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We’ve been quite busy preparing for the 3 day workshop with creativeLIVE that will be streamed out to the web live starting next week on:
Friday, April 30th at 11 a.m. in Seattle, WA.
The workshop is FREE throughout the 3 day stream.
The goal of the workshop is to load up the internet pipes with as much information as possible relating to this “new” breed of HDDSLR cameras.
If you are interested in signing up for the free workshop please CLICK HERE NOW to reserve your spot.
It doesn’t cost you a thing - and helps us better estimate the bandwidth needs.
(If you will be away from an internet connection during that time and would like to have a copy of the workshop - the page will also give you an option to purchase a course download - which creativeLIVE is discounting PRIOR to the workshop. Also please see below for more information on attending this workshop in person.)
UPDATED: CLICK HERE TO SEE THE SCHEDULE.
The aforementioned schedule will allow you to watch the entire 3 day workshop - or to tune in for the specific section that you may have interest in. This is an important goal of mine - as I expect that people from many different levels of experience will be tuning in. So if you’d like to hear about how to best set the Picture Styles in your Canon 5D MKII or your White Balance - we’ll cover that. If you’re only interested in tuning in to see the new Zeiss CP.2 Cinema style lenses and what they offer - feel free to tune in for just that portion as well.
The workshop will be broken down into 3 main sections: THEORY, GEAR/TECHNICAL, and LIVE SHOOTS (followed by some workflow examples that discuss basic editing, grading, and output.)
In the THEORY Section - we will be giving an overview of the “language of cinema” and discussing when to use certain techniques and more importantly “why” or to what effect. This is the section where we’ll discuss why you’d want to shoot something with a handheld rig versus a slider or dolly. And we’ll also discuss how to use that dolly for maximum effect. We’ll also go over some important foundation blocks - such as the hierarchy of a film crew and discuss each crew member’s responsibilities: don’t know what a Gaffer is or what a 1st AC does - we’ll discuss that. For those that haven’t had a chance to go to film school - this should be a welcome introduction into the art of filmmaking.
In the GEAR/TECHNICAL Section - we’ll be looking at a LOT of gear. We’ll start by going through the camera menus and discuss how to best set up picture styles, White Balance, shutter speeds and Apertures to shoot video with the HDDSLRs. We’ll discuss the wide range of available lenses and discuss the use of filters - such as ND and Grad ND filters. We’ll also explore the use of Canon EF lenses, vs Zeiss ZE and Zeiss CP.2 cinema lenses on productions. And the list goes on and on - from exploring different fluid heads at different price points, as well as follow focus units (mechanical vs wireless), and all the way to different sliders, dollies, and JIBs. We’ll go as far as to discuss wireless video output and different external monitors. For this section you should expect to see a variety of gear and accessories from the following manufacturers: Canon, Zeiss, Redrock Micro, LitePanels, IDX, Marshall Electronics, Zacuto, Arri, Porta-Jib, Micro Dolly Hollywood, Manfrotto, O’Connor, Cinevate, Kessler Crane, GlideTrack and others. And don’t forget audio! We’ll also give a basic primer on audio gear and basic techniques for
We are also opening up the course to 7 students who will be attending the presentation in person and participating in LIVE SHOOTS. These 7 students will attend the workshop and engage in live shoots with actors and we’ll walk through the use of much of the gear mentioned above and put the theory into practice as well. This has always been one of the highlights of any of the workshops that I’ve taught in the past - as we can start to see it all come together. If you are interested in being one of the 7 attendees - please CLICK HERE. These seats are obviously very scarce and will be opened up TOMORROW at 2 p.m. P.S.T. Thursday April 22nd - there will be 8 wait list spots as well. Please note that we will be contacting the initial 7 people who sign up to confirm their participation and to go through some paperwork and a very quick interview prior to final confirmation.
The workshop will then culminate in a discuss of post workflow. We’ll discuss several different ways to convert the H.264 footage to a variety of formats for editing (when necessary.) We’ll go over a very basic introduction into a basic edit. And I will then give a demo of color correction/grading in Final Cut Pro’s Color software. And of course how to export your final films to a DVD, for the web, your iPhone - or pretty much any other format.
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Pingback by Vincent Laforet offers free 3 day HD DSLR cinema workshop via live streaming on April 30th. Sign up here. – smarkstracks 04.21.10 @ 5:03 pmWhat’s the time frame for the conference? These going all day Fri, Sat and Sun?
Dirka 04.21.10 @ 5:04 pmThat’s awesome, Im down! Thank you Chase Jarvis & Creative Live. What a brilliant concept.
Cant wait to see it all Vincent.
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Trackback by uberVU - social comments 04.22.10 @ 5:03 amThis will be my first remote learning event and I’m looking forward to seeing how it works and for the opportunity to earn from a real pro. Thanks for making it financially accessible to the widest possible audience.
Comment by Dan McComb 04.22.10 @ 1:00 pmHello,
I’m thinking about buying the downloads.
Are they 1080, and how many megabytes each day?
Thanks.
Vincent Laforet Reply:
April 23rd, 2010 at 11:25 pm
@Billy, I believe they will be 720p - no idea the size as of yet…
This is so awesome. (and I never use that word.) My week will be spent getting ready for this. I’m a complete newbie who bought a Canon EOS Rebel T2i the day they came out, and I’ve been just dying for this sort of opportunity. I’m hoping I can buy the downloads after watching it live because its rare that I pick stuff up on the first go-around. Reasonable price, and great value, considering the instructor. Thanks so much Vincent, it’s wonderful that you and others are taking such a free and open approach to advancing the craft.
Comment by Craig Whipps 04.24.10 @ 5:13 pmAwesome +1!!!
I’m going to purchase as well since as with Craig (post above), I don’t pick things up that fast so it would be nice to have it to go through often…
Thanks Vincent for doing this!
Michael Reply:
April 24th, 2010 at 11:59 pm
update: Purchased a download version of the 3-day program! I really would urge others to do so too — for the price, why not support them a bit for doing such a great program!
I have signed up for the web session, with my time zone it will be around 5~6 Am i think i am waiting for the final schedule to arive, I could miss on the last day hopefully not because your sunday is my Monday, back to work:(
exellent effort , thank you so much
I’ve hardly touched video on my 5DII and this workshop sounds perfect for me. Already pre-ordered the download and will catch as much of the live stream as possible.
Comment by Jim Healey 04.25.10 @ 6:02 pmI’ve signed up for this but I’m going to on a train for the first two hours of it.
Anyone know if it can be watched on an i-phone so I dont miss any?
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I have a question for you. I’d like to burn a Blu Ray DVD of one of my video project, do you have any external drive (for Mac) to recommend? Thank you,
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Pingback by HDDSLR Live Workshop | flocblog 04.30.10 @ 11:35 amDay one and two were great…looking forward to day three. What a great combination of technical information plus necessary information on how to use the tools effectively to tell the story - invaluable information. Thanks so much!
Comment by Victoria Taylor-Gore 05.02.10 @ 1:15 amI decided to buy the entire workshop videos just to watch it as many times as I want, and I’m even watching it live! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Comment by Blackheartking 05.02.10 @ 7:01 amThank you so much for this great opportunity to learn! I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the live broadcast and purchased the download so I can review it as often as I want. Can’t wait to use video in my own business!
Comment by Danielle 05.02.10 @ 7:58 amThanks for the w/e…. Watched almost all of it and was just great (and yeah I am never going to be a movie guy past some home movies but was fascinating). Thank You!
Comment by Rob 05.02.10 @ 11:49 amHi, while introducing Apple Color you mentioned a blog that focuses on color effects yesterday. Can you please repeat the URL, I forgot :-/
Thanks a lot - Tobi.
Comment by Tobi 05.03.10 @ 7:14 amhi vincent! i read on your “contact” page that you would rather us to post a message here instead of your mail inbox… so this is me following your instructions ; )
first of all, congratulations on new site and new reel! it looks amazing! your prints are beautiful and i wish you the best of luck with this new move ; )
but the reason i come to you today is because i am reaching out to the photographer community to ask for a little help.i made a video about lindsay. lindsay is a young lady who has CF. if you are not familiar with CF, it is a disease that affects her lungs. the life expectancy of someone with CF is 38. linday is 26 : (
the video will take 2 min. and 50 sec. at the end of the video it will show a site where people can donate. i come to you today not asking for a donation. all ask you is to twiiter a link to this video. that’s all.
i thank you so much!
pri
Comment by priscilla gragg 05.05.10 @ 8:40 amMr. Vince! I can’t get enough of this workshop! I’m watching it over and over again until I get the info ingrained in my brain. In fact, I even listen to the audio in the car on the way to work in the morning! You’ve already convinced me to try out those zeiss ze primes (aka RENT) and as of right now i’m only $3,999.46 from getting an almost decent system! LOLOLOL
Can’t thank you guys enough for how you’re helping the non-hollywood community! And if I can get a real movie made before those AARP junk mails start coming all will be good!
and…..ACTION!
Comment by Tony Obfenda 05.11.10 @ 12:35 pmDoes anyone remembers the audio syncing software introduced at the end of the workshop? I am looking to sync an external audio source to the video in FCP…. Thanks.
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Vincent Laforet Reply:
April 21st, 2010 at 5:57 pm
@Dirka, Yes - the exact times will be posted mid-week next week prior to the start of the workshop as we are going through rehearsals to see how quickly we can change setups etc. in a live setting. You should expect a detailed list of topics then and a set schedule.
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