In-camera basics · Beginner
Smartphone Filmmaking Essentials
Make professional-looking films with the phone already in your pocket: settings, light, sound and storage.
A modern phone can shoot excellent video. This course covers the settings and habits that separate a polished phone film from a casual clip.
What you will learn
- Set up a phone for filming (resolution, frame rate, lens, focus and exposure lock)
- Use natural light and simple reflectors well
- Record clean sound with an external microphone
- Hold, mount and move the phone steadily
- Manage storage, batteries and backups on a shoot
Course content
- Set up your phone for filming12 min
- Light for phone cameras14 min
- Capture clean sound16 min
- Steady shots, storage and backup14 min
- Final exam — 10 questions30 min · pass mark 75%
