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FAQ: Camp VJ workshop information
Camp VJ is a hands-on and very practical three day video journalism workshop designed for reporters carrying video cameras. http://campvj.com
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What equipment do I need to bring?
Bring your camera, laptop and suitable editing software. (Details)
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What equipment do I need to bring?
Bring your camera, laptop and suitable editing software. (Details)
Also bring a tripod and the chargers and connection cables for your gear.
What video editing software should I use?
Will you hold a Camp VJ in my town?
With your help, yes. We have had many requests to produce Camp VJ in a number of locations: From Berlin to Orlando. Visual Editors partners with many leading journalism associations and schools and if you are willing to host a training event in the future - please contact Robb Montgomery for sponsor details.
What will I learn?
Reporters will learn how to set up their cameras and audio gear to produce professional reports from the field; How to shoot and edit sequences, conduct interviews for film and practice with the editing workflow, story editing and principal technologies.
Working in small groups and using their cameras and editing tools, students will get hands-on experience gathering the elements to put together a news video for the Web.
Will this training help journalism faculty?
The answer is, of course, yes. Camp Video Journalism students have included Pulitzer-prize photographers, professors and directors of journalism schools. Every Camp VJ has attracted journalism faculty who come to learn how to tell video stories better.
Register for a CampVJ course.
"I really recommend this training for true beginners. People who haven’t yet picked up a video camera and don’t know what an editing system looks like."
--> Angela Grant, a Camp VJ instructor and multimedia producer for the San Antonio Express News.
What video editing software should I use?
Final Cut is a the preferred video editor of many Camp VJ students and instructors.
Prepare for the class ahead of time
Some Flip and Canon cameras use a new file format that needs to be converted before they work in a video editor.
Arrive with a working and tested kit and you'll get more out of the class.
Will you hold a Camp VJ in my town?
With your help, yes. We have had many requests to produce Camp VJ in a number of locations: From Berlin to Orlando. Visual Editors partners with many leading journalism associations and schools and if you are willing to host a training event in the future - please contact Robb Montgomery for sponsor details.
What will I learn?
Reporters will learn how to set up their cameras and audio gear to produce professional reports from the field; How to shoot and edit sequences, conduct interviews for film and practice with the editing workflow, story editing and principal technologies.
Working in small groups and using their cameras and editing tools, students will get hands-on experience gathering the elements to put together a news video for the Web.
Will this training help journalism faculty?
The answer is, of course, yes. Camp Video Journalism students have included Pulitzer-prize photographers, professors and directors of journalism schools. Every Camp VJ has attracted journalism faculty who come to learn how to tell video stories better.
Register for a CampVJ course.
"I really recommend this training for true beginners. People who haven’t yet picked up a video camera and don’t know what an editing system looks like."
--> Angela Grant, a Camp VJ instructor and multimedia producer for the San Antonio Express News.
Last updated by Robb Montgomery Sep 29.
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