Complete Filmmaker Guide

Become an Incredible Video Creator

Julian Melanson and Leap Year Learning

This filmmaking course with over 65,000+ students worldwide covers all the aspects of planning, equipment, setting up, filming, lighting, sound recording, video production, and editing an incredible video.

If you are a beginner YouTuber, Instagrammer, TikToker, video creator, or filmmaker looking to successfully create awesome videos, then this course is made for you.

[ NEW 5 hours of brand new content, 24 downloadable assets, and 70 video lessons which cover everything you need to take your videos to the next level. ]

Here are some key skills you'll walk away with from this course:

1. Gain a film school level understanding of the video creation process from start to finish

2. Turn your ideas into a clear shotlist and plan out all your important video details

3. Use analytics to research your niche and drive more views/audience engagement

4. Confidently use all of your camera settings, functionality, and video equipment

5. Understand all of the theory, artistic, practical, and creative aspects of filmmaking

5. Properly setup, frame, light, capture cinematic looking footage, and record crystal clear audio

6. Edit all of your content into high quality looking and sounding videos

These are the main topics you'll gain confidence, knowledge, and skill in:

1. Personal and Creative Development

Before I even dive into the filmmaking aspects, I explain the secrets other courses leave out. These principles act as a framework for your creativity to build on, which include:

• Creative self discovery

• Optimized daily routine

• Life map and progress tracking

• Emulating others success

• Clarity of video production goals

2. Pre-Production: Research, Planning, and Setting Your Videos Up for Success

This step is one of the most crucial and misunderstood parts of creating an incredible video. Here I explain how to properly plan and develop your videos before the production process, including:

• Guidelines that all succesful films follow

• Entire pre-production process

• Research and development

• Creating characters, story, and shotlist

3. Production: Gear, Settings, Cinematography, Lighting, Framing, Sound, and More

This is my favorite part, here I share the golden rules and timeless principles of filmmaking that will allow you to create incredible videos regardless of what equipment you are using. This portion will absolutely have the most impact on your videos. A few of these techniques include:

• Mastering your lenses

• Key principles of lighting

• Sound recording fundamentals

• Creating cinematic imagery

• Framing, shot choice, and camera movement

4. Post-Production: Color Correction, Video Editing, Filters, Presets, and Exporting

The most complex and time consuming part of any video is the video editing process. Here, I shed some light on using this step to create proffesional looking videos that stand out among the sea of other online video content.

• Capturing, organizing, and creating your initial edit

• 4 main factors of when to make your edits

• Music, audio fx, and sound design

• Crafting an awesome looking montage

• Color correction and color grading

• The best export settings for social media

Film and edit better videos no matter what:

Whether you're filming Instagram videos, YouTube videos, short films, music videos, documentaries, videos for professional clients, personal projects, on a smartphone or camera... The actionable takeaways from this course will benefit you regardless of your equipment or budget.

You'll have lifetime access to:

185 individual video lessons
24 course chapters
13 hours of learning content
19 downloadable assets
18 hands-on learning activities
2 expert guest speakers
100 gigabytes of streamable content
Community of 65,000+ fellow students
Lifetime access to the tutorials and assets
Updates to all future course materials
One on one with me in the Q&A section

If you want to create content like never before, save years of trial and error, learn the entire video creation process, and create more videos than ever... then this is the course for you.

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What's inside

Learning objectives

Complete mastery over lenses, lighting, sound recording, cinematography, and editing!
Create your own incredible videos from scratch with a brand new understanding of filmmaking!
Understand timeless video principles that will stay with you in all projects, forever!
Gain a film school level understanding of conceptualizing, shooting, and editing a project!

Take an idea and fully translate it into your own unique style of video!
Expand your creativity though understanding essential filmmaking theories, principles, and ideas!
Produce amazing content without expensive equipment, it's about the person behind the equipment!
Custom downloadable pdf's to map out and track your career and video making progress!

Complete mastery over lenses, lighting, sound recording, cinematography, and editing!
Create your own incredible videos from scratch with a brand new understanding of filmmaking!
Understand timeless video principles that will stay with you in all projects, forever!
Gain a film school level understanding of conceptualizing, shooting, and editing a project!
Take an idea and fully translate it into your own unique style of video!
Expand your creativity though understanding essential filmmaking theories, principles, and ideas!
Produce amazing content without expensive equipment, it's about the person behind the equipment!
Custom downloadable pdf's to map out and track your career and video making progress!

Syllabus

A brief overview of the amazing topics we will be discussing in-depth!

Course Introduction

Here we gain clarity, create goals, and make a map for our filmmaking success

Update for New Students

Personal Development Introduction

Beginning Ideas

Self Awareness

Creating More Time for Success

Making a Map

Filmmaking Development

Improving on Past Work and Video Production Projects

Mastering Videography Equipment

Clarity of Filmmaking Direction

Insights & Inspiration for Being a Modern Day Video Creator

Relevance of Video Production in Today's World

Your Modern Video Production Tools

Keys to Today's Technology

Case Study: Power of Videography and Filmmaking

Summarizing Your Power as a Video Creator

Pre-Production: Develop Your Video Concept & Characters

Effectively Start Creating

Learning Exercise: Step 1 of Your Video Production Concept & Theme

Learning Exercise: Step 2 of Your Video Production Concept & Theme

Your Story and Characters Overview

Learning Exercise: Create Your Character for Stories

Learning Exercise: Create Your Character for Social Media Platforms

Pre-Production: Create Your Story & Stylesheet

Essentials of Story Structure

Case Study: 3 Act Story Structure

Learning Exercise: Create Your 3 Act Story Outline

Learning Exercise: Entertain, Educate and Connect with Your Audience

Case Study: How to Use a Stylesheet

Learning Exercise: Gather Your Stylesheet Assets

Learning Exercise: Organize and Create Your Stylesheet

Learning Exercise: Strategize Your Video Production and Filmmaking Details

Pre-Production: Emulation, Remixing & Tracking Progress

Filmmaking Secret: The Creative Formula

Learning Exercise: How to Emulate and Remix

Great Video Creators To Emulate

Track Your Progress and Video Production Success

Learning Exercise: Your Video Creator Goals & Achievements

Advice From an Expert: Video Production & Collaboration with Daniel Walther

Advice From an Expert: Creativity & Making Progress with Daniel Walther

Pre-Production Extra Section: Research & Plan Out Successful Videos

Extra Addition to Course: Introduction to Videography and Filmmaking Analytics

Hands on: Maximize The Success of Your Video Production Overview

Hands on: Gain More Views and Video Production Performance with VidIQ

Hands on: Make Videos That Blow Up Using Google Trends

Hands on: Learn Your Audience's Spending Habits Using Market Insights

Hands on: Create a Massively Successful Video Production Combining These 3 Tools

Advice From an Expert: Building Momentum and an Online Audience with Brandon

Advice From an Expert: Creative Process and Maximizing Your Content with Brandon

Complete understanding of camera movement, framing, shot choice, and lighting.

Introduction & Understanding Your Camera

Camera Latitude: DLSR or Mirrorless Camera

Picture Profile: DLSR or Mirrorless Camera

Exposure & ISO: DLSR or Mirrorless Camera

White Balance: DLSR or Mirrorless Camera

Shutter Speed: DLSR or Mirrorless Camera

Case Study: Aperture Essentials

Case Study: Key Differences of Frame Rates

Camera Settings Activity Introduction

Learning Exercise: ISO and White Balance

Learning Exercise: Using Focal Length to Enhance Your Shot

Learning Exercise: Using Depth of Field to Create a More Cinematic Image

Complete understand of what lenses to use and why to use them.

Lenses Introduction

Lens Functions

Understanding Depth of Field

Guiding the Audience with Depth of Field

Lens Types Overview

Lens Types In-depth

Prime vs. Zoom Lenses

Lens Overview & Recap

How to use natural and artificial light in any situation.

Main Video Lighting Principles

Types of Video Lighting

Video Lighting Terms

High Key Video Lighting

2 & 3 Point Video Lighting

Natural Video Lighting

Synthesizing Video Lighting Techniques

Production: Lighting Your Entire Scene with Studio Light

Video Production Set Up and Camera Settings with Studio Lighting

Rule of Thirds, Composition, and Focal Length with Studio Lighting

High Key, Low Key, and Rim Lighting in a Studio

Upgrade Your Video Production Level with "Practicals" in a Studio

Effect of Color Gels on Your Studio Lighting

Production: Lighting Your Entire Scene with Natural Light

Choose Your Video Production Set Using Natural Light

Initial Set Up and Camera Specifics Using Natural Light

Optimize Your Background and Aperture with Natural Light

Proper Framing, Focal Length, and Distance with Natural Light

Filmmaking Summary of Studio and Natural Light Setups

Learning Exercise: Film Your Talking Scene with New Videography Techniques

Understanding the pro's and con's to different sound recording types.

Sound Recording Fundamentals

Keys of Sound Recording

Distance & Sound

Environmental Effect on Sound

Good to know

Know what's good

, what to watch for

, and possible dealbreakers

Covers the wide range of topics from start to finish to create cinematic videos

Addresses all aspects of filmmaking, which helps learners apply them to their own work

Emphasizes the importance of sound recording, which is essential for producing professional-quality videos

Provides a practical, hands-on approach to video production, allowing learners to apply their skills immediately

Includes downloadable content to help learners reinforce their learning and apply it to their own projects

Provides lifetime access to content and materials, ensuring that learners can revisit and reinforce their learning over time

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