This is the perfect course for anyone wanting to capture their adventure without dishing out extra cash on camera gear. Dave's popular iPhone filmmaking course will teach you everything you need to know to film and edit your own movies using an iPhone.
Dave has filmed adventures, documentaries, events and destinations with his iPhone for years and introduces real-life examples and skills, as well as an interactive live-demonstrations of how to edit on a phone.
This is the perfect course for anyone wanting to capture their adventure without dishing out extra cash on camera gear. Dave's popular iPhone filmmaking course will teach you everything you need to know to film and edit your own movies using an iPhone.
Dave has filmed adventures, documentaries, events and destinations with his iPhone for years and introduces real-life examples and skills, as well as an interactive live-demonstrations of how to edit on a phone.
Learn how to frame basic shots
Understand settings on your camera
Edit using an app called iMovie on your iPhone
By the end of the session you'll have filmed and edited your own movie, and will have enough confidence to practice and improve by yourself afterwards.
Get ready to capture those special moments and turn them into a finished film.
No more old holiday footage left unused on your phone
Make small, easy and fun film gifts for your friends
Welcome to the course. Meet Dave, your instructor, and find out what you'll be learning over the coming lessons.
Find out how to check your phone's memory, and make sure you've cleared some space for the filming you'll be doing soon. Oh, and don't forget about charging the battery!
A quick look at the two apps we'll be using in this course, and a chance to check that they're updated.
Camera is the inbuilt app on your phone, and enables you to take photos and film using different modes.
And iMovie is our video editing app, where we'll be editing our films.
Before we film using the Camera app we need to choose the settings to record on.
This lesson digs down into resolution and frames per second, although it's not all essential if you don't care about the techy stuff.
It's time to find out how to use the Camera app, including shooting modes, focus, changing exposure (or brightness) and zoom.
A look at a very cool camera mode, Slo-Mo. See examples of where Slo Motion might be helpful in your films, and also understand how Slo-Mo works.
Another great mode on the iPhone Camera is Timelapse. See how timelapses work and learn how to take hours of footage and speed it up.
This is the longest lesson of the course, so feel free to pause after each section. Here we look deep into how iMovie works. You'll learn about the different tools available, how to do a simple edit, and how to save your movie.
Trailer Mode is a great way to learn basic filming techniques and end up with a fun film to show your friends.
It's time for you to make your own trailer!
At the heart of a really good film are the basics of composition. In this lesson we'll look at how you can frame, focus and light each part of your film.
A film is a collection of different shots all put together, so in this lesson we'll be looking at all kinds of ways to capture footage. Behind every good film is a camera, and it's up to you to keep it moving.
Be a fly on the wall as Dave films a quick scene. Check out how to capture something simple in real-time.
Now we're going to take the footage captured in the last lesson, and import it to iMovie. It's time to edit a film!
Now we've edited a short film Dave chats through the final product, and why he made certain shooting and editing choices.
Now it's your turn. This is where things get fun. Choose your subject and spend about ten to fifteen minutes filming and editing your first film, from scratch.
Sound is just as important as vision, if not more so. Here we learn about the importance of capturing good sound for your film, and different ways to do it.
Now we've thought about how to capture sound, let's look at editing audio in iMovie.
We're getting to the good stuff now. Watch a film on the TV or at the cinema and you'll notice that movement is everything. If it's not the camera it's the subject. We'll look at some accessories here, and also some free ideas for making your shots look professional.
Now it's time for Dave to make another film, but now he'll be using a tripod to emphasise just how good stable shots make a film look.
Join Dave as he edits the footage taken in the last lesson.
Now take a look at the final movie, and some extra tweaks Dave makes to finish it off.
A final summary of the course, plus reminders of what we've learned. Dave also shares a companion website with further exercises, films from other students, and links to helpful material that will compliment this course.
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