These lessons will help you with doing just about anything in media from writing a script to uploading to youtube.

Essentials

Logging in and setting up your computer

SLAM Naming Convention

Logging into The Server

Server Folders

Printing

 

Planning

Celtx - Scriptwriting Software

How to Write An Elevator Pitch [FREE Elevator Pitch Template]
How to Write Dialogue With Our “Tips for Writing Dialogue” Checklist

Script writing

The 12 Archetypes

3 Ideas or one great one

Storyboarding

Rehearsal

School of Motion: Idea mining.

 

Film Study

Short Films

Exemplary SLAM Films

Short Animations

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Animation

Getting Started with Animate

Create a background and animate something in it.

Exporting an animation as a movie

Walk Cycle

Creating a panoramic background

Bouncing Ball Squash and Stretch (version 1)

Bouncing Ball with Squash and Stretch (version 2)

Bone Tool Animation

Animating a Character in Animate

Animating a Robot in Animate

Animating along a path

How to import sound.

Adding a video to Animate

Flash Pencil Drawing
Line Shading in Flash
Gradient Shading in Flash
Looping Symbols (Wave pt. 1)
transform, looping settings, adjusting keyframes (Wave pt. 2)

School of Motion: Finding Reference

 

Photoshop

Getting Started, Erasing, Compositing

Quick Selection Tool and Refine Edge

Magnetic Lasso, Quickmask, Command-J and the Filter Gallery

Colors (hex, RGB, CMYK)

Filters

Text(Meme Assignment)

Cropping and Image Size

Masking

Magic Wand

Color correction with adjustment layers

Clone Stamp

Color Replacement Tool

Paths

Basic selection

Propaganda Poster

Typography

Contrast

Comic Sans

Comic Sans Criminal  

Using Contrast in Typography. 

Typography pioneers

Animating and sound with Photoshop

 

Google

Getting Started On Your Website

Your SLAMFamily Account and G+

Creating a New Google Site

Add Navigation buttons

Google Recent Post Gadgets

Adjusting the colors of your site

Creating a Form

 

Service Projects

What's a service project

 

Photography

Composition, Focus, and Light   #compfocuslight

SLAMFamily #slamfamily

Line   #slamlinephoto

Shape  #slamshapephoto

Form  #slamformphoto

Space #slamspacephoto

Value  #slamvaluephoto

Primary  #slamprimaryphoto

Analogous Color  #slamanalogousphoto

Complementary Color #slamcomplementaryphoto

Repetition #slamrepetitionphoto

Food #slamfoodphoto

Triptych  slamtriptychphoto

DSLR Manual operation

 

Video Production

Deleting files from camera

Camera Settings

Camera Sound Settings

Filmmaking Processes

Film Crew Skills

Set Etiquette

Filming and Editing Dialog

Blocking a conversation

Editing Dialog with Multicam Editing

Filming a Fight Scene

B-Roll

B-Roll 101: How to Shoot it and Why It's Important

Create a Movie Poster

 

Final Cut Lessons

Intro to Final Cut Pro

Exporting a Master File

Sharing your videos for others to edit

Cool FCP Transitions

Ken Burns Effect

Greenscreen in Final Cut

Animating in Final Cut

 

Documentary

Interview Sound and Camera Sound    Settings.

Interview Questions

 Writing a voiceover

B-Roll

Good Documentary Checklist

 

Sound

Setting Your Audio Levels Correctly

Camera Sound Settings

Recording a Voiceover with GarageBand

Sound recording through camera

Zoom Recorder

Editing A Podcast with Audition

Removing Noise with Audition (step by step)

Removing Noise with Audition (videos)

Foley

Mixing music and vocals (youtube videos).

 

Graphics

Canva: login: slam@slamfamily.com

Psswd: slamstudent

Create a Movie Poster

 

Sound Sites:

Incompetech (Kevin McCloud)

Bunch of different sites all on one page

Ben's Sounds

Purple Planet

Partners in Rhyme 

Freesound.org (slamacademy, sounds)

 

Lighting

3 Point Lighting

Light Kits

 

Cutting Edge

Imaging sensors

 

 

Broadcasting

 

Short News Piece

Getting shots off the Tricaster

First Show Creation

Broadcasting Journalism Basics

Shots you need for Game Coverage

Video using game coverage shots

Director Cues

TriCaster Advanced Video Tutorials

TriCaster Video Tutorials

Loading and building a show

Live production of an interview with lower thirds

Live production of a theater show

Control Room and studio

Sound Input

Rundown Sheet

 

 

Premiere Pro

 

Premiere Pro with Obiwan
Importing Video into Premiere Pro

Exporting from Premiere Pro

Setting in and out points and editing Disappear

 

Effects

Greenscreen in Final Cut

AE Composition and Text animation

AE Rendering a video

Effects Breakdown and Obiwan

AE animation
AE rotoscoping
AE track matte

AE tracking

School of Motion Tracking Tutorials

Corner Pin Instructions

3D Camera Tracking in AE

Animating Poetry or Lyrics

Fireball and Masking

Sky Replacement

Great VFX Breakdown Reels

After Effects Tutorials

VFX: Going Behind The Magic: ILM

 

Color Grading

Sideshowfx-great reel

 

 

Publishing

File Types

Compression and file types

 

 

Presentation

Prezi Macbeth Webquest

Posting a Prezi to your website

 

3D

Getting started with C4D

Free C4D Models

Animating with C4D

Rendering an image in C4D

Rendering an animation in C4D

Creating a character with Adobe Fuse

3D Skinning in C4D

Posting a Tinkered image to your website and exporting for 3D printing

Second Life moving and modeling

 

Media Industry Jobs

How to break into the VFX Industry

 

Colleges

A list of recommended media programs

 

 

Youtube

Posting to Youtube

 

 

Your Reel

Reel Assignment

How to Make a Filmmakers ShowReel (YouTube Video)

A good example (40 seconds)

5 Tips for Making a Great Vide Editing Demo Reel

 

Podcasting

Use Anchor to host an audio Podcast Free
How to start a podcast

Podcasting Basics

Soundcloud

Setting up StreamDeck with OBS