When I tell people I work in video a common question I get is “What’s the best camera to use…a Sony FS5? RED? a DSLR?” These are great cameras but the correct answer is: the camera you have with you. And luckily in this day and age, you pretty much always have a camera with you; in your pocket, your purse, your backpack, YOUR HAND. It’s your phone!
Why don’t people shoot more video on their phones? I have a few theories:
- They are intimidated. They’re not quite sure what they are doing, so they just don’t do it. Or, maybe they’ve taken video before and it just turned out terribly. So their confidence level is low.
- They don’t know what to do with footage after it is shot. And so they have tons of short video clips that just sit on their phone, in the cloud, in iPhotos…never to be viewed again or shared with the world.
- They’ve never made a video from start to finish and have no idea how rewarding it feels.
In this course we address all these issues head on. You CAN learn to make video with your smartphone. I teach basic composition so you know how to make a shot look nice. We talk camera movements and shot variety to make your videos more interesting, along with how to get good light, sound and stability.
If you’d like to then learn to edit, you can take my other course: iPhone and Android Editing by Video Service Hub. I teach editing using a really cool app, KineMaster. Editing video is a bit technical and can be tricky, but we walk through it slowly to make sure you get it. And then…ta-da, you’ve made a video from start to finish! You’ll leave with confidence in your ability.
If a picture is worth a thousand words then doesn’t it make sense that video is worth…ten thousand words? Join me and make video with your phone!
