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Five-Day DSLR Workshop A Success! New Dates Announced for Three-Day November Class!

Due to the popularity of Manhattan Edit Workshop's new Five-Day DSLR Filmmaker's Workshop going on this week, MEWShop has announced new dates for our Weekend DSLR version November  19 - 21!
Check out video from this week's workshop and details from the upcoming Weekend workshop!





In just two short years, the wildly popular HD-DSLR craze has put HD video-shooting still Cameras in the hands of thousands of filmmakers.

Manhattan Edit Workshop’s Video DSLR Fundamentals Class is a three-day, hands-on workshop covering the shooting techniques, helpful tricks, infinite accessories, and known workflow solutions for this amazing new filmmaking tool.

Through hands-on exercise and demonstration, instructors Josh Apter and Jem Schofield will lead you through camera set-up, shooting and editing with the most popular HD-DSLR models on the market. 

Among the topics covered:

• HD-DSLR overviews and popular models.
• Best shooting practices, shortcomings and workarounds.
• Shooting video like film.
• Double-System audio.
• Camera support systems and “tricking out” your DSLR.
• Lenses, adapters and how to use them.
• Transcoding and ingesting.
• Editing and output.
• EZ setups and proven workflow techniques.
Meet and greet on Friday July 30th from 7pm - 9pm.  Class runs Saturday July 31st & Sunday August 1st, from 10am - 5pm (lunch will be provided on each day).

Class Schedule:

Friday Night -  Meet & Greet


7:00PM - 9:00PM
  • Intros
  • Workshop Outline
  • What is DSLR & Digital Cinema?
  • Screenings
  • Q&A


Saturday - Day One


10:00AM - 1:00PM
  • Cameras
  • Lighting
  • Audio
  • Lenses
  • Support Systems

1:00PM - 2:00PM
  • Lunch

2:00PM - 3:00PM
  • Assignments
  • Pre-Pro /Shot Lists

3:00 - 6:00PM
  • Shooting!


Sunday - Day Two


9:00AM - 11:00AM
  • Shooting!

11:00AM - 1:00PM
  • Post Production Workflow

1:00PM - 2:00PM
  • Lunch

2:00PM - 5:00PM
  • Edit & Export

Early Bird Cost: $399 (Students must sign up before November 5, 2010.  Price will be reflected after students register.)
Course Cost: $499

Class size is limited to 16 students.

Registration is under "Special Workshops" on the registration page.  Register here.


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