Underwater Videographer
The PADI Underwater Videographer Course
Other than taking someone diving, there’s only one way to show someone the sounds, motion and dynamics of the underwater world: video.
The Fun Part
Show your scuba vacation adventures to your friends and family. Use your editing skills to share your clips with the world through YouTube, MySpace, Facebook and more. Use your underwater videos to turn more of your friends into dive buddies.
What You Learn
The PADI Underwater Videographer Specialty course shows you how to create videos that are interesting, entertaining and worth watching again and again.
- Selecting, maintaining and caring for your underwater video equipment
- Videography fundamentals, such as
- exposure
- focus
- shot types
- moves
- story line
- shot sequencing
- The post-dive editing process where you take your raw footage and create an underwater masterpiece.
By the time you complete the course, you’ll have gone through the entire basic video production process.
The Scuba Gear You Use
You will use basic scuba diving equipment and underwater video equipment.
Check with your local dive shop about gear rentals and packages offered with this course. You can find most everything at the scuba diving shop
Prerequisites
You must be:
- A PADI Open Water Diver or Junior Open Water Diver certification (or qualifying certification from another organization)
- At least 10 years old
Your Next Adventure
Part of the secret to getting good video is having great buoyancy skills to capture the footage you’re seeking. The Peak Performance Buoyancy course can help you fine tune your skills.
Also, some of the tips and skills you learn from underwater videography can also help you take better underwater photos. Check out the Digital Underwater Photography course.
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