DIY Video Production Guide (Version 2.0)

Learn how to shoot better videos by yourself.

10+ Hours of video lessons

What You’ll Learn:

There are so many different places you could start when you want to learn to make better videos. Trying to figure out where to begin is nearly impossible because there is so much to learn.

Trust me, I’ve been there. I’ve spent countless hours watching endless tutorials to make my videos better and that is why I put this together.

There are plenty of excuses for not making videos, but “know-how” shouldn’t be one of them.

This course covers:

What camera, lens, lighting, microphones, and recorders are best

How to set-up 3-point lighting, white balance, and soften shadows

How to get clean audio from any kind of microphone with no echo or noise

What to do while shooting to save hours editing it later

How to plan your videos, script them out, and deliver them naturally

Master Class

Get this class if you’re serious about making videos.

This is everything I wish I knew when I started making videos. Through 50 video lessons I share every step of my process for filming a video. This course covers the first steps of scripting and planning videos all the way to off-loading your memory cards. It starts with gear recommendations like choosing cameras, lens, microphones, and lighting. You’ll also learn how to set up a video studio with multiple lighting techniques, plan your b-roll, use a green screen, choose a microphone, reducing echo, shoot with multiple angles, deliver a script with or without a teleprompter, and more.

Video Gear

7 Lessons | 35:53

Choosing a camera

Choosing a lens

Comparing 6 microphones

Setting up a video studio

Using a digital audio recorder

Tripods, monopods, mic stands, light stands, etc.

Which memory cards are best

Advanced Equipment

6 Lessons | 28:09

Choosing a teleprompter & app

Using a video monitor

Choosing monitor headphones & speakers

Transporting video equipment

Background paper

Memory card management

Lighting & Composition

8 Lessons | 31:46

Setting up 3-point lighting

Different types of lighting

Using only natural light

Setting white balance

Wistia style

Fizzle style

Lighting modifications

Lighting ratios and softening

Camera Set-up

8 Lessons | 49:21

How aperture works

Shutter speed vs. frame rate

ISO and reducing image noise

Framing and the rule of thirds

Properly exposing an image

Better screen recordings

Focusing a DSLR quickly

Shooting B-roll

Advanced Recording

6 Lessons | 32:48

Video backgrounds & texture

Creating motion with equipment

Cutting down on reflections

Properly lighting a green screen

Recording with multiple angles

Adjust camera profiles & making color adjustments

Recording Audio

7 Lessons | 33:55

Using a lavalier microphone

Using an on-camera shotgun microphone

Using a boom microphone

Live monitoring audio

Having back-up audio

Reducing background noise

Lessening echo

Planning Videos

4 Lessons | 23:45

How to write your script

Planning b-roll

Identifying mistakes vs. usable takes

Ideal video length

Delivery

4 Lessons | 16:11

Delivering a script

Acting natural on camera

Leaving room for editing

Looking into camera vs. off-camera

Advanced Class

The best class for stepping up your video production skills.

If you’ve started making videos with a DSLR and they just aren’t turning out how you’d hoped, this is good tier for you. You’ll get video lessons on picking the right equipment, the basics of lighting, what camera settings to use, capturing solid audio, writing your script, and delivering it to a camera. A great introduction to recording better videos.

Video Gear & Equipment

7 Lessons | 35:53

Choosing a camera

Choosing a lens

Comparing 6 microphones

Setting up a video studio

Using a digital audio recorder

Tripods, monopods, mic stands, light stands, etc.

Which memory cards are best

Lighting

4 Lessons | 18:47

Setting up 3-point lighting

Different types of lighting

Using only natural light

Setting white balance

Camera Set-up

8 Lessons | 49:21

How aperture works

Shutter speed vs. frame rate

ISO and reducing image noise

Framing and the rule of thirds

Properly exposing an image

Better screen recordings

Focusing a DSLR quickly

Shooting b-roll

Recording Audio

4 Lessons | 23:53

Using a lavalier microphone

Using an on-camera shotgun microphone

Using a boom microphone

Live monitoring audio

Planning & Delivery

4 Lessons | 26:33

How to write your script

Delivering a script

Acting natural on camera

Planning b-roll

Starter Class

The perfect class for someone looking to make their first video.

Consider this a quick start to get you pressing record without being afraid. An introduction to equipment, setting up the camera, some microphone tips, and delivering a script. This stands on its own.

Video Gear & Equipment

5 Lessons | 23:58

Choosing a camera

Choosing a lens

Comparing 6 microphones

Different types of lighting

Setting up 3-point lighting

Camera Set-up

5 Lessons | 26:25

How aperture works

Shutter speed vs. frame rate

ISO and reducing image noise

Framing and the rule of thirds

Properly exposing an image

Scripting & Audio

4 Lessons | 28:01

How to write your script

Delivering a script

Using a lavalier microphone

Using an on-camera shotgun microphone