Sign up for Camera & Editing Classes here at WYOU

Classes are offered each month to all WYOU members, though the space is limited. People who are not members but are interested in taking classes can attend an orientation for free, but would need to become members before enrolling in a class.




INTRO TO VIDEOGRAPHY/CAMERA:
DATE: Wednesday & Thursday, November 5th & 6th, 6-8pm
(2-session course -- $40)
WYOU has a small stock of highly capable cameras available for checkout to certified producers. This two-session class covers technical basics of operating Canon DV cameras as well as some aesthetic aspects of shot composition. The course also serves to certify producers to use the cameras on their own projects for WYOU. Class sizes are small for more personal instruction.

INTRO TO EDITING WITH MAC's FINAL CUT PRO:
DATE: Wednesday & Thursday, November 12th & 13th 6-8pm
(2 session course -- $40)
This is a two-session class on using Apple's Final Cut Pro software. WYOU has an editing lab that's open M-TH 1pm-8pm and Fridays 1-6pm. The lab features 4 Macintosh stations with Final Cut Pro software found in many professional video operations. This class is a hands-on introduction to the software and many of its features which aims to acquaint students with the software and provide them resources for learning to use the program in more depth after the class. The class also serves to certify producers to use the editing equipment on their own projects for WYOU. Class sizes are small for more personal instruction.

All classes are held at the WYOU station at 609 E. Washington Ave in Madison. To sign up for a class, stop in or give us a call here at WYOU: (608)258-9644..

New Classes coming to WYOU

NEW CLASSES OFFERED:

INTRO TO GREEN/BLUE SCREEN TECHNIQUES:
Monday, March 3rd
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
Learn to use chroma key techniques in your video work. "Keying" is a term used for when a background is removed from a subject. This allows a weatherman to be superimposed on animated maps or Frodo to appear in lava-filled Mount Doom. This tutorial will take you all the way from a studio shoot to final compositing (merging background and subject) on Final Cut Pro.

TITLING 101:
Monday, March 19th
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
Easily learn to use Apple's LiveType to spice up your titles, credits, lower thirds and more! This tutorial will introduce you to the library of backgrounds and animated fonts available within LiveType. We'll then take these component pieces and put them together within Final Cut Pro to make truly professional-level credits and titles.

STUDIO MICROPHONES 101:
Coming Soon
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
Become familiar with and learn to properly use the wide variety of microphones available at the WYOU studio in your video work. From hand-helds, lavalieres, and shotguns, to boom poles, phantom power, gain, EQ, and feedback. MMMM...Feedback.

COLOR CORRECTION:
Coming Soon
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
From our manual camera controller units in our control room to light settings on our checkout Canon GL1 cameras, there are many ways to go right and wrong. Learn to get good color the first time in this tutorial of this equipment. Then Learn to use post-production techniques in Final Cut Pro to get your recorded color (good OR bad) to truly professional (or, at least acceptable) balance.

ADVANCED GREEN SCREEN IN
AFTER EFFECTS :
Coming Soon
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
Take your green screen editing techniques to a new level using the dynamite program Adobe After Effects.

MOBILE MIXING 101:
Coming Soon
6-8pm
(1-session course -- $15)
Learn to use our mobile mixing unit (available for checkout ONLY to certified producers) to produce real-time mixes with multiple cameras. Mix rockin' band concerts, nerdy lectures, or exciting sporting events all in real-time, cutting the need for post-production beyond adding titles.