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2-DAY "FILM & HIGH DEFINITION" CAMERA OPERATORS COURSE

Do you want to work in one of the world’s most high profile
and exclusive industries?

If you are serious about working on high profile, big budget productions, knowledge and experience of camera operation is essential.

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This intensive two day course teaches what other Film Schools can’t. With exclusive insider advice and knowledge from Director of Photography, Chris Weaver, you’ll learn the required professional skills that Producers and Cinematographers look for when recruiting for the Film and TV industry. A working knowledge of professional film and TV cameras is the first step to working on big budget, prestigious productions.

Whether you are a budding media student or a future Director of Photography, or a film enthusiats or independent filmmaker about to producer your first film, the “2-Day Camera Operators Course” is designed for everyone.

camera2Combining THEORY and PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION, the course is specifically designed for people seeking a professional career in the camera departments on Feature Films and Television Drama and is packed with valuable information and offers a real insight into professional Film and Video cameras (Arriflex 16mmSR & Sony Digibeta) with insider advice and knowledge of how to break into the film industry.

ONLY 6 places available to give individual practical camera training.

This new 2-day intensive camera course covers the following:

Day 1:
Introduction:
  • Assistant Camera/Clapper Loader.
  • Focus Puller.
  • Camera Operator.
  • The Cinematographer.
  • The need for specialization in the Camera Departments.
  • What Film and TV professionals look for when recruiting.

The Camera Assistant:
Becoming an established professional camera assistant is your first step to a career on big budget, prestigious productions.
  • An introduction to the ARRIFLEX Motion Picture film camera.
  • An introduction to the Sony Digibeta Broadcast TV video camera.
  • Care of Camera & Lenses.
  • Building the Camera in preparation for a shoot.
  • Loading Magazines/Loading the Camera (film & tape).
  • Tape Stock & Film Stock.
  • Colour Temperature & White Balance.
  • Camera Filters - Colour Correction, Neutral Density, Graduated, Polarising.
  • Lenses: The Zoom Lens, Prime Lenses, Anamorphic lenses.
  • The Camera Shutter - use and explanation.
  • Aspect Ratio for Cinema and TV.
  • Depth of Field.
  • Exposure and the Light Meter reading.
  • Digital Image Resolution.
  • High Definition HDSLR & RED.
  • Introduction to shooting Documentaries.
  • Introduction to shooting Drama.
  • Professional shooting 'Tips and Tricks' for the Film and TV industry.
  • Going Freelance/Self Promotion.
  • How to Find Work in the Film and TV Industry.

Going Freelance:
Although staff jobs are available in TV the vast majority of film crew are freelance. This section of the course discusses how to establish yourself as a successful freelancer and what pitfalls to avoid, going freelance in the Film and TV industry, the business of being Freelance, booking agencies, advantages of being Freelance and the key things to avoid when going freelance.

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Day 2:
Camera Operation (PRATICAL):
Each student will be given practical camera instruction on the Sony Digibeta professional broadcast TV Camera.
  • The Tripod.
  • Sony Digibeta Camera - function of controls.
  • The Zoom Lens.
  • Changing the Lens.
  • Camera set up & testing before shooting.
  • Exposure & using the Light Meter.
  • Viewfinder adjustment.
  • How to White Balance.
  • Shooting in low light - considerations and use of camera gain.
  • Focusing the Zoom Lens.
  • Pulling Focus.
  • Camera Movement.
  • The Pan.
  • The Tilt.
  • The Zoom.
  • Shooting Hand Held - Camera Techniques.
  • Shooting Rules.
  • Shot definition and meaning.
  • Framing.
  • Shot Composition & Balance.
  • Framing - Common Errors.
  • Shooting with available light.
  • Common Shooting Errors.
  • "Crossing the Line".
  • Etiquette & Diplomacy when shooting on set or location.


chris cameraChris Weaver has been training camera crews over the 30 years.

 

His extensive experience and guidance has started numerous careers, and many of his students are now fully established, filming all over the world for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and FIVE as well as producing their own Independent work.

 

Chris’s varied career as a film cameraman has seen him work on high profile documentaries such as Panorama, Horizon, Top Gear and Newsnight. He has worked as Director of Photography on numerous music videos, 35mm Feature Films, Commercials and BAFTA winning TV programmes. Chris has filmed all over the World from the Oval Office of the White House to The Middle East and Afghan warzones. Luxury car commercials for Bentley and Mercedes, to the Land Rover Camel Trophy in the Amazon rainforest of South America.

 

With a career spanning over 30 years in the Film and TV industry, Chris has worked with numerous distinguished professionals including Michael Caine, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Oliver Reed, Michael Jackson, Rod Stewart, Rachel Stevens, Richard Branson, Neil Armstrong, Princess Diana, President Reagan and Muhammad Ali.


Venue: Pinsent Mason Suite 2, The Mac Center, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH.
Time: 09.30 am-17.30 pm each day
Upcoming Course Dates:
  • TBC -- Contact Chris Weaver on 07860 306589

2-day course £275 (Special introductory offer - Normal price £350)
Costs include VAT places are limited to 6 people per course to allow practical one-on-one training.

To book your place, please contact Free Spirit Film & TV. Bookings are first come basis: Phone to confirm a place before sending payment and this will be held for 48 hours. Cheques payable to Free Spirit Film & TV Ltd. Or pay safer and faster via PayPal to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For further information please call Chris on 0121 453 3412

or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

 

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