Documentary Filmmaking: Production, Camera, Lights and Sound

• Learn the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking
• Learn how to make the skills transferrable between passion projects and paid corporate work
• Part of the Documentary Filmmaking Foundation Certificate

What you will Learn:

Subject, Style and why the equipment isn’t important except when it is.

You have a subject, how do you turn that into a documentary? What choices do you need to make and which ones are important? In this class we will look at:

• Is equipment really important?
• Camera basics
• Composition and it’s effect on audience
• B-roll is actually A-roll
• Lighting an interview – live demonstration
• Sound and why it’s more important than the visuals

This course can also be taken as part of the Documentary Filmmakng Foundation Certificate: Book all 5 weeks HERE

Who should attend

This course is for anyone interested in making documentary style films. Whether you are a complete novice who is interested in getting started or whether you are an experienced videographer who wants to take the next step.

About your instructor

Tom Webb started making short films in his early teens and his love of filmmaking continued in his career. After starting his filmmaking life re-editing American TV shows for broadcast on the Discovery Channel in the UK and filming Martial Arts and Professional Wrestling he then went on to be Head of Creative at Upbeat, a digital agency that covers video production and web development. Whilst there Tom filmed and edited everything from press junkets to film premieres, medical videos to corporate events, A-list movie stars to random people in the street. Alongside this Tom has also co hosted the Have You Seen..? Podcast, made award winning short films, short form documentaries and a feature length documentary about the male perspective of fertility treatment called The Easy Bit which premiered at Raindance in 2019. It was reviewed in The Hollywood Reporter.

Tom’s Social Media:

Personal Twitter: @TomWebbDirector

Personal Instagram: @tomwebbdirector

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