MC: Learn the Art of Creating Birth Films

This Masterclass will give you the tools to document births beautifully.
Discover emotional storytelling strategies, the birth process, client communication, and how to capture and edit footage in difficult lighting situations. After this course, you’ll feel fully prepared to document each baby’s birthday perfectly

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Birth is intimate, powerful, and transformative. Capture it beautifully.

This FilmingLife Masterclass will help you to artfully capture the most emotional genre of filmmaking.
You will learn storytelling techniques, as well as technical strategies to take your birth films to the next level. Learn when to photograph vs. film, and how best to use light. We’ll discuss effective client communication from inquiry through delivering the final film. We’ll compare filming at hospitals, birth centers, and home births, as well the birthing process and etiquette. After this Masterclass, you’ll be fully prepared when you get the call to head to a birth, and your films will reach the next level in artistry focusing on emotional storytelling.

Kailee Riches specializes in maternity, birth, and baby photography and videography throughout Nashville and Middle Tennessee. She artistically captures the small, real moments that piece together the story of growing families. Kailee received her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Studies, and is a licensed Early Childhood Education teacher. With an observant eye and patience, she documents aesthetically beautiful and natural moments. She became a CAPPA certified Postpartum Doula in 2016 and loves sharing information and resources with new families.When she’s not making films, you can find her riding bikes with her husband Randy, playing fetch with her deaf chocolate lab Oliver, drinking coffee, going to movies with friends, and meeting others in Nashville's growing birth community.

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+ See what gear Kailee uses to document births

+ Discover how to stand out amongst other birth filmmakers

+ Learn how to network with other birth workers

+ Understand the power of social media as a marketing tool

+ Learn how to find your first clients and price your births

+ Learn how Kailee communicates with clients from inquiry to delivering the final film and gallery

+ Download Kailee’s birth client questionnaire and shot list

+ Understand birth etiquette and the importance of respecting the birth space

+ Learn what it means to be on call and work with a back up photographer

+ Understand how to handle emergency situations

+ Discover ways to shoot in difficult lighting situations

+ Understand where to stand during the birth

+ Learn how to incorporate storytelling strategies for huge emotional impact

+ Go behind the scenes to see how Kailee films a home birth

+ Discover editing techniques specific to Birth Films

Students who enroll in this Masterclass must have...

An active membership in the FilmingLife Academy
A solid understanding of the basics of filming with your camera

At least 3 completed films of your own for personal use and/or clients

Access to Video Editing Software: Most often the techniques taught can be applied to any editing software, however please note that all tutorials/techniques are taught using Premiere Pro

+ You must be enrolled in the FilmingLife Academy to join the Masterclass

+ FilmingLife Masterclasses are hosted on the same platform as the Academy Core Curriculum

+ Your Masterclass teacher is an active part of the community and will check in weekly to answer questions during set Q&A times.

+ Masterclasses have a dedicated forum for students to ask questions and discuss topics specific to the class.

+ You get immediate access to the material as soon as you enroll, so you can learn on your time at your own pace.

+ Text lessons come in the form of an interactive eBook with built in highlighters and the ability to save notes for all those "golden nuggets" of information that you want to save and refer back to later

+ Video tutorials are included to complement the ebook lessons and demonstrate techniques.

+Audio tutorials are included to compliment the text lessons if you prefer listening to reading.

+ You will be able to submit one film for critique by your Masterclass Teacher.

+ Each Masterclass Student will receive the opportunity for your film project to be featured by Courtney Holmes on the FilmingLife Academy Website/Social Media.

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