Staying on the Cutting Edge With the Canon 5D Camera

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The Canon DSLR is revolutionizing video production in both film and television and is becoming more popular by the day. More and more TV pilots are shooting with the Canon DSLR 5D.

The Association has teamed up with Snehal Patel, a veteran of the Canon DSLR 5D in production and post-production, to run intensive 5-hour BOOT CAMP workshops for industry professionals who want to use the Canon 5D and 7D cameras for film, television, or custom video production.

This is a real hands-on workshop, on a professional sound stage with set and an actress.  We will have a green screen, monitors, lights and plenty of gear, including the latest DSLR accessories.

This Training 5D workshop teaches such things as:

  • Basic setup of the camera
  • The best lenses to use
  • The best support rigging
  • When to shoot “”flat
  • The affect of an overheated CMOS on image quality
  • Shooting out through the HDMI to Cineform or uncompressed 4:4:4
  • Setting exposure, histogram, viewfinder, and waveform monitor
  • Using Auto Lighting Optimizer
  • Mixing DSLR footage with higher-end cinema footage
  • The transcoding process
  • The Post workflow (different codecs and frame rates)
  • Sync issues come up in post and their solutions
  • Using de-noising features in post
  • Stabalizing solutions
  • Add-ons to get better sound
  • Setting the type of audio quality (bit rate, frequency, impedance, channels)
  • Using Follow Focus with any lens
  • What to use as a gear ring for the lens
  • Use of different memory cards (speed/capacity)
  • When not to use HDSLR
  • Essential accessories for making an HDSLR cinema capable
  • Addressing moiré and aliasing issues
  • Managing the rolling shutter issue

Working professionals that are filmmakers, cinematographers and still photographers have taken the Boot Camp and rave about the training:

“It was great. You guys were good. I was never in a fog… Snehal was very good
about answering my questions.”-  Daniel Pearl, ASC

“I highly recommend (this Boot Camp) to anyone who is even going to dabble in this world.  Digital SLR is clearly the direction a lot of work is going to go…” – Geary McLeod, ASC Cinematographer, ‘The Mentalist’


Or listen to Testimonials (Click on Picture Below):

PLUS!  You’ll receive a Certification from The Association of Film and Video Producers that you completed “Pro Level One: Canon DSLR”. This certificate is good for rental discounts as well. Classes fill up quickly, so RSVP today at the following link: http://www.theassociation.tv/canonbootcamp.php

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