VJ Training
The new paradigm of Solo Video Journalism takes many traditional shooters outside of their comfort zone.
Still shooters are being asked to produce content in ways they weren’t originally trained for. Traditional broadcast shooters are being asked to work with equipment that seems toy like and yet are expected to come back with professional quality footage.
Some can take the bull by the horns and learn on their own, while others need to look at structured training that breaks the mold of convention. The various resources listed on this page provide training for shooters making the transition to shooting in the Solo Video Journalist paradigm.
Camp VJ is offered through Visual Editors, a not for profit entity founded by Robb Montgomery. Combined with the talents of David Dunkley-Gyimah and Angela Grant, they offer a cost effective work series of workshops that thinks outside the box of mainstream video journalism - offering classes in Beginning and advanced web video journalism as well as workshops in editing with Final Cut Pro.
They completed their first workshops on May 5-9, 2008 and will be holding more workshops in the near future.
Tuition for each VJ workshop is $350 each and the Final Cut class is $300.
To learn more, visit the Visual Editors website
Pete Leibengood, President of OnQCo, is an award winning broadcast professional. He states that “OnQco offers the most comprehensive solo vj training; on site, on location or online. Featuring a 60-day “After Care” program that enables trainees to upload your work for critiquing by their staff of pros.”
Learn more by visiting OnQCo’s website at http://www.onqco.com
Considered by many to be the gold standard for training still photographers to become video shooters, The Platypus workshops are held periodically throughout the year at various locations around the United States.
Training is Mac/Final Cut Suite centric and Canon HD cameras are used. A boot camp like setting - usually taking 9 days for the bulk of training, there are also advanced workshops offered that delves even deeper into committing to the working as a video journalist.
Tuition is $1895 for Shooters and $795 for Producers.
You can learn more by visiting the Platypus Workshops website
Located in the center of New York City, the MediaStorm Workshops offer an intensive, hands-on experience with reporting, editing and producing for multimedia. For seven days, participants work directly with MediaStorm producers, both in the field and in the editing suite, to develop and create in-depth multimedia stories.
The Workshop’s unique structure allows for an ideal setting to learn about and create compelling multimedia. Participants choose to either report and gather content, or work as an editor to produce the piece. This collaborative approach encourages teamwork and creative problem solving.
The MediaStorm Workshops offer an opportunity to learn in a creative and hands-on setting with industry-leading producers adept at the changing environment of journalism.
Read a review from a recent graduate
Tuition is $3500
More resources coming as I learn of them.
If there are any other trainings resources out there and I haven’t listed them yet, please contact me via the contact page and let me know - I’ll get them posted right away.
