Course Duration: 11 sessions

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COURSE OUTLINE:

Learn pre-production essentials
Story development
Developing the world & creating the look of your film
Storyboarding

Master production essentials
Setting up gear properly
Shoot video in manual mode
Shot Composition
Video resolution
Lenses (Prime vs Zoom)
Focus
Camera Movement & Stabilizing
Lighting & Mood lighting
How to expose properly & how does exposure work
Video Shutter speed
Setting Aperture (F-Stop, Iris)  
Video ISO
White Balance & Color Temp

Understand post-production essentials
The Editing Environment
Basic Editing Concepts
Software Interface, Tools & Shortcuts
Organizing & Importing your Assets
Types of Projects 
Building your Workflow
Basic Color Correcting
Sharing & Exporting

Outcome:

Each student will work on a short film by following the class syllabus and will submit the short film as his/her final 

 

Class Requirements:

 DSLR Camera

LaptopPremiere or Final Cut X 

ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR:

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Cariman Alfi:

 

Cariman is a Film & Broadcast Graduate with a focus in Post Production and a certified Final Cut instructor. She has worked on several productions in Egypt & in the USA. She has 5 years of experience shooting, editing & editing the projects she shoots. She's worked on documentaries, reality TV, commercials, short films, videos for the web and more.