Discovering Media Production

Discovering Film Making

This course will give everyone involved a holistic perspective on the pre-production, production and post production phases that are needed to carry out a project from the ground up.

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This two day workshop is aimed at those whose interest in photography is hindered by a lack of understanding of the basic fundamentals. The workshop will take the form of illustrated talks, discussions, accompanied practical photographic shoots, as well as group analysis sessions.
In order to fully benefit from the workshop you will need to bring with you a digital camera. It is recommended that your camera is not fully automatic; preferably one which has manual, or semi automatic exposure modes

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Discovering DSLR Cinematography

In this course, first-time filmmakers and photographers making the transition into video will be introduced to many of the core building blocks necessary to make their first short films.

Stefan will provide an introduction to cinema theory and present information about gear designed to provide consistent results when using the latest HDDSL cameras.

We will explore the use of a variety of lenses, fluid heads, external monitors, follow focus units, JIBs and Sliders. Students will come away from this workshop with a good understanding of what tools hey need for their productions, and when and how to best use them.

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Discovering Smoke OSX

The SAE Discovering Smoke OSX workshop is designed for people who want to learn about Autodesk Smoke’s powerful editorial, color grading and compositing software.

The course will cover areas such as timeline editing, timeline compositing. green screen compositing, compositing in a 3D environment, color grading and motion tracking. Additionally it will cover a short section on using Smoke to create Motion Graphics.

Smoke is considered to be the best “finishing” tool in the industry and the course aims to point the student in the direction they need to go in order to succeed as a Smoke artist.

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Discovering your Mac

You have recently purchased a Mac and are unsure of how to use it in its full potential? Join us for this one day Discovering your Mac training and learn how to setup, customize and navigate through your Mac. Learn basic media production skills such as video editing, sound recording and photo editing using Apple iLife’11.

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Discovering Fashion and
Portrait Photography

The course is designed for photography enthusiasts who would like to get an understanding of studio photography

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Portrait Photography

Discovering Mastering Audio

This course gives students an understanding of the process of mastering an audio production. Students get prepped with audio theory and practical classes to clearly define the differences between a completed audio project and a final master project for commercial distribution. The course covers basic and intermediate level techniques to successfully produce a mastered audio project.

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Discovering Home Studio Production

This course gives students an understanding of home studio recording. The course equips you with the necessary theory and understanding as to what, why and how to carry out and professionally setup recording equipment and material. The training is designed to make students aware of the proper recording workflow. The course teaches general concepts that can be applied to any equipment and to any scopes of a project.

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