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Video Journalism masterclass
The definitive, comprehensive, professional introduction to Video Journalism, as used by the professional broadcasters.
A fully comprehensive, award-winning training course that takes you from the very basics of filmmaking: what kit you need, how to approach the filming, identifying the story, what to shoot, how to film the interviews and how to get the best shots out of the camera. Specifically aimed at beginners or early professionals using a professional or semi-professional camcorder, this course helps filmmakers shooting for news, documentaries, corporates for online or mainstream network broadcast.
Delivered by Dean Arnett – a principle trainer and filmmaker at the BBC for over 20 years and whose experience now extends to training work with Canon at the Frontline Club and the BFI – this course contains over 70 seperate video modules totalling over seven hours of intensive training in the nitty gritty of making outstanding films.
Based on the same course used by professional broadcasters around the world, organisations such as the BBC, Archant, Press Association, Al Jazeera and others, this course won the EDF Creative Media Award for its contribution to video journalism for BBC staff.
Course outcome: To bring any self-shooter, video journalist, self-shoot producer or shoot-edit cameraman to a level of professionalism that would make them employable by any mainstream global broadcaster.
Course Curriculum
| SESSION 1 - Lone Filmmaking | |||
| SESSION 2 - Which is the right camera? | |||
| VJ2 – Pt 1 – Does it matter? | 00:03:00 | ||
| VJ2 – Pt 2 – Sensor size | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ2 – Pt 3 – Lenses | 00:05:00 | ||
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| SESSION 3 - What's in your bag? | |||
| VJ3 – Pt 1 – The bag, laptop & reflector | 00:06:00 | ||
| VJ3 – Pt 2 – Camera and headphones | 00:03:00 | ||
| VJ3 – Pt 3 – Radio Mics, sunshade & batteries | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ3 – Pt 4 – Lighting | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ3 – Pt 5 – Other accesories | 00:06:00 | ||
| VJ3 – Pt 6 – Tripod, slider & video storage | 00:09:00 | ||
| SESSION 4 - Geography of the camera | |||
| VJ4 – Pt 1 – Batteries & connectors | 00:11:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 2 – Media cards | 00:08:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 3 – Audio controls | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 3 – Audio controls | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 4 – Zebra & peaking | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 6 – Shutter, ND filter, iris & zoom | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 7 – Focus and lens cover | 00:02:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 8 – Transport controls | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ4 – Pt 9 – Expanded focus, tripods & rigs | 00:11:00 | ||
| SESSION 5 - Semi-automatic | |||
| VJ5 – Automatic & semi-automatic | 00:00:00 | ||
| SESSION 6 - What to shoot | |||
| VJ6 – Pt 1 – Conventional treatment V Character Led | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ6 – Pt 2 – Analysis of character led workflow | 00:05:00 | ||
| SESSION 7 - The five shots | |||
| VJ7 – Pt 1 – Sequences & montage | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ7 – Pt 2 – Breaking the action into sequences | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ7 – Pt 3 – Breaking the sequences into the 5 shots | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ7 – Pt 4 – Machine gunning | 00:00:00 | ||
| SESSION 8 - Sound | |||
| VJ8 – Pt 1 – Gun mics & radio mics | 00:11:00 | ||
| VJ8 – Pt 2 – Radio mic operation & fault finding | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ8 – Pt 3 – Wind shields & actuality | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ8 – Pt 4 – Lapel mics & multi-track recording | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ8 – Pt 5 – Multi-track cont., audio syncing & levels | 00:05:00 | ||
| SESSION 9 - Focus & Composition | |||
| VJ9 – Pt 1 – Viewfinder or screen | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 2 – Back focus | 00:03:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 3 – Depth of field | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 4 – Expanded focus | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 5 Focal point distance indicator | 00:04:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 6 – Peaking | 00:07:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 7 – Rule of thirds | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 8 – Looking room & safe areas | 00:06:00 | ||
| VJ9 – Pt 9 – Hyper-focal | 00:02:00 | ||
| SESSION 10 - Manual settings | |||
| VJ10 – Pt 1 – Discussions of different modes | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 2 – Neutral density filter | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 3 – Apeture / Iris | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 4 – Shutter speed | 00:10:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 5 – White balance | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 6 – Gain | 00:08:00 | ||
| VJ10 – Pt 7 – Judging correct exposure | 00:07:00 | ||
| SESSION 11 - Crossing the line | |||
| VJ11 – Crossing the line, what is it? | 00:04:00 | ||
| SESSION 12 - Interviewing techniques | |||
| VJ12 – Pt 1 – Formal and informal interviews | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ12 – Pt 2 – Formal interviews & cutaways | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ12 – Pt 3 – When to do interviews & cutaways | 00:05:00 | ||
| VJ12 – Pt 4 – Background & movement | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ12 – Pt 5 – Informal interviews | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ12 – Pt 6 – Considering treatment styles | 00:00:00 | ||
| SESSION 13 - Story treatment | |||
| VJ13 – Pt 1 – To pre-plan or not to pre-plan | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ13 – Pt 2 – Considerations before deciding on treatment | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ13 – Pt 3 – Types of treatment | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ13 – Pt 4 – Empathy & the secrets of good storytelling | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ13 – Pt 5 – Further treatment styles: hybrid, run-n-gun, self-authored | 00:00:00 | ||
| VJ13 – Pt 6 – Multiple treatments & shooting safety | 00:00:00 | ||
| SESSION 14 - What next? | |||
| VJ14 – Summary & what next | 00:01:00 | ||
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