Video Production - College Certificate

This six week Home Video Production course is designed to help students get the best out of their home-video camera and post-production video editing system.  The course looks at the process of filming, managing footage and improving the editing process, helping to make it more creative and dynamic.  Students will gain a range of filming techniques designed to challenge and improve their video recording.  This will include looking at camera movement, shot types and in-camera technology as well as recording the best sound and using lighting.

The course will then look at the post-production process including digitising and how best to manage your material and files.  What are the best ways to edit a sequence, how you use the editing timeline, how to sync sound and use transitions and special effects including key framing and super-imposing.

Content

Week 1: Introduction to using the camera, shot types, framing, looking at different cameras and formatting including HD.  Lessons will focus on using DV tape format.

Week 2: Filming an action sequence, camera movement, focusing on a range of different techniques including tracking and using dollies etc.

Week 3: Gain sound skills and developing a practical understaning of 'coverage' through a practical single camera drama task.  Explore lighting techniques, three point lighting, manual camera settings, white balance, exposure etc.

Week 4: Focus on 'in-camera' effects, super-imposing and green-screen.  Introduction to video editing, logging, EDLs and digitising.  Understanding the timeline and the interface focusing on the software Final Cut, but also looking at Adobe Premiere.

Week 5: Video and sound editing, structuring the timeline, applying transitions, adding audio, animation, pictures and text etc.

Week 6: Adding effects, completing the timeline, colour grading, exporting your film for different mediums.  Different file formats.

Duration

This is a six week course running on a Tuesday evening (may be subject to change), 6pm-9pm, subject to sufficient numbers (minimum of 16). The next start date will be in the Autumn Term 2012, exact date to be confirmed.

Additional Information

To express an interst in this course or to make an application please follow the link to the right of this page.

The cost of this course is £180 and is payable in full and in advance once an application has been made.  Please contact the Cash Office on 020 8268 2898 to make the payment.

Venue: Anstee House Centre for Fashion and Media, Wood Street, Kingston on Thames, Surrey KT1 1TX