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Plan, Shoot & Edit a Short Documentary Film

Documentary filmmaking & videography. Shoot & Edit Video with Filmmaker Robb Montgomery. Step-by-step for short films.

Robb Montgomery

Summary

Price
£39.99 inc VAT
Study method
Online, On Demand What's this?
Duration
1.6 hours · Self-paced
Qualification
No formal qualification
Certificates
  • Reed courses certificate of completion - Free

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Overview

What you'll learn

  • Identify a documentary film subject

  • Scout and develop talent to respond in front of the camera

  • Plan, prepare and produce all aspects of a TV-quality film story

  • Develop shot lists and film locations that will build your story

  • Gather pro audio from the field for building a well-layered sound track

  • Edit sequences, performances and interview segments into a compelling visual narrative

  • Use non-fiction filmmaking techniques to make authentic, original and powerful documentary episodes.

Certificates

Reed courses certificate of completion

Digital certificate - Included

Will be downloadable when all lectures have been completed

Curriculum

9
sections
22
lectures
1h 35m
total

Course media

Description

This iPhone videography course features an award-winning documentary short film that was shot with mobile devices.

This is an advanced level course that builds upon the my iPhone Filmmaking for beginners course. You may also think to complete the "iPhone Filmmaking: Filmic Pro & LumaFusion app" course before diving into this course.


"Great course - thanks Robb! I'm an experienced video producer who works with crews - but looking to film more of my own content with my iPhone 11. I took notes throughout and picked up some useful tips on kit. Will look up more of Robb's courses and websites. Thanks again!"

— Victoria Masterson ★★★★★


You will need the experience from the foundation course to get the most from this in-depth course.

Here is where we take you deep inside the process of making award-winning films. The author has won 19 film festival honors from international competitions in the documentary category.

You will go behind the lens and learn every step in making an original documentary film.

In this course you apply advanced filmmaking techniques that help you to produce a movie about a person, event, activity, place, brand, or issues that you care deeply about.

Films are an amazing way to connect people to a person, a product, idea, or mission. They give the viewer the feeling of a long-lasting connection.

In these detailed step-by-step lessons, filmmaker Robb Montgomery will take you backstage and behind the lens to see exactly how to plan, produce, film and edit a long-form documentary film with mobile video gear.

Montgomery shows you how he solo-produces a broadcast quality film in Berlin with no crew, no script, no budget, and no automobile.

You will learn how to:

  1. Scout and recruit an interesting film subject

  2. Prepare a shot list

  3. Develop interview questions

  4. Prepare the gear and subjects

  5. Use locations to full effect

  6. Develop sophisticated motion shots

  7. Edit scenes, sequences, string outs and sound bites into a compelling visual statement

Intended Audience: Journalists, film makers, teachers, advertisers, musicians, artists

Who is this course for?

  • Students
  • photographers
  • video editors
  • teachers
  • videographers
  • mobile journalists

Requirements

  • Take either the Smartphone Filmmaking or Mobile Journalism masterclass before enrolling this course.

  • The lessons in this course pick up where those foundation courses end.

  • We will demonstrate video editing with Final Cut Pro X. You can use this or any two track video editing app for your movie.

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