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THE PRODUCT VIDEO COURSE

Join now $500

✔️ 50+ Hours of Content
✔️ Affiliate Program 
✔️ Beginner Lighting
✔️ Advanced Lighting
✔️ Beginner Post Production
✔️ Advanced Post Production
✔️ 2 Free Months Music & SFX
✔️ Product Retouching
✔️ Advanced After Effects 
✔️ Professional Product Prep
✔️ Professional Food Prep
✔️ Marketing Tactics
✔️ Sales & Business
✔️ Client Management 
✔️ Homemade Gadget Tuts
✔️ Beginner Animation
✔️ Business Templates
✔️ Austen's LUT Pack
✔️ Incredible Community
✔️ LIVE FAQs
✔️ Personal Support
✔️ LIFETIME ACCESS

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✔️ Everything Included with PRO
✔️ 3 months Coaching with Austen

✔️ 1 on 1 Calls

✔️ WhatsApp Support Channel
✔️ Austen's Template Pack

✔️ The Creative Journal

✔️ 50% Affiliate Income

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PRO COURSE CURRICULUM 

Course Introduction

Welcome to the Course + Thank you

 

About Your Instructor

 

What You Will Learn

Chapter 1. Landing Clients + Filmmaking Advice

Just Start Shooting

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Building a Portfolio

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Building a Demo Reel

 

Free to Fee

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Client Outreach

Client Outreach 2

Create a Pitch Deck

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Authenticity

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Marketing Yourself

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Collaboration Over Competition + Accountability-buddies

Chapter 2. Client Communication

Disclaimer

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How I Manage My Clients

 

My Workflow

 

Got an Inquiry? Here Are Your Next Steps

 

Time to Set up a Call/Meeting

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Client Expectations + Research

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What Should You Charge for Your Project?

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When Clients Ask for Discounts

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Asking For Reviews

 

Verbal Confirmation - Send a Proposal (Terms of Services + Invoice + Contract)

Chapter 3. Pre Production

Preparing + Designing a Shoot

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What is IN a Product Video?

How to create a story for your product

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Understanding Dimensions

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Creating Storyboards

 

Client Approval

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Sourcing Materials

 

Prepping Gear + Shot Schedule or Shot List

Best Gear for Product Videos (Updated)

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Gear I Recommend Using to Shoot Product Videos

Chapter 4. Basic Product Lighting + Light Modifiers

Key Light

 

Key Light Look Up Video

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Fill Light

 

Top Light + C-Stands

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Back Light + Background Light

 

Softening Lights

 

Softening Your Lights

 

Look Up Lighting Table

Chapter 5. Camera Settings

Working with Different Focal Lengths

 

Creative Movements, Angles, and Framing

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Slow Motion

Chapter 6. Working with Specific Materials

Working with Glass and Bottles

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Working with Plastics

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How to Get the Perfect Pouring Shot Every Time

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How to Build a False Wall Glass

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How to Build a Product Stand

 

How to Build a Water Cyclone

Chapter 7. Backdrops

Background Lighting Seamless White and Even Lighting

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How to Light a Black Background

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Creating a Spotlight Backdrop

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Building a Backdrop

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Working with Fabrics

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Working in a Live Setting

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TV Tricks

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Advanced White Background Lighting

Chapter 8. Set Design

Set Design...Think Outside of the Box

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How to Achieve that Commercial Look

Creating Ice Shots

Chapter 9. Creating a Product Video with No Lights

Kodiak Cakes Behind the Scenes

 

Kodiak Cakes Editing Breakdown

Chapter 10. Creating a Product Video with One Light 

Single Light Set Ups

Chapter 11. Creating a Light + Bright Product Video

Production

Chapter 12. Creating a Colorful Product Video Production

Production

 

Editing Breakdown

Chapter 13. Advanced Lighting Techniques

Episode 1: Contrast and Crisp

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Episode 2: White Lines

Surface Area

Chapter 14. Post Production

Uploading + Backing up Footage

 

Timeline Settings 4K/1080

 

Culling Clips

 

Choosing Music

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Masking Can Be a Powerful Tool

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Key Framing and Time Remapping

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Breaking Down the Edit

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Color Grading Work Flow

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Building a Base Correction from Scratch

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Export Settings

 

Learning and Using HSL Secondary

Chapter 15. Advanced Post Production/After Effects

Introduction to After Effects

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Removing Wires

 

Using Motion Tracking

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Skin Retouching

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De-Noise Footage

 

Exporting in After Effects

 

Bring a Picture to Life / Frame Blocking

 

Puppet Position Tool

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Pixel Motion-Slow Down Your Footage like a Phantom Camera

 

The Power of Glow

 

Advanced Color Grading Techniques

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Fixing your Backgrounds in After Effects

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Advanced Masking

Chapter 16. Product Retouching Techniques

Intro into Product Retouching - Part 1

 

Retouching Moving Products - Part 2

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Retouching Rotating Products and Changing Light

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Retouching, Replacing the Entire Product

 

How to Create a Hero Shot from a Photo

Chapter 17. Entire Walkthrough Process

How to Create a Simple ad from Start to Finish

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How to Rotoscope from Start to Finish

 

How to Create a Simple, Yet Effective Ending Shot

Chapter 18. Bonus Tutorials!

How To created Animated videos with Braden Larsen

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Playing with Animation in Video With Jonathan Lv

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Build a 360 Rig with Charley

Chapter 19. Donut Tutorial - Walkthrough

Donut Tutorial

 

How I Edited the Donut Video - Rotoscoping

Chapter 20. Pressed Juice Walkthrough and Edit Breakdown

Falling Morphing Technique From Start to Finish

Chapter 21. Food Styling

Introduction + Stuff You Need

 

Learning to Layer Food

 

Cooked VS Styled Food

 

False Bottoms

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Slowing Down a Pour

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Cooking the Perfect Steak

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Styling a Scene

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Prop Selection and Placement

Apple Watch Editing Breakdown

How I Edited my Apple Watch Ad

Filming a Commercial Outside

How to film a commercial outside

Affiliate Program 

How to set up your affiliate portal

Downloads

Brochure Template
Invoice Template
Storyboard Template - Clean
Storyboard Template - Playful

...and more added all the time.

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