University of Colorado Boulder - A Blueprint for Success – Your Video Pre-Production
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A Blueprint for Success – Your Video Pre-Production at Coursera Overview
Duration | 11 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
A Blueprint for Success – Your Video Pre-Production at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion
A Blueprint for Success – Your Video Pre-Production at Coursera Course details
- In this course, we will learn about pre-production, which requires levels of planning before you ever pick up a camera
- We will share with you the terminology used widely in production work, along with our ideas for affordable camera gear and editing applications
- We?ll also discuss strategies to help you generate story ideas and the focus, find characters, write treatments and scripts, draw storyboards, and even pointers on how to pitch your stories
A Blueprint for Success – Your Video Pre-Production at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction and Gear Recommendations
Course and Instructor Introduction: Stages of Production
Video Production Elements and Terminology
Types of Shots
Camcorder or DSLR?
Memory Cards
Tripods and Other Pods
Microphones and Headphones
Lights
Editing Applications
Free Applications
Learning Checkpoint
Final Assignment Overview
Module 1, Lessons 1 & 2
Module 1, Lesson 3
Finding and Telling Your Story
The Narrative
The Visual Story
Generating ideas - How to find stories
The Focus - What Is Your Story About?
Finding Characters
Learning Checkpoint
Module 2, Lessons 1 & 2
Script Formats, the Treatment, and Pitch
Script Format
Storyboards
Writing the Treatment
Pitching your story - Do's and Dont's
The Proposal
Legal Stuff
Learning Checkpoint
Honors Track Learners
More on Copyright Laws
Learning Checkpoint
Module 3, Lessons 1 & 2
Honors Track
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