Video production workshop – Is this course worth it do you think?

[Grinner Hester]

doood, I’d run far and fast from that.
Grab a camera and an inexpensive NLE and start creating. If you like, take a few classes at your local jr college. None of this has to break the bank. I leared a long time ago that any promotion that starts with “make money” just wants your money.

[Earle Nichol]

I agree with grinner…the first clue…why is he not looking at the camera…is he looking at the car’s??….dicey…If there is a local indy group or like grinner says a night class at your local college, it will be way more for your moneys worth..walk before you run on your learning path…but RUN from this offer….

pearl

[Todd Terry]

Well, his own intro video itself is nothing short of terrible. What does that tell you?

Hopefully they are not teaching web design, either.

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Mark Suszko]

Charles, your best value in training would be to sign up for your local cable access channel and work on team productions there. And once you take the training they offer, you can produce actual programming that goes on air.

[Mick Haensler]

Is this a joke??

Mick Haensler
Higher Ground Media

[Mark Suszko]

No, people have been trying to make money off of other people by teaching them the secrets of video for some time now, Mick.

You can even get a diploma for it, I’m told:-)

[Timothy J. allen]

Charles,
This reeks of “color-by-number” self help that will sell you pre-packaged emails for $35. My opinion? I don’t think they really want the $35 so much, it’s getting your contact information as a potential lead to sell more gimmicks they really want.

The quality of the video on his page is abysmal. No lighting, horrible audio, a composite that my 8-year old could do. All these promises to point you to “free software”.

Remember the line in the movie “Good Will Hunting”? “You blew $150k on an education you could have gotten for a buck fifty in late fees from the library.” Well, $35 isn’t quite $150k, but I get the impression that $35 would be the first drip as they try to get you to turn on the money faucet to keep “learning” more.

Seriously, a DV cam, iMovie and a library subscription will take you farther and faster than anything this guy offers. Add in the internet and you are already way ahead of the game.

A quick sidebar, but on a related topic… one of the things I really liked about creative cow from the very start was that there wasn’t a single “video expert” leading any of the forums – especially a “self-proclaimed” one. You may get different opinions on some subjects here, but that’s because all the forum leaders and the forum visitors keep each other honest… and we are all continually learning. Kudos to you for continuing to grow and learn new things throughout your career!

[Grinner Hester]

I’m thinking this was a bad commercial for a bad product by the original poster. One post and it’s a link to a scam site.
Me thinks Charlie is self-pluggin’ badness.

[Fernando Mol]

That intro video is really a “great” example of how to capitalize the benefits of using video on a web site. The guy looks as he just drop down from bed, then he talks and talks for minutes looking at… err, my left hand? Oh, I got it, the audience in the picture. That’s creative!

If they are really trying to start a viral campaign, then they may be successful, but in a negative way.

And if they are just trying to get a higher page rank by placing links to their site, well, good luck with the black hat SEO. They may be banned soon.

*Always share a link to your site and rate the posts. This is a free service for you and for us.

[Nick Griffin]

I agree with Mick. This is sooo bad it has to be a joke.