Complete Guide to the Blackmagic Camera App
Learn how to master the Blackmagic Camera app and shoot professional quality video with an iPhone.
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Learn how to master the Blackmagic Camera app in this in-depth video training series. This is the iOS camera app that has taken the mobile video & filmmaking world by storm!
In this guide we'll start with the basics of getting to know the app, then learn how to use it to shoot professional quality video with your iPhone.
Included in this course:
- 29 lectures / Over 2.5 hours of educational material
- Recap quizzes / PDF downloads / Professional video examples
- Additional resources and links for suggested gear, accessories, etc.
Covers these topics and more:
- Choosing resolution and frame rate
- Manually control white balance, exposure and focus
- Using histograms, zebras and focus assist
- Shooting slow motion
- Automatic rack focus controls
- Using presets to quickly repeat different shooting setups
- Audio settings
- Shooting Apple Log
- HDMI video monitoring
- Wireless remote camera control
- Using Blackmagic Cloud
- Overall Best Practices for before, during and after your shoot
- Also included for FREE are future key updates to the V1 BMD app! Including various features and compatibility with future iPhone models.
Who is this course for?
- Indie or student filmmakers, YouTube creators, mobile journalists, documentary filmmakers, vloggers, corporate, real estate or social media video producers, etc.
- Whether you're a beginner just getting into iPhone video and using Blackmagic or are coming from another app like FiLMiC Pro
- Really anyone who wants to create professional video with a iPhone (and even make money using it)
Suggested Requirements:
- A general knowledge of film or video terms and concepts is ideal, but not mandatory. Various gear, software and techniques mentioned might sound unfamiliar otherwise. But, if you're a novice don't worry as you can learn along the way (that's the idea, right?).
- However, this is NOT a filmmaking "how to" course. Here we focus on how to use the Blackmagic Camera app to create high quality videos and films. Check out our companion course "Smartphone Cinematography 101" for comprehensive lessons on the craft & techniques of visual storytelling and shooting mobile video. And we also have a course on color grading with LumaFusion if you're interested in the post-production side.
- A compatible iPhone or Android with the Blackmagic Camera app installed (it's a free app).
- Please note: The app is now available for both iOS and Android devices. This course was made using an iPhone, but most of the features and operations are the same. Although, some features demoed in the course do require an iPhone (like for ProRes) or an iPhone 15 Pro or Pro Max to use (for Apple Log), however, you do NOT need a 15 series iPhone to use most features in the app.
Did you know you can also view this course on the Teachable iOS app, too? Yep. Download it here.
This course is also available on SkillShare.
Don't wait to create! Start today and unlock the potential of this amazing mobile video app.
Your Instructor
The iPhoneographers is a YouTube channel and website empowering mobile and DIY filmmakers. We make tutorials, gear reviews, how-to videos, short films and more. Founded by filmmaker Blake Calhoun and telling stories with an iPhone since 2012.
Course Curriculum
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Start2.1 • Menu Features | Media Tab (5:29)
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Start2.2 • Menu Features | Chat & Settings Tabs (1:09)
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Start2.3 • Record Menu Settings (4:31)
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Start2.4 • Camera Menu Settings (7:07)
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Start2.5 • Audio Menu Settings (5:51)
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Start2.6 • Monitor Menu Settings (5:06)
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Start2.7 • Media & LUTs Menu Settings (4:58)
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Start2.8 • Presets Menu Settings (3:19)
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Start2.9 • Accessories & Other Menu Settings (3:22)
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StartRecap Quiz #2