Everything I have done in video has been self taught. I have been out of school since 1996 and when I graduated we weren’t worried about having to deliver motion or content for digital platforms. I decided motion was a skill set I needed to master for my business. That being said, I don’t edit. Editing video is a talent that I don’t completely have the patience or skill set for. I applaud anyone who can do it well! Karlyn Michelson is my go to editor, but sometimes due to availability or budget I work with client supplied editors and a couple of other people. We talk and work together but I am not the editor.
I am working on learning the editing tools and have been color correcting the videos in Adobe Premiere lately which I have been enjoying. I have grouped some links here that I found helpful while learning on the fly. I continue to learn and improve my video skills and I hope some of these resources will be beneficial!
Here’s a nice tutorial series on setting up and shooting with Canon DSLRs for video (which Karlyn Michelson produced!)
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/tips-and-solution/hdslr-educational-series
Here’s another camera profile option from technicolor:
www.technicolor.com/en/solutionsservices/cinestyle
Here’s the full on hack for your firmware. I have to say this scares me, but I think I’m gonna give it a try at some point: http://www.magiclantern.fm
Color Correction for video: you don’t want to do it in Premier DaVinci resolve is FREE and pretty frickin’ powerful:
https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/davinciresolve
Here’s a story about it grading the recent feature film The Kingsman http://hdslrshooter.com/matthewvaughanskingsmanthesecretservicegradedondavinciresolve/
NEW! Here is a review from B&H about the new app Hitfilm. I haven’t checked it out yet- hopefully soon: http://www.bhphotovideo.com/explora/video/hands-review/thoroughly-modern-hitfilm-3-pro-visual-effects-software
Vincent Laforet is sponsored by Canon and a number of other companies and is a great gear head to follow: http://blog.vincentlaforet.com/mygear/
and of course Chase Jarvis http://blog.chasejarvis.com/blog/
This after effects video copilot on how to make a zombie apocolypse is way out of my league but it is something to look forward to!
http://hdslrshooter.com Clint Milby’s DSLR site I
started following him after seeing his work that he shot in Chernobyl.
AJA CION Release Day LA from Clint Milby.
couple of other ones I like to check in on
Pretty comprehensive stuff, gear review, work flow, etc
http://nofilmschool.com yup that’s me. This is a another nice community of film peeps
http://tv.adobe.com/channels/ adobe’s video tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoFortHQ tutorials
https://www.youtube.com/user/filmriot zombies,
after effects, key frame, lots of good stuff!
https://vimeo.com/filmmakeriq and http://filmmakeriq.com nice big collection !
https://vimeo.com/dannycooke talented director of photography on Vimeo. There are a bunch more, we will be posting them periodically
http://www.videocopilot.net where i got the total city destruction from. Haven’s used it yet but looking forward to learning some skills in After Effects.
http://knowbeforeyoufly.org drone101 ( more on drones coming soon!)
