F-Stop Academy: DSLR Video On Assignment with Dan Chung (2010) [repost]

Essential DSLR Video training for any photographer who needs to shoot dslr video.
This is the Photographers guide to HD-DSLR Video. Follow International Press photographer and Film maker Dan Chung as he shoots an assignmentfor video using his Canon 7D and Canon EOS 1D MKIV.
Learn How to shoot a story as a dslr video shooter.

The tutorial is ordered very sensibly so that you start with the basics and build from there through to the last chapter where you see Dan pull it all together in actually shooting his assignment.

If you follow everything in this tutorial you’ll be up and running in no time and will have neatly sidestepped all the problems you’d otherwise face. Dan deals with all the basic and advanced camera settings, recording sound, accessories to consider and actually working in a live environment.

Despite being 2 hours long, the tutorial is easy to watch and the time passes quickly. Dan presents the information in an easy to understand way that’s free of tech speak. The best part about the tutorial though is not that you’ll learn loads from it, it’s that it is equal parts educational and inspirational. You’ll come away from watching it wanting to take Dan’s final advice – get out and practice!