Easy Photography for Seniors: Learn to Shoot with Confidence

About Course

This video editing course will teach you proven visual storytelling fundamentals by making 10 visually-led video story projects.

Create compelling interactive visual stories using your phone.

Master visual story planning and writing to pictures
Step-by-step tutorials for creating interactive images (with Web links, audio and more)
The best apps for making and editing shareable and snackable multimedia content.
Best practices for sharing your stories on social platforms

From animating photos to filming and editing video, you will learn the art of crafting incredible multimedia packages that can be easily shared.

YOU WILL MAKE 10 PROJECTS

Bring photos to life by adding interactive hot spots
Create short form video
Add sounds to your photos
The best apps for making and editing images
Set up the camera for best results
Build great visuals for your videos
Execute special shots like time-lapse and motion shots
Dial in the right camera settings
Make smooth motion shots
Film shots that are easy to edit
Make and post video for Twitter
Create a multimedia video story
A six-shot pattern to make editing video easy
Add subtitles to your videos for free
Organize content to create interactive visuals

Course Content

Introduction to smartphone video

Introduction
How to take this course
Gear list

Setting up your camera and apps

1. Bringing still pictures to life

2. Add sounds to photos

3. Make an art title screen from a photo

4. Film motion shots like Hollywood filmmaker

6. Make time stand still

7. Film a shot sequence like a pro

8. Edit your shots into a video story

9. Turn photos into a video with iMovie

10. Make a story card

11. Bonus tutorial

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Easy Photography for Seniors: Learn to Shoot with Confidence

About Course

What Will You Learn?

Course Content

Introduction to smartphone video

Introduction

How to take this course

Gear list

Setting up your camera and apps

Set up your device for multimedia

Airplane mode

Apps for iPhone and iPad

Best iOS and Android apps

Filmic Pro video camera app

Checking in

SETTINGS: How to upload HD video to Facebook

1. Bringing still pictures to life

Project One: Make an interactive photo

Resources

2. Add sounds to photos

Project Two – Make a sound photo

3. Make an art title screen from a photo

Project Three: Create a title image from a photo

4. Film motion shots like Hollywood filmmaker

10 Motion Video Shots You Can Make With a Selfie Stick

How to choose a selfie stick that won’t damage your smartphone

Project four: Make motion shots

5. Looping video

Project five: Film and edit a looping video clip

6. Make time stand still

Project six: Film three time-lapse scenes

7. Film a shot sequence like a pro

Use this six-shot pattern to make shots for your soundbites

Project seven: Film a six-shot sequence

8. Edit your shots into a video story

Project eight: Edit your six-shot pattern footage with iMovie

9. Turn photos into a video with iMovie

How to format your script

Turn photos and script into video using Storyline

Project 9: Create a video from photos and a script

10. Make a story card

Exercise Make a story card with the StoryO app

Check for understanding

11. Bonus tutorial

Best smartphone apps and tips for making holiday video greeting cards.

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