• How a DV Cam works
• Calibrating camera to work with NLE colorspace
• Whitebalancing camera for proper shooting
• Selecting/using lens settings for various feels, when to zoom, when to pull camera distance
• Shooting in auto modes
• Shooting with Aperture Priority modes
• Shooting with Shutter Priority modes
• Using viewfinder effectively, framing shots, leading motion
• Using tripods effectively
• Using dollies and jibs
• Multicamera shoot techniques

• Using wireless mics
• Using wired mics
• Using boom mics/ Using shotgun mics/Boom operators
• Selecting a shooting area based on ambient noise/sound
• Coping with less than ideal audio situations
• Capturing sound for multicamera shoots

Microphones and lighting tools, and other hardware will be on hand for Attendees to have first-hand look and experience with.

• Filters for ‘film look’
• Filters to alter perception of scenery
• Filters for repairing color
• Filters for creating night time during a daylight shoot
• Cutting mattes for lighting and for matting on camera

NOON: LUNCH

• Number of lights
• Types of lights
• Placement of lights for various scenes, interviews, and location settings
• Lighting dark skin/Lighting light skin/Lighting bald heads
• Lighting people with glasses
• Lighting objects for model shooting

• How Green Screening works
• Color temp of green
• Placing models and objects in front of the greenscreen
• Lighting techniques with the green screen
• Working with problem screens, wrinkles, etc

• Tutorials
• Test media patterns
• Examples of lighting situations via photoshop drawings
• Examples of white balanced video on alternate color charts
• Links to lighting, sound, camera, filter, and tripod manufacturers