From the course: Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting
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Learning the craft of filmmaking
From the course: Video Foundations: Cameras and Shooting
Learning the craft of filmmaking
Understand this, filmmaking is not magic or rocket science. All the crafts and practices of filmmaking can be learned. Pretty much anyone can be a filmmaker or even a rocket scientist for that matter, all you have to do is study and learn what the task involves, then methodically do it step-by-step and keep doing it until you get better at it, and at the end of the day, you'll have a film or a rocket. Whether or not your first is to takeoff is another story, but you will be well on your way to success if you study, practice, and above all else persist. This course is designed to give you the practical knowledge base and introduce you to the core production skills you'll need to become a successful digital filmmaker. However, in order to develop those skills and to really expand that knowledge, I recommend that you also start to use some other learning resources as well, specifically, I recommend that you study film books. In the exercise files on the page for the course, you'll find a…
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