Build a practical foundation in exposure, focus, framing, colour, motion and camera-department workflow through written lessons and fictional production exercises.
Beginner
2 hr 20 min
7 lessons
Self-paced online
Course outline
What you will work through.
This public overview shows what the course covers. Full lesson content, readable transcripts, progress and the final assessment stay inside the signed-in e-learning portal.
Module 01
Seeing and controlling the image
Connect story intention to exposure, focus and the image inside the frame.
01
Story intention and camera responsibility
Start with what the audience must notice, then place each camera task inside a safe reporting and approval workflow.
18 min
02
Exposure: aperture, shutter and sensitivity
Use exposure controls as creative choices while checking that important highlight and shadow information is being recorded.
22 min
03
Focus, depth of field and attention
Plan what must be sharp, understand the factors that alter depth of field and rehearse a repeatable focus change.
20 min
Module 02
Framing, colour and motion
Build images that cut together and retain deliberate colour and movement.
04
Framing, composition and continuity
Organise attention inside the frame, protect useful screen direction and capture coverage the editor can connect.
18 min
05
White balance, colour and monitoring
Set and record a consistent colour starting point while separating capture, monitoring and the final grade.
20 min
06
Frame rate, shutter and camera movement
Control the way motion is sampled, blurred and framed without adding unplanned movement to a scene.
22 min
Module 03
A repeatable shoot workflow
Prepare, record, check and hand over a small scene without losing technical context.
07
Camera preflight, recording and handover
Turn the previous lessons into a controlled preflight, take-to-take routine and documented media handover.
