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Cinematography 101: Absolute beginners course (Udemy.com)

Learn the Basics of Cinematography

Created by: Mitchell Bouchard

Last updated December 2020

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What you will learn

  • Learn how to chose a Camera
  • Use a Shotlist
  • Picture Profiles
  • White Balance
  • Exposure
  • Shoot in Low Light
  • Color Temperature
  • Video Lights

How it compares

Against the other 293 rated Udemy courses in Video Editing & Animation on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.2 out of 5higher than 14% of them
  • Reviews614#61 of 294 by number of reviews
  • Length1.2 hoursshorter than 88% of them
  • Last updatedDecember 2020earlier than 68% of them

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Course Description

Join over 75,000 students learning from our courses!

Learn the Basics of Cinematography! You will Learn Exposure, Apertures, Shutter Speed and many Cinematography Fundamentals.

We will have several exercises for you to complete as well as at home training. You will also learn to shoot outside, while utilization open Apertures to achieve shallow Depth of Field!

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TOPICS TO BE COVERED:

. How to choose the right camera for you!

. Learn Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO

. How to White Balance

. Learn Camera Exposure

. What is Colour Temperature

. How to Film Outside

. How to Colour Grade / Correct


We will have several exercises for you to complete as well as at home training. This course has been developed for Beginner and Intermediate Filmmakers. 

So what are you waiting for filmmakers? Whether you are fresh out of film school, a screenwriter who wants to create his/her own content or just someone who wants to make a feature film this course is for you. 

They DON'T teach you this in Film School!

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Excellent content. But you'd better pay attention or you will miss something. This course is packed with loads or useful and well explained stuff. - Mr Mick Farmer

Instructor is clearly in command of craft and engages with questions, simple explanations and familiar examples. Video and audio are excellent. - Bill Halford

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Instructor Details

Mitchell Bouchard

Mitch is a Canadian filmmaker from Harrow Ontario, Canada. In 2016 he graduated from Dakota State University with a B.S, in Computer Graphics specializing in Film and Cinematic Arts.

Currently, Mitch operates as the Chairman of Red Cape Studios, Inc. where he continues his passion for filmmaking. He is also the Host of Red Cape Learning and Produces / Directs content for Red Cape Films.

He has reached over 600,000 + Students on Udemy and Produced more than 3X Best-Selling Courses.

Mitch is currently working Producing Online Educational Courses thru Red Cape Studios Inc.

Winning several awards at Dakota State University such as "1st Place BeadleMania", "Winner College 10th Anniversary Dordt Film Festival" as well as "Outstanding Artist Award College of Arts and Sciences".

Mitch has been Featured on CBC's "Windsors Shorts" Tv Show and was also the Producer/Director for TEDX Windsor, featuring speakers from across the Country. 

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Reviews

4.2

614 ratings on Udemy

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By Edward Kawamba on 12/5/2020

Great course, I would recommend this for any beginner or expert to watch. Probably missed out on a few key topics such as focal lengths, stabilization, lighting styles, picture profiles etc but it was still a pleasant refresher and well presented. Great job!

By Abdul'aziz Hawsawi on 6/17/2020

Because it’s really great job out there my only concern about this is not for beginners to know what the difference between cameras so I think there is better or easier way to talk about cams also thanks for shearing this material with us it’s veery educational and creative learning

By Saugata Chatterjee on 6/12/2020

We need to go out and shoot a lot, to get an on-hand experience to improve our videos / movies. But as the situation is quite grave, due to the virus. I am learning these topics as "good to know". But in future, when we can go around, then only I can use this knowledge. But thanks for the course and the explanation was quite in details.

By Al Chung on 6/5/2020

Learned a lot. Mitchell is a great, down to earth instructor who seems authentic in teaching us. A few hiccups in his videos/chapters and promo about his red cape ND filters buts not overly aggressive at all and come on this is a free course so he's gotta plug it in. The conclusion, he seemed teary-eyed don't know if it was authentic but it sure damn felt like it. He comes off like a great guy and very knowledgeable. Thanks Mitchell!

By Jeremy Moshoginis on 5/7/2020

The material and the way he presents it is very easy to take in and understand! However, there is an entire section and video missing from the course (Aperture, shutter speed, ISO) that is listed in the course description, and is referenced in other sections that would be extremely useful to learn

By Minhaj Mahmood on 4/9/2020

The is very much informative to me. But one Think I want to add if editing portion of the course is giving more videos it will be more beneficial. Thank You.

By Florent Sabarros on 8/24/2019

Above expectations. Great content, great teacher. Mitchell is talking very clearly, slowly and it never gets boring. Looking forward to starting his DSLR filmmaking masterclass.

By Kiona Jones on 7/28/2019

I love the breakdown of each camera by their pros and cons. It really helps me conceptualize what the camera does rather than having to figure it out based on some lengthy overly jargon filled explanation.

By Matthew Hinman on 2/11/2019

Was not expecting the course to be 95% talking head. Would have liked to have seen some real-world application rather than. Content is good, but lacks the ability to hold my attention. If this changes in the course, I'll gladly come back to it. Thanks!

By Trishani Paul on 11/26/2018

I genuinely liked the video as it has given me a lot of knowledge about lights, colour temperature, exposure and many more things. It has also given me knowledge about different types of cameras and lenses. I gained a lot of important knowledge about outdoor and indoor shoots. The differentiation about the types of lights that are used during outdoor shoots is really going to help me a lot.

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Overall Score : 84 / 100