Filmmaking Camera Workshop: Professional Film Camerawork

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Note: In order to attend you must register and pay at https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/product/film_camerawork_workshop/

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Level: Beginner.

The workshop is conducted in English and costs 299€, or if you are a student or over 65 with ID, you pay 275€.

If you’re looking to advance your filmmaking knowledge by learning the tools and techniques that will get your camera knowledge ready for a film set, this workshop will help you take several big steps down that road. You will learn not just the camera technology, but also how to apply it, because while filmmaking is very technical, that technical knowledge is only a means to an end, which is to give you more time to spend on the creative aspects of filmmaking.

This will be a heavily hands-on workshop that will be a mix of information, demonstration and practical exercise. You will learn how to setup a film camera, what all the parts do, many of the camera settings and how they are used in different shooting situations. Together as a team we will plan out and shoot a pre-scripted scene. However, before planning the shoot we will review the camerawork theory and reasoning behind shot selection. This exercise will familiarize you not only with technical camera information, but also how to operate quickly in order to allow more time for creativity.

Everyone in the class will get the opportunity to setup the cinema camera, use all the accessories, and shoot part of the scene.

If you have any questions or would like to know more, feel free to reach out to me at **alex@berlinfilmcommunity.com**.

Schedule:
Day 1:
Saturday, July 12th – 09:00 – 16:00

• Cameras used in professional filmmaking
• Mid-level and pro-level Film Cameras
• What to look for when renting equipment
• Event, documentary, and narrative camera choices at different budgets

Codecs and bit depth

• Raw, Log, compressed codecs
• Picture profiles and LUT’s
• Bit depth explained
• Sensor size and crop factor
• Dynamic range explained

Exposure and exposure tools

• False color, Waveform, Histogram, Zebras
• Protecting your highlights
• Exposing your subject correctly – skin tones
• Light meters & lighting ratios with demonstration
• Maintaining consistency between shots

Focus

• Wireless follow focus – setup and use
• Focus monitor and peaking
• Creating marks and measuring distance

Tools of the trade & misc. camera knowledge dump

• Filters – when to use which filter
• Tripods and heads
• Slating (clapper) and set commands
• Video Village monitor setup
• High capacity batteries
• Rolling shutter and moiré – how to minimize their effect
• Pushing footage until it breaks to learn your camera’s limits

Building up a cinema camera

• Cinema lenses, follow focus, focus monitor, wireless transmitter, & video village monitor.
• In camera settings – white balance, frame rate, shutter speed, exposure
• Q&A & Review

Day 2:
Sunday, July 13th – 09:00 – 16:00

Scene breakdown

• Breaking down the scene we will be shooting
• Shot list, storyboard analysis
• Determining which shots to group together & why
• Estimating time for setup

Setting up the camera in a group

• Group work - Setup the camera to be ready to shoot.
• Creating shooting schedule and shot list

Shooting the scene

• Shoot the scripted scene using the schedule and shot list.
• Everyone rotating through all roles
• Review of the raw footage

About the Workshop Leader
Hi, I’m Alex DePew and I will be your guide on this filmmaking adventure. I have been working in the film industry for over 16 years and have led many filmmaking workshops. I absolutely love teaching beginners the ropes. I get tons of joy when I see someone light up as they make a connections between what I am teaching and something they have seen in a movie. And when they apply that knowledge to their own film it is a thing of beauty.

***Please go to the below link to register and for the full information.***
https://berlinfilmcommunity.com/product/film_camerawork_workshop/