35 episodes

Have you ever wanted to pick up a video camera and make a short video or film, but felt intimidated by your lack of knowledge? The explosion of film-making for websites and mobiles gives people and organisations the opportunity to tell their stories and show what they have to offer, at low cost. This collection of exciting videos features The Open University’s experienced team of filmmakers, who will show you some of the craft secrets that underpin good filmmaking, and how professionals stay up to date. You will learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project.

This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school.

Digital Film School - for iPod/iPhone The Open University

    • Education

Have you ever wanted to pick up a video camera and make a short video or film, but felt intimidated by your lack of knowledge? The explosion of film-making for websites and mobiles gives people and organisations the opportunity to tell their stories and show what they have to offer, at low cost. This collection of exciting videos features The Open University’s experienced team of filmmakers, who will show you some of the craft secrets that underpin good filmmaking, and how professionals stay up to date. You will learn the basics of editing, how to conduct an interview, the role of the producer and other crew members and how to archive your finished project.

This material forms part of The Open University course T156 Digital film school.

    • video
    The Magic of Filmmaking

    The Magic of Filmmaking

    The T156 team gets creative and shows you how Mary's life has changed since discovering The Magic of Filmmaking.

    • 1 min
    • video
    Getting media onto your computer

    Getting media onto your computer

    Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then how to import the media into various editing software.

    • 3 min
    Transcript -- Getting media onto your computer

    Transcript -- Getting media onto your computer

    Chris High demonstrates how to connect three different types of digital cameras into both Mac and PC, and then how to import the media into various editing software.

    • video
    Getting started with iMovie

    Getting started with iMovie

    This track is designed to introduce you to the iMovie user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your first sequence.

    • 3 min
    Transcript -- Getting started with iMovie

    Transcript -- Getting started with iMovie

    This track is designed to introduce you to the iMovie user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your first sequence.

    • video
    Getting started Windows Live Movie Maker

    Getting started Windows Live Movie Maker

    This track is designed to introduce you to the Windows Live Movie Maker user interface and also the first steps to importing media and building your first sequence.

    • 2 min

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