Filmmaking 101: Training for Scriptwriting, Camera, Shooting, Lighting and Video Post Production

This seminar gives a broad overview of filmmaking from the perspective of people who started as amateurs and went on to work professionally. It moves across the whole pipeline, from story to edit.

Before the camera

Topics include developing a story, scriptwriting and the software used to write scripts, plus acting and directing actors.

On set and in post

• Choosing a camera and understanding dynamic range
• Blocking, composition and camera motion with a dolly and jib
• Audio and microphones, along with soft and hard lighting and three-point setups
• Editing footage

It is best approached as a survey that touches on many topics, with the seminar noting that there is much more beyond the list.