Fun with iPhone and iPad Video
251 TUTOR: Nigel Wattis (BAFTA MA)
Filming
with an iPhone is great fun and today, moving pictures are the fastest-growing
way people communicate. Whether it is sharing a film of the children with
family, promoting a business or sharing your interests with others, making
entertaining, attractive, professional-looking videos is easier than you think.
After all, the phone in your pocket has proved capable of making high-end
commercials and even, feature films. With five BAFTA nominations and a Master's
degree in teaching filmmaking, your tutor has taught hundreds of professionals
and amateurs how to make films that people really want to watch. Join them!
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The course will be led by BAFTA-winning filmmaker
Nigel Wattis, who has produced and directed over fifty one-hour documentaries
for ITV, BBC and Channel 4, winning over twenty awards at festivals around the
world.
He has been a Series
Producer and Executive Producer
for ITV and Channel 4
and Head of Arts and Features for LWT and Granada Productions.
Nigel also has an MA in teaching media from the Institute of Education at
University College London. He shoots many of his own broadcast films and was an
early adopter of iPhone and iPad.
Course Requirements
- You will need to
provide your own iPhone (iPhone 4 or later) and/or iPad (iPad 2 or later).
- You should know
your Apple username and password and ensure you have plenty of memory clear and
available on your device (at least 3 or 4GB, preferably more).
- Please make sure
you have the application iMovie installed on your iPhone/Pad before arriving at
Marlborough. (If it is not already installed, iMovie is available as a free download
from Apple's App Store.)
Course Outline
This
is a "hands-on” course. Participants will learn by making a short film
themselves. It would be helpful for participants to have a basic knowledge of
the iPhone/iPad or of photography but developed skills are not required. It
provides an opportunity to refresh your basic skills and is also an ideal
extension to the Summer School "Introduction to Photography and Video with
iPhone and iPad” course. It will cover the fundamental skills of filming with
smart devices and teach techniques that give films a more professional look.
The course could vary in speed and depth depending on the requirements of
participants but will go something like this:
1. Monday
- Introduction to
the course and possibilities of equipment
- Initial camera
exercise and analysis.
- Basic camera
technique - focus, framing, positioning
- Differences
between traditional shooting and working with iPhones and iPads
- How to shoot better
- different shots and their uses
2. Tuesday
- Thinking in
sequences
- Equipment and ideas
to make iPhone shooting easier and more effective.
- Filming rules and
shooting tips
- Going on a recce.
- Creating a shooting
script/storyboard and planning a shoot.
3. Wednesday
- Finish
preparations
- SHOOT FILMS
4. Thursday
- Viewing and
selecting rushes.
- Instruction in use
of editing software.
- Post production
and editing
- Using music and
effects
5. Friday
- Complete edit.
- Final addition of
music & effects as required.
- Adding titles
- Watch and discuss completed films
Nigel Wattis
BAFTA MA
About Nigel
Nigel is a BAFTA-winning filmmaker, and also has an MA in teaching media from the Institute of Education at University College London. Nigel has produced and directed over fifty one-hour documentaries for ITV and Channel 4, winning over twenty other awards at festivals around the world. He has been a Series Producer for ITV and Channel 4, an Executive Producer and Head of Arts and Features for LWT and Granada Productions.
