Filmbeginner
Documentary Filmmaking on a Phone
A ten-minute film, shot and cut on the thing in your pocket
Taught by Idris Bello 4.0 (1)3 learners
£59.00Enrol nowWatch a free lesson
- 7 lessons · 1h 16m
- Lifetime access
- Certificate on completion, with a verifiable serial
What you'll be able to do
- Find a story worth ten minutes
- Record sound that doesn't ruin it
- Shoot coverage you can actually cut
- Structure an edit that holds attention
- Finish and publish, rather than tinkering forever
What's in it
3 sections · 7 lessons · 1h 16m
Before you film anything2 lessons
- Finding a story that's actually a storyFree preview13m
- Access is everything8m
Shooting3 lessons
- Sound first: the £30 that matters most10m
- Coverage: what you need to be able to cut15m
- Interviewing so people forget the camera12m
Cutting and finishing2 lessons
- Structure: the shape of ten minutes11m
- Finishing and letting go7m
About this course
The camera is not the problem. This course takes you from an idea to a finished ten-minute documentary using a phone, a cheap microphone and free editing software.
You can work through it in any order — it isn't a ladder, it's five things that all have to be true.
What learners say
The quizzes annoyed me and then caught two things I'd got wrong, so fair enough.
Marco Rossi