
Master shooting mobile video for business on your smartphone, exploring camera basics, lighting, and audio, plus three formats—interview, vlog, event video—edited with Premiere Rush, using universal principles.
Explore what makes a video look professional by identifying distractors such as shaky footage and poor lighting, and apply lighting, composition, recording, and audio techniques to strengthen the message.
Count your phone's cameras and set the maximum video resolution. Clean your lens to ensure sharp ultra hd footage, and learn frame rates and four finger technique to explore features.
Learn to manually control exposure and focus on smartphones, locking auto exposure and autofocus to keep faces sharp, using tap-and-hold and on-screen controls, and Adobe Premiere Rush for precise adjustments.
Master the rule of thirds to compose frames with a neutral eye-level setup, using a three-by-three grid and lead room toward the long end, portrait or landscape as needed.
Learn to light mobile video with natural window light, balancing quantity, quality, color, and direction to produce soft, flattering lighting and catch light in the eyes that directs viewer attention.
learn how to stabilize your smartphone video using electronic and optical stabilization, tripods and gimbals, and techniques for steady pans and two-frame framing.
Understand why audio quality drives credibility, per USC study, and learn to use smartphone mics—lavalier, shotgun, and headset—with adapters, gain control, and close-mic placement.
Explore how external lenses expand smartphone video capabilities with telephoto and wide-angle options, avoiding digital zoom, using accessories like Moment to achieve professional shots for interviews and events.
Master smartphone video basics by stabilizing, exposing, focusing, improving audio, and using interchangeable lenses; practice shooting interviews and direct-to-camera statements, then edit with Adobe Premiere Rush across devices.
Learn how to shoot a to camera interview for mobile video, directing talent to look into the lens, center the subject, and maintain confident delivery on camera.
Edit a to-camera interview on your phone using Adobe Premiere Rush, syncing with Creative Cloud across devices, and refine with trimming, cuts, titles, slides, music, transitions, and export to social.
Set up a basic off-camera interview with window light, a phone on a tripod, and a microphone, using open-ended questions and editing the footage later in Adobe Premiere Rush.
Assemble an off-camera interview into a concise two-minute video by selecting clips, trimming questions, and replacing parts with slides and titles, then add blue solids, titles, and ducking music.
Prepare for an event video by planning equipment and content—involving external microphones, tripod, and gimbal—and arrive early to capture interviews, atmosphere, and b-roll, promoting the next event.
Apply the five-shot technique to mobile video for business, using wide, medium, close-up, over-the-shoulder, and creative shots to provide coverage, answer journalistic questions, and follow the 10-second rule.
Shoot an event video on a smartphone using tripod and microphone, capture establishing and candid footage, conduct interviews, and edit in Adobe Premiere for a piece on the Facebook page.
Edit b-roll to strengthen the message with establishing shots, bureau and aerial footage, and transitions, while using a Skillshare breakfast slide to contextualize mindfulness and leadership.
Add lower thirds to identify Sophie and Rasmus by name and title using a preset like modern left in Adobe Premiere Rush, adjusting position and duplicating for the second speaker.
Learn to mix audio for mobile video using the auto duck feature to lower music when someone speaks, adjust clip volumes, apply audio transitions, and perform color correction.
Music licensing is complex; use free options like YouTube audio library and Facebook sound collection. Consult a lawyer or your country's performing rights organization, such as Austria's AQM.
Master camera setup, lighting, and rule of thirds to capture audio and interview or event videos; try Premiere Rush editing, practice, and join the community to raise your video standards.
Explore how lighting angles—from front to 270 degrees—shape facial shadows and brightness. Compare hard versus soft lighting, color temperature, and single versus mixed lighting for a neutral image.
Learn to subtitle and burn in captions for social videos in square format, using phone editing or Premiere Rush to create audio-free, engaging posts for Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube.
Mobile Video for Business - How to shoot videos on your smartphone is a comprehensive online course for entrepreneurs, creators, marketing teams and social media managers who want to start producing high-quality videos with their smartphone to grow their audience.
If you want to produce professional video content for your website, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, or LinkedIn as cheaply as possible, you're in the right place. Learn how to use the smartphone you already own to easily record and edit professional videos. In this online course, we're sharing all you need to know to start your own video projects with confidence.
Learn about lighting with natural light, audio recording techniques, composition, useful equipment and how to tell a good story with videos. You'll be able to put everything into practice without additional equipment but we'll also show you what to look for when buying accessories for your smartphone. To get the best out of your mobile video shots, we'll also cover how to edit the videos with the free editing app Adobe Premiere Rush - directly on your phone.
No matter if you're using an iPhone or an Android phone. After watching this course, you'll know how to produce great videos for your content needs.