Mobile Video & Audio Production For Travelers & Minimalists
Level up your sound and video skills without a lot of gear
Mobile Video and Audio Production is a course for freelancers, digital nomads, photographers or beginners that need to produce high quality video AND audio without expensive and heavy gear. Audio is an important part of the your videos production quality especially for training or sales videos, or interviews. Any videos that require talking.
The knowledge in this course will allow you to create videos for online courses, corporate interviews, training videos, podcasts, and videos for youtube. We don't need to carry bulky camera's, heavy sound equipment, or require a large camera crew to produce these videos.
You will learn about different camera's available from smartphone to professional video camera's like Canon SLR's, and techniques to improve your video regardless of camera. You know that you are likely a one or two person screw. You will learn how to film yourself in focus with just one person.
You will learn to improve your audio using a variety of different
audio recording devices from USB mics, shot gun mics, lavaliers, and
versatile field recorders like the Zoom H5.
The skills taught in this course can be used for a videographer, freelancer, Youtuber, online trainer, small business owner to produce high quality video and audio. Your minimal setup will give you freedom to travel or stay mobile while still creative high quality videos.
Student Testimonials
Daniel Kogan
I love this course because I am traveling and creating online courses. All my gear needs to fit into one big backpack. Greg makes a good job going through everything which is essential to get me started. I can highly recommend this course!
Kevin Jennings
This is very informative and I learned about video and audio gear I had not heard of before.
James Hunt
This is a good all around course on video and audio recording techniques, I learnt a lot
Marco Caggiano
This course is very nice especially for people starting who dont know how to do audio in videos
Adam C
Great course if you want to get started learning about video & audio!
Your Instructor

Hi! I was born in South Africa but as a child my family relocated to Canada and lived most of adult life in beautiful British Columbia. I remember getting a VHS camcorder and would make and direct my own home videos with my sisters. I attended Simon Fraser University (SFU) with a Communications degree and had another opportunity to film an educational hip-hop video for earth quakes. After I graduated university I went on to have a successful IT career working 13 years in the field.As an IT manager I went onto pursue my MBA at SFU and found inspiration to start my own business and travel and film.By the time I had completed my MBA in 2011 I had found my passion travel, business, and filming.
During a wild and intense 3-year period I sold my house and purchased a camera and traveled the globe with my camera in search of adventure. I traveled to places such as Beijing, Singapore, Shanghai, The Grand Canyon, and Turks and Caicos. During this period a new revolution with the SLR camera was allowing people to create cinema quality video. I spent countless hours trying to learn everything I could from the best to hone my craft.I currently have over 100 videos on youtube and have one of the strongest travel video collections on the Internet. I recommend you check out my videos on-line if you’re interested in watching my videos.
After returning to Vancouver I planned my next travel adventure to Australia, Asia, and Taiwan. I sold my car and all my possessions and arrived in Taiwan with my essentials, camera gear, and my dreams. I currently live in Taiwan learning mandarin, teaching English, and filming travel videos.
I believe I’m a continuous learner (currently learning Mandarin) and I’m always looking for new and interesting ways to learn things.I get upset when an article gives advice or directions and it is so general it leaves out the important details. I try to provide detailed step-by-step instructions using visuals or video. I hope you find my courses interesting and I see you in there!
Course Curriculum
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PreviewCamera roundup: An overview of camera categories in 2016 (9:54)
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StartTravel friendly Gear Kit - Assemble your first video kit (9:32)
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StartBetter Video for all cameras (4:24)
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StartGear Overview & Video Gear & Sound Guide PDF
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StartTraining for an LED light panel (2:44)
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Previewcamera lenses and accessories (10:41)
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StartNatural & Artificial LED lighting 101 (6:16)
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StartIn the Field Framing the shot (2:18)
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StartHow to record pro video with your smartphone (5:22)
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PreviewEnhancing your Canon SLR camera with Magic Lantern (11:54)
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StartAudio Overview (5:10)
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StartH5 Essential Quick Start Guide (10:22)
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PreviewH5 Zoom setup for meeting rooms (5:22)
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StartHow to use lav mics with the H5 Zoom recorder (3:31)
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StartUsing a shotgun microphone (4:50)
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StartRecording using a Blue Yeti USB Mic (4:11)
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StartRemoving Backgroun noise using Audacity (5:24)
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StartWhy we do a clap synch (1:13)
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Startmy skype podcast setup (7:00)