Video Bootcamp
Class Format: | Two-Day Course |
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Instructor: | Michael Rosenblum, Rosenblum TV |
Date: |
Tuesday-Wednesday, May 24–25, 2011 |
Course Description
It's fine to talk about the elements of filmmaking, arc of the story, finding a good character and shooting lots of interesting "events", but what happens when the boss says "go and cover that press conference and put it online" or "go and do an interview with Mrs. Smith the scientist". How do you make talking heads into compelling video?
In this 2-day intensive session, you will receive a basic understanding of online and for-broadcast video literacy, as well as an understanding of how to carry out fast, effective yet great looking interviews.
After the course you will be able to shoot, script, track, edit, and upload a basic video story.
All equipment will be supplied.
Why You Should Attend
There is no denying video is the most powerful medium of communication we've ever invented. The statistics tell the story: 71% of U.S. Internet users view video online, an average U.S. viewer spends nearly 4 hours watching video online each month, and if YouTube was a country, it would be the #3 most-populated nation in the world. Video is a powerful way we communicate ideas and information to one another and the vast majority of us are video illiterate. By completing this intense two-day course, you'll have completed professional video training and learned the hands-on techniques you need to make compelling web-based videos.
What You'll Learn
- How to shoot video and work the camera
- How to handle a press conference and make it work for you
- How to do formal, sit-down interviews
- Great interview techniques and tricks of the trade
- Lighting
- How to shoot an interview with a small camera and make it look big
- Audio for interviews and using radio microphones
- How to edit the talking head / interview and make it compelling
- Use of graphics to convey information
- Produce and upload your video using a MAC computer program.
- This course is hands-on and interactive.
Who Should Attend
Anyone who is in the business of communicating ideas or instruction to a large and diverse audience.
- Web managers
- Videographers
- Public affairs specialists
- Program specialists
- Anyone who does video as part of their job
Level of Course
Beginner. This is an intense course, but no prior video experience is needed—just your time, enthusiasm, and willingness to be creative and learn. All equipment will be supplied.
About the Instructor:
Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital "videojournalist" revolution for more than 18 years. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled.
Michael's work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a Video Journalist–driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the U.S. Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short–wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the "VJ" paradigm (1998–present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of nonfiction television in the United States. He was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on the "VJ" paradigm – 1996–1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ–driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993–1996).
Michael has also designed, built and implemented VJ–driven news channels around the world, including Time/Warner's New York 1, Associated Newspapers (UK) London based Channel 1, Young Broadcasting stations in the United States, Switzerland's largest commercial TV broadcaster, TeleZuri, as well as a host of smaller projects such as Eritrea's ERI–TV and Sri Lanka's SLBC. His consulting clients include The BBC, TV–24/Germany, TV4/Sweden, Oxygen Media, BBC, KBC, TVL, Denmarks Radio (DK), TV–3 Sweden, Norway & Denmark, Tokyo Broadcasting, Korea Broadcasting.
As a producer, Michael has produced or overseen production on more than 300 hours of programming for both network and cable. His shows have included the long–running Trauma: Life in the ER, Paramedics, Police Force, Labor and Delivery, Science Times. These series have aired on TLC, Showtime and National Geographic. He has also produced for ABC, CBS, Oxygen, and the BBC. Most recently his groundbreaking 5Takes series for Discovery has completely rewritten the production paradigm. The company currently has more than 50 hours in production for this year alone.
He has conducted his unique VJ training classes all over the world, from Thailand to Marrakech, and has lectured extensively both overseas and in the United States. Michael is an adjunct professor of communication at New York University, where he teaches "Television and the Information Revolution," a course of his own design, and at The Bauhaus in Germany. His Brussels-based Rosenblum Institute trains European journalists to work as vjs. Michael is the author of Videojournalismus (Germany).
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