Have you ever wanted to pick up a video camera and make a short video or film, but felt intimidated by your lack of knowledge? The explosion of film-making for websites and mobiles gives people and organisations the opportunity to tell their stories and show what they have to offer, at low cost. This collection of exciting videos features The Open University’s experienced team of filmmakers, who will show you some of the craft secrets that underpin good filmmaking, and how professionals stay up to date. You will learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project. This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school.
Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then how to import the media into various ed...
This track is designed to introduce you to the Windows Live Movie Maker user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your f...
This track is designed to introduce you to the Adobe Pemiere Pro user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your first se...
This track is designed to introduce you to the Final Cut Pro user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your first sequen...
Joe Mills demonstrates the basic editing tool within Apple's iMovie. Joe uses photos and video clips to build a sequence which include music and title...
There are many ways to film a piece to camera, this track demonstrates the use of a professional studio and if you don’t have these resources how to o...
Framing, positions and microphones are all part of conducting an interview. More importantly this track explains some of the core skills needed to pro...