Description:
This exciting workshop will help you get the most out of your video camera and shoot like a pro! Whether you're a budding filmmaker or a soccer mom, this class will enable you to shoot footage you'll be proud to show to other people. We'll cover:

- Camera controls and basic operations
- Basic shooting techniques
- Basic lighting techniques, including the classic 3-light setup, as well as how best to use common household light fixtures.
- Shooting using "manual" modes rather than automatic including focusing, exposure, and white balance.
- Composition and getting good coverage for editing (wide, medium, close, cut-aways, etc.)
- Tips on getting good audio

In three hours, you'll learn the basics of shooting really good-looking video! Bring your questions, so that you'll leave the class ready to shoot your next video and have it look awesome!

If you have one, we encourage you to bring your video camera!


What Should I Take Next?
Once you've become comfortable shooting video, the Production & Lighting Techniques for Video workshop will teach you more refined ways to handle lighting and shooting. If you're doing non-fiction, check out the Producing the Documentary workshop to get a better sense of how to plan your film.

Presented as a Lecture-Style Workshop:
Affordable workshops designed to introduce a subject quickly and efficiently. Students can take notes from the instructor's projected computer screen, and/or bring their own computer to follow along.

Who Should Take This:
No previous video camera experience necessary! This class is designed for the beginning videographer who seeks to understand better how to use their video camera, and improve their shooting skills. It's specifically geared towards people using their digital video cameras to shoot better footage - no matter what their skill level - of company training videos, event documentation, kids, YouTube shorts, and more!

Instructor:
Bruce Borowsky has worked as a producer at People Productions in Boulder, Colorado for ten years. He has worked on a wide variety of projects for both corporate and commercial clientele, not only as producer and director, but also as cameraman, lighting director, and editor.

Bruce has been a professional videographer since 1988, before that he was a professional still photographer. Prior to joining People Productions, Bruce worked for adventure photographer Galen Rowell in Berkeley. Once in Boulder, he produced the national television series "The Climbing Show." Bruce''s award-winning 2003 documentary, "18 days, 16 hours," a personal documentary detailing his race across the Atlantic Ocean in a 72 foot sailboat, illustrates his vast experience shooting in unlikely places, whether racing on a sailboat in the middle of a hurricane, or hanging off a rock ledge in Yosemite.

BDA Member Cost: $50.00 ($60.00 after Saturday, April 17, 2010)
Non Member Cost: $70.00 ($80.00 after Saturday, April 17, 2010)
Become a member to save $20.00