
8. What are my audio options?
9. What kind of memory cards should I use?
10. What do I use to offload the cards in the field?
11. How do I avoid moiré and rolling shutter issues?
12. What do I do if my camera overheats and shuts off?
13. Can I shoot Auto Iris?
14. How do I get a custom white balance?
15. Is the sensor bigger than the RED?
YOU’LL GET A SENSE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO GO INTO PRODUCTION, EXPERIENCING THESE PRODUCTION STEPS AS YOU MAKE YOUR OWN MOVIE:
1. Pre-shoot Prep Steps to take – defining your approach by the script.
2. What “look” are you shooting for.
3. How to Set up for a commercial shoot.
4. Double-system and single system sound recording.
5. How to set up for run and gun.
6. Choosing proper camera mounts.
7. Choosing your Lensing: zooms vs primes.
8. Follow Focus options.
9. Lighting in challenging situations.
10. Getting White Balance with Grays.
11. Downloading a Picture Style.
12. Working with car mounts.
13. Moving with handheld rigs.
14. Monitoring in the field.
15. Using viewfinder for critical focus.
16. Digital File Management in the field.
17. The transcoding process.
The purpose of our program is to give you hands-on experience so you will have the confidence & ability to shoot your movie with these great Canon cameras.
Talent will be available and students will have the opportunity of shooting and directing the talent.
We’ll discuss how to import your footage into Final Cut or Adobe Premiere, add sound and stills, and how basic tools in these programs can be used to edit and output projects.
This well-rounded class will have as its goal, to demystify DSLR video production and have you shooting basic motion in no time.
Tuesday, April 3 – Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Price: $700
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BIOGRAPHY
Fletch is a multi-Emmy award-winning director of photography. He has shot over 200 films in 25 countries from commercials for Coors, Kawasaki, Alpine, Universal Studios Jaws Lagoon etc. to 90-minute documentaries. He has shot with a number of cameras: VistaVision, Panavision, Mitchell, Cinemascope, and Arriflex. Of his eighteen documentaries, the first won the Chicago Film Festival, his last documentary, ‘Google Me the Movie’, was spotlighted on ‘Oprah’. Fletch has shot hand-held, car-to-car, and helicopter, aerial shots in his award-winning career
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