
Explore the course curriculum for editing 10 social video projects, learn how to navigate the syllabus, and discover online learning support from the Smart Film School.
A list of gear options for rigs: from basic to high-end solutions for every type of mobile video production.
Use the native iPhone camera to film at 60 fps, lock focus, and fine-tune exposure with the slider for higher quality video; tap and hold to enable AF/AE lock.
Enable airplane mode to turn off your phone’s radio and prevent microphone interference while filming, especially in the field, and disable notifications to keep recording uninterrupted in a professional environment.
Explore 21 iPhone and iPad apps for shooting and editing video, from pro camera controls and stabilization to text overlays, audio, and social video creation.
Discover how Filmic Pro brings professional camera controls to smartphones, enabling fine-grained exposure, focus, and rack focus with two-point presets, focus peaking, false color, and zebra indicators.
Encourage learners to rate and review after trying at least half the lessons, and invite them to explore other social video and mobile journalism course packs.
The video you upload to Facebook from an iPhone or iPad is low quality by default. Let’s fix that!
Explore interactive photos with ThingLink by adding hotspots, text overlays, and media links to images, then share, embed, or edit richer visuals for desktop and mobile.
Access a suite of course resources, including a Facebook page, YouTube tutorials and gear tests, educator course packs from smart film school, and the latest gear from robmontgomery.com.
Attach sounds to photos using jam snap and audio copy. Import photo, record or paste audio, trim it, then paste into jam snap to create a story with sound bites.
Transform ordinary photos into high-resolution art with the waterlog app, selecting styles to create title screen illustrations for social video projects.
Explore 10 selfie stick motion shots, from a high rising incline dolly on an escalator with locked focus and exposure to extreme close ups, trucking, and a 360-degree timelapse.
Choose a sturdy selfie stick with a reliable 1/4-20 connector, upgrade to a shoulder pod S1, and avoid cheap springy mounts to protect your smartphone.
Learn to create seamless looping videos on mobile using repeating scenes, cutting at in and out points, and explore storehouse, vine, and time-lapse techniques for sharing 15-second loops.
Select a good video filming app, lock focus, exposure, and white balance, shoot a repetitive-action scene, trim with in/out points for a six-second loop, then upload best version to Vine.
Master timelapse filming with still photos, lock exposure, and shoot on a tripod for smooth motion. Use built-in timelapse and hyperlapse apps and apply speed ramping in editing.
Android users can still use Framelapse or Lapse It.
Use a six-shot pattern to craft soundbites by filming establishing, neutral, face, hands, over the shoulder, and creative shots as separate clips, typically 10 seconds each.
Learn to create polished social video edits in iMovie by adding cutaway shots, trimming soundbites, and arranging clips in the timeline for a cohesive narration.
Master the art of video editing with your iPhone with 10 easy to follow (and easy to teach) video projects.
“High-quality and easy to follow course, not overwhelming for a beginner. Gear and app recommendations are very helpful. Also it expands one's perspective greatly about what can be done with a Smartphone. Thank you!"
— Arzu ★★★★★
This video editing course will teach you proven visual storytelling fundamentals by making 10 visually-led video story projects.
Create compelling interactive visual stories using your phone.
Master visual story planning and writing to pictures
Step-by-step tutorials for creating interactive images (with Web links, audio and more)
The best apps for making and editing shareable and snackable multimedia content.
Best practices for sharing your stories on social platforms
From animating photos to filming and editing video, you will learn the art of crafting incredible multimedia packages that can be easily shared.
YOU WILL MAKE 10 PROJECTS
"I've taken a couple of courses from Robb and found them extremely informative. I feel this course has really prepared me to make some great iPhone stories. Plus, Robb does a great job through his newsletter and other ways to inform you of updates on new apps and gear that make it even better. I really enjoyed this course and look forward to taking more of Robb's courses in the future.Each story project in this easy-to-follow course builds on the previous lesson. By the end of the course you will be a mobile multimedia master."
— Daniel Clifton, ★★★★★
The course features 2.5 hours of highly-professional video lesson content.
Media professors are assigning this course to university students at many top schools.
This course will help journalists, writers, interns, NGOs, communications officers, freelancers, journalism faculty, content marketers, PR pros, and media trainers.
You can take this course with your smartphone and you will earn a certificate when you finish the course.
The instructor is a journalism professor who knows how to take reporters through the steps of making mobile multimedia stories.
Enroll now!