Training
Initially, our Berger group met to assess the varied levels of expertise each member brought to the table. The scope of talent and experience was quite impressive. We determined that it was wise to identify individual and collective subject/skill areas requiring additional training and we attempted to address the issue of differing learning styles by identifying training in various formats including electronic self-guided, tutorials, individual and group classroom instruction.
Our research on training opportunities covered online tutorials, onsite and offsite classroom training, and instructional manuals. We consulted with academic institutions such as Boston University, Emerson College and New England School of Photography. Additionally, community-based resources such as the Cambridge Center for Adult Education, Springstep, and the Medford Arts Collaborative were tapped in order to obtain referrals of educators, private consultants, and media professionals currently working in the field.
Other local universities, art schools, and adult education programs including Boston University, Emerson College, New England School of Photography, Cambridge Center for Adult Education,
Self-Help Learning Materials Utilized Books
- Digital Video Primer-Adobe
- Final Cut Express 2.0-Apple Training Series
- Focal Easy Guide to Premiere-Kolb
- Premiere Pro Classroom in a Book- Adobe
- Premiere Pro 1.5 Studio Techniques- Rosenberg
- Video Digital Video Enlightenment
- Shooting Awesome - DVD training series on Editing from dvcreators.net
- Premiere 1.5 Total Training Series - Adobe
Element K Self-paced online tutorials:
Classroom training- Fundamentals of Digital Video Camera and Microphone Usage-4 hr. workshop presented by Howard Woolf, Tufts Experimental College, Medford, MA (Condensed version of his Tufts course)
- Digital Video Film Making Bootcamp-4 day session presented by Boston University’s Center for Digital Imaging Arts, Boston, MA
- Premiere Pro 1.5-3 Day session presented by Future Media Concepts, Boston, MA
- Special Topics in Adobe Premiere Pro 1.5 -1 day session presented by Vierbickas Technology Group, Foxboro , MA