Directing The Camera in Blender

In this Blender course about directing a camera, learn about real-world physics about how cameras work, concepts from still photography as well as cinematography - and get to practice the essential camera techniques.

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Let's Make Your Own Blender Blender short film!

Ready? Making a Blender short is a mammoth task, with many different steps -- in many different areas of filmmaking.

One area that you just need to get right: the camera!

Without knowing what you're doing, your movie quality will suffer -- and you'll quickly go from Spielberg to Spiel-blargh.

Learn How the Camera Works in Blender

In this Blender course, you’ll learn about some real-world physics about how cameras work in Blender.

In 12 easy-to-follow lessons, we'll cover the essential concepts from still photography as well as cinematography.

You'll master the terminology that professional use (no, not every camera movement is a "pan"!) and, of course, you'll channel your inner Hitchcock and get a chance to practice the right techniques, hands on.

Let's learn the Camera rules - Before we break them

Chapter 1: Learn Camera Theory the Fun Way (with famous movie examples)

different camera moves
types of camera angles
what shots to use and when
camera lenses: do they matter? (Spoiler: yes.)

Rack focus is used to draw your viewer's attention to where you want it.

Chapter 2: Camera in Blender (all the settings you need to know)

Time to learn more about the camera specifically in Blender.

What's typical about the Blender camera?
How to set up a Blender camera rig
How to composit your short
All about the famous '180 degree rule'

In this section, we'll also get hands-on practice with an exercise that will challenge you to create a dramatic dolly zoom effect.

Chapter 3: Practice Using your Blender Camera (Graded exercises)

More exercises! Because you can never get too much practice...

Create a tilt-shift effect
Rack focus: guide your viewer's eye
Create a camera shake
Create a hand-held camera effect

Hand-held camera effect in Blender

Chapter 4: Useful Camera Tips

Before we wrap up...

apply realistic motion blur
use alternate camera rigs
BONUS: a handful of practical tips!

Learn these things before you jump into your own Blender movie - and achieve a much, much better result.

So what are you waiting for? Press play!

Camera Theory
In this section you will learn all about the different types of camera moves, angles, shots and lenses.
Grab yourself a cup of tea and a notepad and let's get learning.
The Blender Camera
Now we are jumping in to learn more about the camera inside Blender and using a camera rig. We will also get our hands dirty and create the dramatic dolly zoom effect.
Plus, there's some more 'rules' you need to know. (Rules can be broken, but you should master them before you try to do that!)
Hands on Exercises
Go and get your hands dirty with these exercises!
And Another Thing
Before we finish up, here's a few more things to learn about.

Directing The Camera in Blender

Let's Make Your Own Blender Blender short film!

Learn How the Camera Works in Blender

Let's learn the Camera rules - Before we break them

Chapter 1: Learn Camera Theory the Fun Way (with famous movie examples)

Chapter 2: Camera in Blender (all the settings you need to know)

Chapter 3: Practice Using your Blender Camera (Graded exercises)

Chapter 4: Useful Camera Tips

Learn these things before you jump into your own Blender movie - and achieve a much, much better result.

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