360 Video Training | Course Outline
Namak Khoshnaw
DAY ONE
Morning
- What is 360 video?
- Watching two examples of BBC Arabic 360 films
- Viewing in the headset and on viewing on Facebook
- NYT tutorial: 101 intro to VR
Afternoon
- Introducing the camera (Samsung)
- Live view demo on mobile phones
- Introducing the GoPro Omnirig (turning on the camera, avoiding overheat, shot length, distance from subject, eliminating shadows and selfies)
- Live demo indoors of shooting with OmniRig
DAY TWO
Morning
- Storytelling for VR: what works and what doesn’t
- Why are you shooting in 360? Is there a good reason?
- Viewing examples: NYT Inside Fallujah / UNHCR Clouds Over Sidra
- Discussion of these films
- Coming up with Cairo VR ideas
Afternoon
- Camera training: basics
- Technical elements of using the camera (set up, positioning, what 360 sees)
- Recording audio with Zoom H6
- Shooting 360 footage outside (as one group)
DAY THREE
Morning
PRE-EDIT
- Importing the footage
- Stitching video (AVP and AVG software)
- Flattening the horizon
- How to sync audio
Afternoon
OFFLINE EDIT
- Using Premiere-Pro
- Scripting and structuring the film for 360
- Selecting music for 360
- Voice Over for 360
DAY FOUR
Morning
POST-PRODUCTION
- Removing ‘ghosts’ and perfecting the stitching (using AVP and AVG)
- Removing shadows and tripods in After Effects
- Stabilising the footage in AVP
- Colour correction in Premiere
Afternoon
EXPORT
- How to export 360
- How to inject metadata so it works on Facebook and YouTube
- Uploading to FB and YT