Cambridge TV - Saturday Sessions

Saturday sessions offers four weekends of tuition, teaching a new skill each week, with time to practice and review.

 

Overview

The purpose is to up-skill participants in all aspects of factual (non-fiction) video production. We always start with camera training and quickly build up your technical skills with industry standard equipment. Each session will start with a practical training workshop in a specific area of video production. Afterwards, we designate a few hours in working on projects to practice these skills.

We will publish participants' videos online or broadcast them on the local TV channel (Freeview 7/8, Virgin 159) as part of our regular output on a Sunday evening. Projects are either sourced by the participants or derived from the mass of potential stories available to our producers.

 

Course outline

All of our courses start with this training workshop so participants can start filming practice on their first day.

We start at 10am with a practical training workshop. After lunch, we will start working on a new video project for participants practice your new camera skills. Before each session we will send a callsheet with all of the information for the specific day so you know what we will be filming ahead of time.

What we will cover:

 

7th Nov - Camera training

• Camera checklist – How to setup your camera correctly
• An in-depth look into how cameras work
• How to operate cameras
• Basic framing and blocking rules

14th Nov - Audio workshop

• Looking at the different types of microphones and what to use for different situation
• What to connect and how
• Audio settings in camera
• Basic audio rules

21st Nov - Lighting workshop

• Different types of lighting
• How to set up the lights
• Lighting techniques with examples
• Basic rules

28th Nov - Video editing

• How to navigate video editing software
• Editing checklist
• How to cut a project – Radio edit, b-roll, etc.
• Basic editing rules

Our COVID-19 Protocols

• Class sizes will be small so a limited amount of places are available
• Participants will check in to the venue at the start of each session via the NHS app.
• Social distancing rules will be maintained
• Masks are mandatory
• All equipment will be disinfected before use and all surfaces will be regularly cleaned.
• Hand sanitiser is available on site at all time and participates are encouraged to bring their own if possible.

Location

We've recently moved our weekend courses from our old studio to Impington Village College, CB24 9LX. You can travel via the number 8 bus from Cambridge City Centre in under 20 minutes. Visitor parking and bicycle sheds are available. The studio space we use is situated next to the visitors carpark so participants don't need to walk through the school for assess.

 

Contact us for any further information or questions: info@ctvs.co.uk