Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking
The Set
A course by Pete Majarich , Designer and Director
About the video: The Set
Overview
“The most exciting part of any project is kicking it off. After all the planning, the prep, and the ideas…now it’s time to actually bring it to life. We’ll visit the set in preparation for the shoot in this lesson. ”
In this video lesson Pete Majarich addresses the topic: The Set, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking. Learn how to plan, capture, and edit inspiring films with storytelling in mind using just your smartphone .
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we'll visit our set in preparation for our shoot. The most exciting part of any film project is actually kicking it off. after all the planning, the prep, the ideas. Now it's time to bring it to life. Once you arrive on set, start checking it out from every angle. Where's the light coming from? Where will you need more light? What's it sound like? Is there room tone? Start planning where you might put the actors and start putting your props. Once you're on set, you can start thinking about blocking. which is the placement of the actors. So think about where your shots are go...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Mobile Filmmaking
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Category
Photography & Video -
Software
Final Cut Pro -
Areas
Audiovisual Production, Film, Video & TV, Filmmaking, Video

Pete Majarich
A course by Pete Majarich
Pete Majarich is a designer and director from Sydney, Australia. He originally studied Information Technology and Computing at the University of New South Wales, but quickly realized it wasn’t the field for him and decided to move into the world of creativity and advertising. The diversity of themes in his work is evidence of the wealth of experience he possesses in many creative fields, including VFX, theater direction, copywriting, design, and science fiction writing.
Pete created VFX for the short film Alien: Harvest to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Ridley Scott franchise, and his work has been featured by Adobe, Wired, and even The Academy Awards’ Twitter account. He has also collaborated with brands such as Nike, Google, Coca-Cola, and Universal Music.
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