Create Professional Videos 
Using Your Smartphone Camera

In 3 Days, learn how to shoot YouTube, Travel, 
Training and/or Business Videos:

  1. Which addiotnal Equipment you need with your smartphone ( Inexpensive)
  2. How to Record Clear Audio
  3. The Best App to get for Shooting on smartphones, and it is free.
  4. Master the Core Skills of  Framing Composition and Shooting 
  5.  Editing your video using DaVinci Resolve
  6. Real Project-Based Learning: Make and work on your own short video using your Smartphone during the 3 Days:
  7.  Flexible Payment Options: Pay upfront or with Afterpay (4 easy instalments)
  8. Create any of the following: YouTube Videos,  Website videos, Training Videos, Short Films, Corporate Videos, Music Videos

Thursday 16th July , Friday 17th July ,
and Saturday 18th July 2026 Brisbane Queensland

The Presenter / Instructor

Colm O'Murchu - Film Director/ Producer

Colm O’Murchu is a successful Indie Filmmaker and Director of four worldwide-released feature films: The Elixir, The Makeover, Dealing with Destiny, and Tabernacle 101.  He has been making movies for many years and also enjoys shooting travel videos in exotic countries. 

He is excited that Smartphone Cameras and the additional equipment have made it possible for anyone to shoot cinematic videos.  He created and has run Australian Film Central since 1997, and has helped filmmakers produce hundreds of short and feature films. 
 Now he will help you shoot professional videos. If you are shooting travel, training or corporate videos, these 3 days will dramatically improve your smartphone videos.

Tabernacle 101 Trailer - Feature Film  
Production Value $ 3 million

Shoot Smart Phone Professional Videos

  1. 🎞️  Travel Videos – Learn how to shoot and get your video

  2. ✅  Training Videos

  3. 💻  Vlogging Videos

  4. 🎥  Short Films -Shoot Cinematic Videos

  5. ✍️ Music Videos

  6. 🔁  Showreels 

  7. 💵  YouTube Adds 

Learn to Do Travel - Training - YouTube/ Vlogging Videos - Corporate -

DAY 1 - Thursday 23rd July 6pm - 9pm

Introduction to Smartphone Video Creation

• Examples of cinematic smartphone videos
• Travel videos
• YouTube videos
• Corporate and business videos

Essential Smartphone Video Equipment Itemised

Once you have enrolled, we will send you a list of gear
You can get it inexpensively for the weekend.
You can choose to turn up with just your smartphone if you prefer 

• Selfie sticks, Mini tripods – Tripods
• Smartphones for video creation
• Osmo and Movement Gear.
• Grips Gear
• Portable LED lighting
• Lavaliere microphones and wireless sound 
that we use are very inexpensive and essential. 
• Simple creator setups for YouTube and travel

Smartphone App and How to Use It.
Revealed in Welcome Email 

• Camera settings for the App and setting them.
• This app dramatically improves the quality of your video.
• Resolution and frame rates
• Exposure and focus

Composition & Visual Storytelling

• How to frame a shot
•  Rule of thirds
• Shot composition
• Foreground and background
• Creating visual interest

Live Demonstration

• Build a smartphone creator rig live
• Connect the smartphone to the monitor
• Lighting demonstration
• Interview setup demonstration

Practical Interview Exercise

Students film a short interview scene using:

• lighting
• sound
• framing
• smartphone filming techniques

DAY 2 - Friday 24th July 5 pm - 8.30pm

Shooting a Vlog to Camera – Live Demonstration

A live practical demonstration showing how to shoot a professional creator-style vlog using a smartphone.

Topics Covered:

• Talking naturally to the camera: – Capturing energy and personality
• Framing yourself correctly
• Eye-line and positioning
• Smartphone stabilisation techniques
• Walking vlog techniques
• How creators shoot travel-style content

Smartphone Creator Setups

• Using selfie sticks and creator grips
• Lightweight creator setups for travel
• Smartphone microphone setups
• Portable creator lighting
• Wireless audio systems

Teleprompter / Autocue Demonstration

• Smartphone autocue apps
• Reading naturally while maintaining eye contact
• Scripting short videos
• Creating confident business and YouTube presentations

Using B-Roll & Stock Footage

Learn how creators make simple smartphone videos look cinematic and professional.

Topics Covered:

• What is B-roll?
• Using cutaway footage
• Layering travel footage over dialogue
• Creating cinematic sequences
• Building visual interest
• Picture-in-picture techniques
• Using stock footage creatively

Live Editing Demonstration

A practical live demonstration showing how creator videos are edited together.

Demonstration Includes:

• Importing smartphone footage
• Cutting mistakes and pauses
• Adding B-roll and stock footage
• Adding music and atmosphere
• Creating pacing and flow
• Adding titles and graphics
• Exporting videos for YouTube and social media

 

Preparing for Saturday Practical Shoot

Introduction to Creator Content

• Understanding modern creator-style videos
• The structure of successful YouTube and travel videos
• How creators hold audience attention
• The importance of storytelling and personality

 

DAY 3 - Saturday 25th July 10am - 5pm

Practical Creator Shoot

Students head out on location to capture footage for their own creator-style video project.

Projects may include:

• Travel-style videos
• Street storytelling
• Café and lifestyle content
• Walking vlog sequences
• Interview-style content
• YouTube creator videos
• Business and promotional content

Practical Shooting Techniques

Students will apply:

• Smartphone filming techniques
• Vlogging techniques
• Walking creator shots
• Stabilisation techniques
• Shot composition
• Framing and storytelling
• Audio recording techniques
• Cinematic B-roll techniques

Creating Shot Sequences

Students will learn how to capture:

• Wide shots
• Medium shots
• Close-up detail shots
• Movement shots
• Establishing shots
• Atmospheric footage
• Travel-style sequences

Capturing Creator Content

Students will practice:

• Talking naturally to camera
• Capturing personality and energy
• Creating engaging introductions
• Recording creator-style presentation pieces
• Shooting cinematic B-roll footage

Afternoon Session

Editing Demonstration & Creator Workflow

A live demonstration showing how creator videos are assembled into polished finished content.

Topics Covered:

• Importing smartphone footage
• Organising clips
• Building a sequence
• Selecting the best shots
• Adding music and atmosphere
• Using B-roll creatively
• Creating pacing and flow
• Titles and graphics
• Exporting for YouTube and social media

Group Review Session

Reviewing selected student footage together including:

• Framing
• Storytelling
• Shot selection
• Audio quality
• Building cinematic sequences
• Improving creator-style presentation

Introduction to the Full Editing Course

Students will also receive an introduction to the extended editing training program for those wishing to continue developing their creator and video editing skills.

Topics may include:

• Advanced editing workflows
• Colour grading
• Audio enhancement
• YouTube editing techniques
• Professional creator workflows
• Long-form content editing

Final Outcome

By the end of the workshop students will have:

✔ Shot their own creator-style video
✔ Learned professional smartphone filming techniques
✔ Understood creator workflows
✔ Experienced practical video production
✔ Begun editing their own content
✔ Developed confidence creating video for YouTube, travel and business

FAQS - Frequently Asked Questions

This course will only happen in your city once every three years. 

The Course will take place in other cities around the world.

You are very welcome to attend one of those courses when they happen 

We will have three courses per year in a different city around the world. 

Yes: All the Extra Equipment will be itenised and we will demonstrate on Night One how to use the equipment 

This will include the

  • Best App to use on your phone for your camera.
  • Best Sound Equipment for your Smartphone.
  • An effective portable lighting setup
  • The Tripod you need.
  • The best Stabilisers.

    Once you have enrolled,  you will receive the equipment list and sites to buy equipment.
    There is no obligation to buy equipment before the shoot. 

We will show you where to get your equipment from at the best price and deals. 
We will train you in how to use the equipment on the weekend 

  • Thursday Night 6 pm – 9 pm
  • Friday 2 pm – 6 pm
  • Saturday 10 am – 5 pm 

Absolutely. Most people come on the course to learn how to shoot their own videos. If you have experience, you will also enjoy and learn on the weekend. 

Yes,  The Venue is in New Farm, Brisbane: Full Details on Enrolment 


We’ll show you how to get professional results with minimal gear and yiour smartphone camera.

Yes, and the good news is that it is a very effective editing software, and the best part is that it is free. Once you enrol we will send you out the link to download. 

  1. You will have locked down the correct gear at the best price.
  2. You will know how to use the equipment correctly
  3. You will know how to shoot your video effectively
  4. You will know how to get effective location sound.
  5. You will know which editing software to use and get it for free. 

Yes! Many of our graduates have had their films selected in local and international film festivals.
The course includes a full module on Film Distribution & Marketing, including . We teach you how to enter film festivals and how to give your film the best chance to be selected in film festivals. We also teach you about the Film Markets and how to get your film distributed if you make a Feature Film.

 

Yes. Choose Afterpay to split the $995 price into four easy payments of $249 per payment. 

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$ 895 Total Investment
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