Red Sea Diving Safari is pleased to introduce a video & video editing workshop by award winning cameraman Jeff Goodman. Jeff Goodman has over thirty years experience as a cameraman and director working globally in wildlife and underwater camera work. Jeff’s credits include working for the BBC, Channel 4, National Geographic, Discovery USA and Discovery Europe amongst many others.
During a long career which has taken Jeff to some of the most remote and un-spoilt landscapes and marine environments in the world; he saw for himself the damage to the environment and made a decision to do something about it. Conservation began to play an important part in Jeff's life and it is that element that inspires him to show people how wonderful, unique, and delicate the underwater ecosystem is through the eyes of the lens.
This exciting five day workshop is designed for both advanced users and enthusiastic beginners. The workshop will take you through the practical side of good camera techniques, story creation, sequence structure, editing, script and much more. The workshop also shows you how to watch for wildlife behavior and suitable filming locations.
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Workshop Structure
Having first of all assessed the standard of each participant be it beginner or more advanced, Jeff talks in some depth on how to get the best out of your camera.
Jeff shows you how to film marine life in terms of technical quality as well as understanding how to get the most from a reef or wreck in terms of animal behavior. You do need your own cameras and laptops for editing. Please contact Jeff for any pre-course advice.
Topics to be covered are:
Basic camera set-up:
Auto/Manual-Focus - Auto/Manual exposure – iris – shutter speed – gain
- White balance
- Sound
- Some basic filming techniques
- Steady shots
- Framing – especially with 16:9 – top and tail – anticipation of subject movement
- Zoom
- Pan and tilt
- Duration of shot
- Continuity of lighting – which effects contrast/colour/depth of field etc
- Pull focus – follow focus
- Time lapse
- Slow motion
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The importance of planning and research:
- Learning how to avoid having to process, and finally edit great quantities of poor quality video in terms of time, cost, and morale
- Considering different audiences for your work
- Basic sequence structure – W/A – M/S – C/U – Ex/C/U
- Story board – Planning if possible – plan while filming –think of how this is all going to fit together.
- Control how much you shoot – cost in time and resources
- Discuss who the audience might be and what their expectations are
Editing:
Transferring shot material to edit system - Film logging and organization
- Story boards – planning – script- film outline
- Rough assembly of footage
- Good sequence structure
- Cutting techniques
- Simple transitions and effects
- Fine cutting
- Sound planning and addition
- Working with sync sound
- Narration – music – titles
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Equipment & Software:
- Video camera and underwater housing
- Laptop computer
- Suitable software - Mac IMovie, Adobe Elements or Adobe Premiere Pro
- By the end of the 5 days you will either have completed a good quality 3-4 minute video or most certainly be well on the way to finishing it when returning home
Date of Workshops 2012:
Nov 28 - Dec 05, 2012
Cost:
290 Euro on top of standard diving package - Public Rate
Min. 5 / max.10 student
