Learn to create your own videos using the equipment you already have.
You don’t need a professional camera, complicated software or a production studio to make useful video content.
If you’ve got a phone, somewhere to record and something worth saying, you’ve already got most of what you need.
Video Creation Basics is a practical coaching session designed to help you understand the fundamentals of creating video yourself – from planning and filming through to producing something you’re happy to share.
Is this for you?
This is for you if:
- you want to start creating your own videos
- you’re not sure what equipment you actually need
- you want to get better results from your phone or camera
- you aren’t sure how to frame yourself or your subject
- your videos don’t always look or sound as good as you’d like
- you want to understand the basics of editing
- you’re overwhelmed by all the different video tools and apps
- you’d rather learn to do it yourself than rely on someone else
You don’t need to be technically minded.
What we’ll cover
🎥 Planning your video
Before you press record, we’ll look at what you’re trying to communicate, who you’re making it for and what you actually need to capture.
📱 Choosing your equipment
Understand what you can achieve with the equipment you already own – and where investing in something else might actually make a difference.
No unnecessary kit. No shopping list.
🎬 Filming the basics
We’ll look at framing, camera position, lighting, sound and the practical things that can make your footage look and sound better.
🗣️ Recording people
Whether you’re filming yourself, interviewing someone or capturing a community story, we’ll look at how to approach recording people naturally.
✂️ Putting it together
An introduction to the basic principles of editing – selecting your best footage, putting a story together and making something people will want to watch.
We’ll focus on understanding the process, rather than trying to teach you every feature of professional editing software.
📲 Getting it ready to share
We’ll look at the different ways your finished video can be used and the basics of preparing it for the platform you’re trying to reach.
You don’t need to become a video expert
There are hundreds of apps, cameras, editing packages and tutorials telling you that you need to learn more. You don’t.
The aim of this session is to give you enough knowledge and confidence to create useful video yourself.
We’ll focus on the things that actually make a difference:
- A clear idea.
- Good enough sound.
- A watchable picture.
- A simple story.
- A reason for people to care.
The technology should support the story – not become the story.
How it works
One practical coaching session
We’ll start by understanding what you want to create and what you’re currently using.
Then we’ll work through the process together, using your own equipment and ideas wherever possible.
This is deliberately practical rather than a classroom-style course.
Bring your phone, camera or whatever you normally use.
Ask questions. Try things. Make mistakes. Try again.
By the end, you should understand how to approach your next video without feeling like you’ve got to learn everything first.
What you’ll leave with
You’ll have:
- a better understanding of the video creation process
- confidence using your existing equipment
- practical knowledge of filming and sound
- a basic understanding of editing
- a clearer idea of what equipment and software you actually need
- a repeatable approach to creating your own videos
- confidence to go away and make your next one
Video Creation Basics
Practical one-to-one coaching · £199
A focused session to help you understand the fundamentals of creating your own video content without making the technology more complicated than it needs to be.