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How to Make Exciting Travel Videos: Travel Filmmaking for Beginners

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Overview

How to Make Exciting Travel Videos: Travel Filmmaking for Beginners

Are you interested in being able to film your vacation in a fun and engaging way? Do you wish you could make exciting, entertaining, and/or educational travel videos to share on YouTube and Instagram?  This course will give you the foundational tools you need to become confident in planning, filming, and editing your next travel video.

There's no magic formula for success, but there is a basic foundation. How to Make Exciting Travel Videos: Travel Filmmaking for Beginners will help you understand and implement it.

Students will learn the foundation in three phases:

  1. Lay the groundwork before you go:  What type of video are you going to make? And what kind of camera(s) should you bring?
  2. Build the story: What do you want to tell your audience? How do you tell them? And what camera techniques will you use to do so?
  3. Convey it in editing: How do you sort through all the footage? What's the best way to edit? What are some powerful editing techniques that will boost the quality of your video?

This class is built for beginners in mind.  It isn't about the technical know-how.  Here's what you'll need:

  • access to a computer with basic editing software
  • a camera you know how to use (a smart phone will do!)

At the end of this 30-minute crash course you'll have the blueprint that you can take with you on your next trip.  You'll also have learned practical skills to practice and implement immediately.

I hope to see you in the class!

Syllabus

  • Welcome
  • Who Am I?
  • What This Course Is and Isn't
  • What You'll Learn In This Course
  • Decide What Type of Video You're Going To Make
  • Story Time
  • Let's Discuss Camera Types
  • What's Your Story?
  • Creating Moments
  • Cinematic Techniques: Shot Variety
  • Cinematic Techniques: Shoot Through Something
  • Cinematic Techniques: Slow-Mo and Time Lapse
  • Cinematic Techniques: Limit Your Pans
  • Cinematic Techniques: Hold Your Shots
  • Putting It All Together
  • Editing Intro
  • Convey The Emotion!
  • Shot Choice And What to Look Out For
  • Choosing Music
  • Editing Techniques: Pacing
  • Editing Techniques: Transitions
  • Editing Techniques: Uncategorized Tips
  • What's With All These Rules?
  • Class Project
  • CONCLUSION: One More Thing

Taught by

Randy Alan

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