I came here today to try to learn how to get a professional film look out of a Canon HDSLR. I learned an awful lot of little intricacies that aren't really covered in a manual. A little bit more like Industry Insider professional ideas that you can do to settings that'll help make the look of the product you're going to shoot, just like film. We were taught even more than I expected, especially about the equipment. He [Chief Instructor Fletch Murray] went into a greater range of detail about the various pieces of equipment that are out there; the ones that aren't good to buy and the ones that are good to buy and the ones that are really beneficial.
The best thing about this class here, the Canon Boot Camp, is the fact that it's taught by industry professionals, who have hands-on experience in actual settings. So they aren't going to just teach you the finer points you are going to find on a piece of paper. They're going to teach you about real-world experiences. And I think that's the most valuable experience you're going to get out of a class like this. It's a small classroom with an awful lot of personable people and they not only teach you how to use the piece of equipment but why you'd use the piece of equipment. It's invaluable to me.
I would definitely recommend this boot camp to everyone out there in this field whether they are pro or amateur. It's going to make you feel comfortable with your piece of equipment. It's going to dispel any kind of fears that you might have of using it; I know I was always worried about tweaking a setting and messing with my camera because then I would never get it back, and it would be destroyed. This took all those fears away from me.
Garrett Warren
Stunt Coordinators and 2nd Unit Director