Want to make your own content but don't know where to start?
Cameras, lighting, sound, graphics, editing. It looks like a lot. Most of it you don't need.
I run two sessions for people who want to make their own videos. Both are for beginners. If you already work in production, these are not for you.
THE BASICS. Four hours, from £150.
By the end of the afternoon you will have made a video. Not learned about making one. Made one.
Your phone is a better camera than you think, and I'll show you the settings nobody finds on their own.
How to light yourself with a window and a lamp, and why that beats most of the kit people rush out and buy.
Sound matters more than picture. We'll get the best out of the microphone already in your phone, and out of the room you're sitting in.
Getting the idea out of your head and into a script, using AI properly instead of letting it write waffle.
Reading a script without looking like you're reading a script.
Cutting it together in DaVinci Resolve. It's free, and you only need about four of its buttons.
Adding a title, a graphic, a bit of b-roll, using Claude and PowerPoint to make the artwork.
Exporting it so it still looks good after you upload it.
You leave with a finished video, and a way of working you can repeat on your own.
GOING FURTHER. Full day, from £300.
One video is a one-off. This day is about building something that keeps going.
Planning a series instead of a single film. Using AI to map a story across multiple parts, so each one has a reason to exist and a reason to come back.
Interviewing someone else. How to ask so you don't get one word answers, and end up with a real conversation instead.
Directing a nervous person until they forget the camera is there.
Filming two people without it looking like a hostage video. Two cameras, or two phones, and keeping them in sync.
What kit is worth buying. Lights and microphones, how to use them, and what to ignore.
Cutting one piece of content into usable shorts for your social media.
You leave with a plan for a series and the skills to shoot and cut it.
Both run remotely or in person.
rj@rjcerasoli.com or 07531 788372.