Location

Red Lion Hotel on Fifth Avenue, Seattle
1415 5th Avenue
Seattle, Washington, 98101
Phone: 206-971-8000

Book your Hotel Rooms before August 22nd, 2008 and mention "Videomaker" to receive a Special Room Discount! Call today!

Parking is free to attendees. Shuttle service information to come.

Course Schedules

Saturday September 13th

Basics of Video Production

Camcorder Techniques: Learn how to avoid the common mistakes made by most beginners. This lecture introduces you to button basics, shot composition and camera moves, and how to shoot for easier editing as well as some newbie traps to avoid.

Choosing and Using the Right Microphone: A video production is a video AND audio experience. In this lecture on microphones, you will go beyond the on-camera microphone and learn about pick-up patterns, wired and wireless microphones, balanced versus unbalanced, dynamics and noise, frequency response, adapters and more.

Editing Techniques: This lesson walks you through tools of the trade, including editing systems and techniques. You'll learn about pacing, edit rhythms, storyboards and timelines, continuity of motion, split editing, cuts, dissolves, wipes, compositing examples, layers, transitions and titling. Learn how to avoid common editing mistakes.

Lighting Techniques: Lighting is the #1 factor in determining image quality! Learn the important basics every videographer should know: light sources, controlling contrast, source size, reflectors and diffusers, improvisation, illuminating the subject, background lighting, defining shape and texture, real world lighting, outdoor versus indoor, umbrellas and gels, color temperature and more.

Time	Topic/Activity
7:30am-8:00am	Registration
8:00am-8:15am	Intro and overview
8:15am-9:30am	Camcorder Techniques
9:30am-9:45am	break
9:45am-11:00am	Choosing and Using the Right Mic
11:00am-11:15am	break
11:15am-11:45pm	Q&A with the Editors
11:45am-1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm-2:30pm	Editing Techniques
2:30pm-2:45pm	break
2:45pm-4:00pm	Basic Lighting Techniques

Specialty Topics

Wedding Videography: Whether you're just starting out or are already working the wedding-video biz, this lecture gives you valuable wedding techniques from pre-ceremony prep to delivery of the finished tape.

Creating Video for Online Sharing Sites: The world of online video sharing is exploding. Learn tips and techniques for shooting, editing and producing for the really small screen. What compression works best? How do I make money online? Get the state of technology of this fast moving industry.

Tips for Shooting High Definition Formats: High Definition camcorders are beginning to swell the market, and shooting in this format is very different than shooting standard def. Learn some of the secrets to shooting in this new format from codecs to creative use of the widescreen 16:9 palette.

Producing Videos for Schools: From shooting sporting events to producing daily school newscasts, learn how to overcome the special challenges of shooting and editing a variety of school activities along with the legal restrictions to shooting on campus.

Time	Topic/Activity
7:30am-8:00am	Registration
8:00am-8:15am	Intro and overview
8:15am-9:30am	Wedding Videography
9:30am-9:45am	break
9:45am-11:00am	Video for online sharing sites
11:00am-11:15pm	break
11:15am-11:45pm	Q&A with the Editors
11:45am-1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm-2:30pm	Shooting HD
2:30pm-2:45pm	break
2:45pm-4:00pm	Video for Schools

Saturday September 13th OR Sunday September 14th

Basic Editing

Hands-On, Basic Editing: Get behind a Sony Laptop using Adobe Premiere Pro CSS as our instructors take you from raw footage to a professional product. If you're new to video production, or just want to brush up your skills, you'll benefit from this intensive lesson taught by one of Videomaker's instructors. Techniques covered include editing theory, transitions, media management, audio track creation, and more! Class size is limited, so sign up today!

Time	Topic/Activity
8:30am-9:00am	Registration
9:00am-12:00pm	Editing
12:00pm-1:15pm	Lunch
1:15pm-4:00pm	Editing

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