DIY MOVIEMAKING

This course is geared towards anyone from a beginner to someone more advanced, who is struggling to know where to begin with trying to make their own short film or feature film.

This includes people who might want to do this to try and kickstart a professional career, or those just wanting to make a successful project as a hobby alongside a different line of work.

So it’s basically anyone that is looking to improve their technical, creative, and organisational skills for an upcoming film project.

AFTER EFFECTS ESSENTIALS

This course is geared towards:

• Anyone who wants a beginner-friendly crash course in Adobe After Effects, starting with the basics and with a strong emphasis on movie-style VFX (if you're mostly interested in motion graphics, this probably isn't the right course for you).
• Anyone struggling to know where to begin with making their own VFX shots
• Anyone looking to improve their income from their skills using Adobe After Effects
• Anyone who wants to get results like Steve on YouTube

In general, all the lessons are around 10 minutes or under, as we've found this is the best length to take in information. Some are longer, but normally for a large topic this will be split into multiple videos to help make information easier to find.

DIY MOVIEMAKING:

There are 40 main video lessons and more will be added as and when they are made.

AFTER EFFECTS ESSENTIALS:

There are 30 main video lessons and bonus videos will be added as and when they are made (there are 2 already).  There are also currently around 20 demo videos showing various effects used in real scenarios, so the course has around 50 videos altogether.

PRO BUNDLE (BOTH COURSES):

In total there are 94 videos and counting, and over 11 hours of content!

The courses are in English and at the moment they are not available in other languages. 

If there is enough of a demand for subtitling for certain languages, we may introduce this in the future.

The courses are available to buy in both dollars and pounds for a single one-time payment.

Pro Bundle (both courses): $249 USD / £199 GBP

DIY Moviemaking course: $199 USD / £159 GBP

After Effects Essentials course: $99 USD / £79 GBP

Just select the link you want at the bottom of this page.

Membership is for life, you pay once and then you get access to all your purchased course content and any future added or updated content.

We hope you will feel you have made a great investment by buying your chosen course and improving your skills. As a general rule, we do not offer refunds for these courses, but instead on this page we share the full course contents list, the free first video, the free webinar and this FAQ section so you can see in advance what the course is like and make an informed decision about whether it is right for you prior to purchase.

Therefore by enrolling in the course, you agree to the no-refunds policy. We thank you in advance your understanding and cooperation.

We are not a school, university or Adobe-affiliated learning provider, so no, you don't get an official qualification. 

These courses are designed to improve your personal skills with filmmaking methods similar to what you can see on the Steve Ramsden YouTube channel.  

Remember: good results can get you paid work just as much as qualifications (often more so in the creative sector), so if you are here for personal development then you are in the right place!

DIY MOVIEMAKING

Although some of the skills and methods I share are certainly transferable to get paid work in film and TV, do keep in mind that primarily the focus is on making your on passion projects and fictional stories, as that’s what most people are interested in starting with.

AFTER EFFECTS ESSENTIALS

This course's skills could certainly lead to you getting paid work, as it gives you a good understanding of how to use Adobe After Effects to create all kinds of amazing content .

As technology is changing all the time and advice on what specific kit to buy can become very outdated very quickly, I can’t tell you exactly what kit to shoot and edit with as I don’t know what story you are telling, what level you are at, or what budget you have - or even if you have a budget at all.

So instead, rather than teaching how to use specific cameras and edit programs in the course, I teach you universal tips that you can apply to any camera or edit program, and I list specific kit options in the description below these videos for various budgets, and that gets updated from time to time.

This course isn’t going to teach you every camera and edit program in the world one by one, but it is going to tell you how to make the best film you can using any of them, and for 90% of films, the camera and the edit program you choose really doesn’t matter.

Yes, you will need to download After Effects from Adobe.com to follow along with the lessons - but you can use the free trial while you complete the course. That way you can learn how to use the program before having to give Adobe any money to continue using the software.

(You will of course have to move onto Adobe's subscription model after their free trial ends).

If you are concerned about whether your computer is fast enough to handle After Effects, you can read up on the required tech specs on the Adobe website, or install the free trial and give it a try before buying this course. 

One of the first things we suggest in the course is to lower the preview / playback quality in After Effects while working if you are using a slower computer. Remember to be patient if you are building a complex project with lots of layers!

Please note: we can't help with individual technical issues that are not related to the course.

If you want to watch Steve's free webinar (Top 10 tips to make your passion project on a budget) you can watch that via the link at the top of this page. It also gives a look at what is inside both courses and answers more FAQs.