SMARTPHONE FILMING & EDITING TRAINING
​Many media professionals, broadcasters and journalists are increasing their use of Smartphones to film News packages, and documentaries. The ability to shoot 4K, ProRes broadcast quality footage using the popular Blackmagic Camera app, makes it a cost effective way of creating content for social media, websites and TV News.
But this isn't just for journalists
Smartphone Filming & Editing is for everyone
Corporate comms teams building in-house video capability
Social media managers handling brand stories
NGO field teams documenting work in remote areas
Academics and educators needing low-cost video training
With the right training, corporate communications teams have the ability to film professional quality videos for their websites, press releases, social media or internal comms without incurring the substantial costs associated with hiring an in-house videographer or freelance camera crews. And journalists gain the freedom to film News events without having to wait for a camera crew to arrive. Smartphones also offer built in connectivity with the ability to 'go live' or 'publish' immediately.
Editing apps like Adobe Premiere for Mobile allow users to edit on their smartphone or start an edit and then complete it on their laptops. AI features like 'transcript' allow users to quickly cut down interviews and automatically add captions. This saves a lot of time in the edit and is a potential game changer for journalists working in a fast paced News environment.
Julie offers group or 1-on-1 Smartphone training courses that can be tailored from 1-3 days and caters to individuals, journalists, media professionals, corporate comms teams, social media managers, NGO's and educators with little or no filming/editing experience. You'll not only learn the technical skills and the best accessories to use, but also the craft of filmmaking and tips of the trade from a seasoned professional. Julie also demos useful AI tools that can auto edit content using your own scripts and footage, quickly cut down interviews using a transcript and add translations or captions instantly.
The Smartphone Filming & Editing Course is 'in person face-to-face' only which allows Julie to keep the training up to date when new tech and AI functions appear. The courses are mostly held in London but Julie can travel for group sessions.
Smartphone Course One Day
schedule below:
Individual 'in person' courses (see dates below)
Training delivered at your premises
Smartphone training in Ukraine
One of three different rigs used on the course
Upcoming Course Dates - max 4 people per course:
Thursday 7th August FULL
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Monday 9th September FULL
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Thursday 16th October 2 places left
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Wednesday 12th November FULL
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Tuesday 2nd December 4 places left​
Please click HERE to register your interest, stating your preferred date and to receive more information.
CAMERA AND EDITING TRAINING
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During her 36 years at BBC News, Julie spent 13 years as a Camera and Editing Trainer. She trained 1000's of BBC staff on FCPX editing software via classroom courses and an online tutorial.
In 2017, the BBC started a recruitment drive for new camera crews in their World Service bureaux. Julie was the lead technical recruiter and trainer on this three year project.
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Julie was also the 'Camera Lead' for the introduction of the Sony Z280 camera into the Media Operations dept and delivered bespoke Sony Z280 courses to hundreds of BBC News camera crews and picture editors.
Although many filmmakers and videographers favour DSLR style cameras, the camcorder market is still thriving, especially in educational and corporate environments.
Julie offers bespoke one or two day training courses on the Sony Z280 and Sony Z200 cameras. These can be online but are better as face-to-face learning.
Camera Training delivered at the BBC Leeds Bureau
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BBC News Camera Training delivered to Picture Editors