VEST.CO.ZA

VEST – Online

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YeshuaNel

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Cameron Heron

Course Overview

VEST

Video Engagement and Skills Training

Dive into the online world of VEST and transform your creative ideas into professional-quality mobile videos. This online course will guide you step by step to understanding all the steps required for creating engaging and high-quality content.

From conceptualization and storyboarding to dynamic shooting and post-production, create scroll stopping shorts in no time.

What You’ll Learn

  1. How to conceptualize script, storyboard and plan ideas.
  2. Film those ideas with the best setting, techniques, and accessible gear.
  3. Manage different elements like Sound, Lighting and movement.
  4. Using software to edit your footage to deliver professional results.
  5. Have a completed Before and After video to showcase your improvement.
  6. Learn all of the above using only your mobile phones.

Who This Course Is For

  1. Young creatives looking to improve their short form content creations skills
  2. Aspiring influencers
  3. Small and medium business owners looking to gain additional skills to promote their businesses
  4. Companies looking to send their employees to up-skill in the field of content creation and media

Prerequisites 

  1. A smart phone capable of recording in 1080p not older than 2019
  2. A basic familiarity with using phones
  3. Ideally an Interest in filming, content creation and social media
  4. No prior media experience required

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  • Young Creatives.
  • Aspiring influencers.
  • Small and medium business owners.
  • employees to up-skill in content creation and media.
  • A smart phone capable of recording in 1080p not older than 2019
  • A basic familiarity with using phones
  • Before Video
  • Narrative
  • Gear and Camera
  • Shots and Composition
  • Camera Movement and Transitions
  • Lighting
  • Sound
  • Post-Production
  • Final Video

Course Content

  • Introduction
    • VEST - Introduction

      00:01:10
    • About VEST

    • About Academy

    • VEST Certification

    • Follow Along

    • Before Video

      00:00:30
    • Before Video Practical

  • Narrative
    • Intro

      00:00:21
    • Terminology Planning & Story

    • Content & Intention

      00:06:02
    • Hooks

      00:04:45
    • Energy & Pacing

      00:03:34
    • Scripts & Story

      00:04:12
    • Narrative Quiz

    • Storyboard Template

    • Homework Storyboard or Script

    • Concluding

      00:00:37
  • Gear and Camera
    • Phone & Gear - Intro

      00:00:15
    • Phone Optimization

      00:01:48
    • Camera Settings

      00:00:19
    • Frame Rates

      00:01:55
    • Focus

      00:01:41
    • Exposure

      00:02:20
    • Camera Settings Tutorial

    • Settings Quiz

    • Essential

      00:00:22
    • Tripods

      00:03:39
    • Gimbals

      00:05:19
    • Lighting

      00:05:55
    • Microphones

      00:03:31
    • Essential Gear Quiz

    • Gear Conclusion

      00:00:22
  • Shots and Composition
    • Composition & Shots Intro

      00:00:34
    • Terminology Visuals

    • Composition

      00:00:53
    • Rule-of-Thirds

      00:02:02
    • Headroom

      00:02:09
    • Symmetry

      00:01:57
    • Leading Lines

      00:01:43
    • Homework Composition

    • Composition Quiz

    • Shots

      00:00:20
    • Close Up

      00:00:53
    • Medium

      00:01:16
    • Wides

      00:00:58
    • Camera Angles

      00:00:17
    • Eye Level

      00:01:04
    • Over The Shoulder

      00:01:40
    • Low Angle

      00:01:00
    • High Angle

      00:00:54
    • Dutch Angle

      00:01:13
    • Homework Shot Types

    • Shot Types Quiz

    • Composition & Shots Conclusion

      00:00:22
  • Movement and Transitions
    • Movement & Transitions Intro

      00:00:23
    • Panning

      00:01:46
    • Tilting

      00:01:41
    • Tracking

      00:02:59
    • Push & Pull

      00:03:02
    • Wip Pan

      00:03:37
    • Movement Quiz

    • Creative Transitions

      00:04:53
    • Creative Transitions Quiz

    • Homework The Flow

    • Movement & Transitions Conclusion

      00:00:20
  • Lighting
    • Lighting Intro

      00:00:47
    • Three Point Lighting

      00:05:47
    • Three-Point Lighting Quiz

    • Natural Lighting

      00:03:50
    • Terminology Camera Control & Lighting

    • Natural Lighting Quiz

    • Lighting Conclusion

      00:01:39
  • Sound
    • Sound Intro

      00:00:29
    • Terminology Sound

    • Importance of Sound

      00:02:10
    • Clean Audio

      00:05:31
    • AI Tools

      00:01:03
    • AI Tools Resources

    • Syncing Sound

      00:02:56
    • Music

      00:02:38
    • Sound Effects

      00:02:11
    • Audio Levels

      00:01:04
    • Audio Quiz

    • Homework The Polish

    • Sound Conclusion

      00:00:25
  • Post-Production
    • Post-Production Intro

      00:01:04
    • Post Part 1

      00:12:50
    • Post Part 2

      00:04:16
    • Post Part 3

      00:09:50
    • Post Part 4

      00:02:01
    • Assets & Recources

    • Post Part 5

      00:02:29
    • Terminology Editing

    • Post-Production

    • Post-Production Quiz

    • Homework The Edit Test

    • Post-Production Conclusion

      00:00:45
  • After Video
    • After Video

    • VEST Certification Reminder

    • VEST Review

    • VEST Conclusion

      00:00:34
T₡ 50
Free
  • Duration 5 hr
  • Lessons 90
  • Skill Beginner
  • Last Update 20 November 2025

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