This is your chance to get either one or two full days of hands-on experience shooting a real documentary.  Everyone will shoot and set up lights and microphones during this class.  

DV Camera Bootcamp is designed for beginners or those who wish to improve their basic skills.  Class will shoot on location and conduct hands-on lighting exercises at our studio/school.  Learn to light the perfect interview....Understand basic documentary, pre-production and scripting/logging tape strategies.

Instructor is award winning documentary DV Filmmaker Aron Ranen.  He has received two Fellowships from the National Endowment for Arts, and his last film premiered at the New Documentary Series at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City.

Students Learn:

• The Five Elements of Documentary
• DV Camera use
• White Balance and basic understanding of color temperature
• Exposure techniques
• Camera menu functions
• Camera techniques
• Use of negative space and proper eye line level audio for DV video
• Best microphones for each documentary situation
• Interview techniques
• How to choose a background for your subject
• 3 point lighting & basic lighting set-ups
• Controlling exposure and understanding zebras
• Use of color correction gels for mixed light (day light and indoor light)
• Basic documentary pre-production
• Release forms
• Logging footage and scripting ideas, (How to deal with all the videotape you have just shot)

DV Camera Bootcamp Two Day includes a  Second day of shooting and real life experience shooting interviews and putting the Five Elements of Documentary into practice.
This is achieved with a second  full day of Documentary production in the field, interviewing and
working on shooting a real documentary.  All student footage will be critiqued by the instructor thru out the day..this allows enough time for students to rapidly improve their shooting and interview skills as the day progresses. This day also provides an extra day to use all the lighting equipment.
 

Class Cost:

$95.00-One Day Workshop
$295-Two Day Workshop

Includes a 40 page hand-out

Students are encouraged to bring their own DV Cameras