How to Make Great Videos - Beginners' Creative Course

Name: How to Make Great Videos - Beginners' Creative Course
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Become really good at making great videos by learning what is really important - fast!

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Created byAndrew St.Pierre White

Last updated 8/2024

English

What you'll learn

How to make great videos in easy to understand steps, including shooting and editing.
Go well beyond the cameras and equipment, and learn the process where one can actually make a good video.
How to capture an audience and leave them wanting more.
Tell your story with video or create outstanding video blog/vlogs
Learn new creative skills. A good video isn't about the camera!
This course is mainly creative in nature. Because becoming a filmmaker isn't mostly about understanding equipment, cameras and gear.

Course content

5 sections • 32 lectures • 3h 56m total length

Introduction4:43
Hello and welcome to my Videos that kill on the Internet. Beginner course. In the next 30 lessons, I'm going to explain how to make really good videos by sharing with you what is really important - fast!

What camera for what video9:13
Or course cameras and gear are important. But they are not as important as you think. Here I break down the choices you have and help you decide what's needed for your video making needs.
Microphones14:53
Your microphone and its protection against wind noise are more important than your camera. yes. I've said it. More important! And here is why.
Tripods4:23
Keeping shots still and camera moved smooth is very important. And there are many ways to achieve this.
Action cameras8:20
Action cameras are wonderful at some things, and useless for many.
Choose your frame size5:14
Choosing the format you use now will determine it for all time. Make the right decision before you begin.
Choosing your frame rate8:37
Choosing the standard frame rate you use now will determine it for all time. And how varying it affects the images you will capture.
Depth of field/focus and the lens aperture2:33
The basics of the depth-of-field (AKA depth-of-focus) is explained here.
How lenses work, and a bit about camera brands7:28
Beware of becoming a slave to equipment2:59
Please don't dwell too much on the gear. The moment equipment gets in the way or complicates filmmaking, it means you are missing the point.

Lenses8:42
How lenses work.
Best composition techniques5:36
Basic image composition techniques. This is a very important lesson.
Presenting to Camera4:36
Techniques to engage your audience and be likeable when presenting to camera.
Sound is important. VERY, VERY important7:52
How and where to place a microphone to capture the best audio.
Microphones and auto-audio recordings2:22
More on positioning the microphone for best audio with auto-audio levels on cameras.

Find the story while shooting Part-110:12
Storytelling. Part-1
Find the story while shooting. Part-24:21
Storytelling. Part-2
Storytelling part-110:36
Case study. Storytelling.
What's the Story?9:12
Find YOUR story.
Working with Backgrounds8:17
Backgrounds are important.
The 4-Second Shooting Rule8:01
The key to getting lots of really good, usable footage when shooting video. This is a very important lesson.
Perspective and detail4:11
A typical shoot consists of shooting both A and B roll footage. They are both needed to tell a story.
Eyelines2:22
It's through the eyes of a person or animal that its soul is seen.

Editing. Software. Basics.5:56
Editing for beginners. Part-1
Handling your media/footage10:46
Be organized!
Let's start editing10:31
The best and most rewarding part of making videos is in the edit. The editing process is where all one's hard work pays off.
Editing part-213:19
Editing part-2
Editing to Music9:32
Editing in the spirit of the music track.
Transitions. Don't ruin your videos.6:40
Be careful. Overly clever or fancy transitions and titles can ruin a good movie. Keep them simple!
Music Choice. Don't ruin your videos.8:52
Be careful. The wrong music WILL ruin a good movie. How to make the right music choice. This is a very important lesson.
How to Make a Video. From idea to release.9:32
These are the steps to make a video. 1.Idea. 2.Shot list. 3.Shoot. 4.Post production. 5.Release. Video to be added soon.
Conclusion and summary6:36
Thank you for spending this time with me. Here I summarise the most important lessons in this course, in a nutshell.

Requirements

You need to have a camera, no matter how basic.
You need to have an external microphone to connect to the camera, no matter how basic.
You need to have a computer or laptop suitable for editing footage and sound.

Description

I made this course because most How-To-Make-Videos courses leave the students high and dry, often learning lots about the gear, half of which they don't need, but little or nothing about the creative parts that make people want to watch the videos they make!

And this is because teaching about gear is easy! The creative side, far less so. And making great videos in not rocket science. I'm not a wedding videographer. I'm a professional filmmaker, having 30 years of TV commercials and documentaries and dramas under my belt. Having been through that, I now make my own films with a global audience of millions. (over 75 million views and 300K+ subs on YouTube).

Lesson-1. It's not the gear that makes videos good. It's the ability to tell stories.

Lesson-2. If your soundtrack isn't good, your video won't be good.

Here you'll learn what is really important in making great videos, and how to get there fast.

I've kept things easy to understand, with no unnecessary jargon, and in just 30 lessons I'll get you from knowing almost nothing, to making videos that people will really love to watch. And that you will love to make!

Welcome to getting really good at making videos - fast.

I hope you will enjoy and learn much from spending this time with me.

Join over 32 000 of my students from 154 countries!

Who this course is for:

A new videographer who wants to go beyond the cameras and equipment, to learn how to actually make a good video.
No matter your age, experience, needs, desires or shoe size, I'll get you started with video faster, with more fun than anyone.
Want to have fun learning.

How to Make Great Videos - Beginners' Creative Course

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Course content

Introduction1 lecture • 5min

Equipment9 lectures • 1hr 4min

Best basic filming techniques5 lectures • 29min

Storytelling8 lectures • 57min

Editing9 lectures • 1hr 22min

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