All Tier One classes are free to members.

• Video Basics
• Introduction to Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro
• Studio Control Crew Training

Video Basics is a lecture course designed to introduce the student to the terminology and structure of a scene. Class covers introductory level shots and motions for cameras, types of cameras, the 180 rule, and storyboards.

Video Basics is the primary prerequisite course for all of Valley Media Works' Tier Two and Three classes.

Class runs on average 1.5 hours.

Prerequisite: Video Basics

This course covers basic nonlinear editing with Premiere Pro (for PC) through demonstrations and hands-on instruction using narrative footage provided by Valley Media Works.

Topics include media management and archiving, editing vocabulary and concepts, basic editing process, importing and organizing your media, trimming clips and building a rough cut, working with sound, applying transitions, adding titles, using basic video effects, and exporting your project. Classes run 2-hours, one-hour for instruction, one-hour for lab time.

Bring headphones or earbuds for lab time, and a USB hard drive (100 GB +) for your project.

Prerequisite: None

If you want to use our studio with the control room on your own, then you need to take this class. The course covers how to switch a “live-to-tape” production, use of the studio cameras and studio, operation of the SD switcher, operation of the HD switcher, studio audio basics, and, basic trouble-shooting and when it is time to call the staff over for help.

• Advanced Video
• Photoshop for Film & Web – Basics
• Lighting for Video (coming soon)
• Audio for Video (coming soon)

Prerequisite: Video Basics

Picking up from our Video Basics class, this course is for filmmakers who are looking for more in-depth, hands-on production experience. Students participate in every part of the production of an promo for Valley Media Works, devised, developed, shot and posted by the class. Students will work in groups to understand the nature of a production team, each student will have a chance to write, direct, operate the camera, light the scene, and gather audio. Classes run 1-hour in length.

Prerequisite: Video Basics

Learn the basics of Photoshop for film and web applications. Course includes opening and creating new images, data management, using masks, using layers, painting and text. The student should be able to show mastery of creating a new image to saving the final file for use in a video project or for posting to online. Classes are 2-hours long, broken down into 1-hour of instruction, with 1-hour of lab time.

• Photoshop for Film & Web – Advanced
• Digital Effects – Basics
• Advanced Editing

Prerequisite: Photoshop Basic & Intermediate levels

Course covers advanced aspects of Photoshop for film/video and web applications. Course covers using effects and image adjustments, brushes and management of actions, paths and masks, and includes an introduction to the 3D and animation abilities of the program. Classes are 2-hours long, broken down into 1-hour of instruction, with 1-hour of lab time.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro & Advanced Video

Digital effects basics is an introductory course to After Effects. Classes are 2 hours in length, with one (1) hour of instruction and one (1) hour of lab time.

Intensive day class covers only instruction period, students are expected to schedule time for practice on their own.

Topics covered: understanding the tools and layouts of the work space available, working with masks and basic shapes, building a simple animation, and how to export your project to Adobe Premiere or as a final file.

Prerequisite: Introduction to Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro

Picking up from our Introduction to Editing class, this course is for filmmakers who are looking for more flare to their edits. Students learn the basics of using After Effects and Illustrator with Premiere Pro. Students will work individually or in a group to create a short film. Topics covered include using the effects panel in Premiere (PR), linking your edit to After Effects (AE), using masks within AE to add dimension to your video in PR, adding effects in AE, building complex animations in AE, and how to prep images in Illustrator for use in AE. Classes are 2-hours long, broken down into 1-hour of instruction, with 1-hour of lab time.

Bring headphones or earbuds for lab time, and a USB hard drive (100 GB +) for your project.

Valley Media Works suggests the following order for classes to be taken in:

1. Video Basics
2. Introduction to Editing with Adobe Premiere Pro (Creative Suite)
3. Photoshop for Film & Web – Basics
4. Digital Effects – Basics
5. Advanced Video
6. Advanced Editing