Steam, work with a collection of footage filmed at the AT&SF rail yard. The engine 2926 is one the largest steam engines ever used. It ran over a million miles, and then sat for 65 years before being restored. This collection of footage was filmed with the train operating, and was part of a previous Stagecoach Foundation class.
Stock, learning how to take footage into the world of stock footage. The class will teach managing footage from import to export, and codec delivery suggestions. Beyond having footage, it’s also important to know how to have people find it. Discussions about keywording, and data storage will also be highlighted
Sizzle, Now the footage will be provided to you to edit, to create a sizzle real to highlight your editing skills. The class will work with Davinci Resolve free editing software. The class will discuss editing on Resolve, and a tour of how to use it.
The class will take place on March 25th and 26th. Students need to arrive at 9:30 to check-in and class will start promptly at 10 am, then last until 6 PM, with catered lunch provided halfway through each day.
Instructor - Billie Mitchell
Billie Mitchell is a transformational artist, working through several mediums in a lifelong pursuit of visual art performance and as an acclaimed cinematographer, and experimental filmmaker. Mitchell accolades include an Experimental Student Academy Award (AMPAS), active member in Society of Camera Operators (S.O.C), and IATSE Local 600. Mitchell’s past years works include Camera Operator on “Big Sky”, “End of the Road”, “Old Dads”, and “Dark Winds”.
Mitchell also specializes in shooting with 9 cameras to capture background driving imagery that is used in several productions a year. Mitchell owns BlueSkyFootage.com, where he is always adding new imagery to the large library he has amassed over the decades. Much of the footage is captured operating drones, where Mitchell uses the tool to create cinematic moves. His drone work is featured in the PBS show “However Wide the Sky: Places of Power”.
Mitchell has benefitted in his life from the many people who helped him learn to be a better cinematographer, and now enjoys passing on his knowledge to others, and always learning from the people he interacts with to be better himself.
