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Sacramento Private One-on-One Photography & Video Lessons
TELL THE WORLD YOUR STORY THROUGH OUR CREATION
CINECROWN ACADEMY IS A SACRAMENTO BASED LEAD BY AWARD-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHERS
Your Story | Your Life | Your Legacy
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Individual or Team Hands-on Training & Portfolio Reviews
My private creative lessons are personally tailored to you depending upon your needs and abilities with live question-and-answer sessions available during the lesson to have your skills honed quickly and before long feel confident about applying them in everyday situations.
Why In-Person Experience?
- After almost 2 decade working in the art industry and nearly 16 of those years building my own company, I’ve seen firsthand what works and what doesn’t. I will help you tell your story, create a brand that is authentic to you and your business, and then effectively market it so that the right people know who you are and what you do. Whether you want to polish up what you already have or create something brand new, let me make it happen!
Private 101: Answer Package – Single Branding Strategy Consultation
STARTS AT $175
What you will learning:
Bring to the table your questions about how to promote a specific program/service/product, what direction to move your branding and marketing forward (brand identity, product/company name, copy ideas that convert), or get guidance developing a strategy to help you grow.
Includes: Choice of 30-minute or 1-hour consult over the phone and/or video conference (Zoom).
Photo 102: Basic Composition & Principle In Photography
FOR START UP ARTIST | SESSION STARTING AT $495
What you will learning:
- A 2-hour in-person portfolio review of your work with me to review your portfolio, style, website, resume, social media, and more.
- This session can be done via Skype, phone, or in person. It can be done remotely or in person, wherever you are located.
- I will look at your entire portfolio, social media, resume, etc. to determine how to get more business.
- I will identify your target clients, what they are looking for, and how you can reach them more effectively.
- I will give you step-by-step action plans to reach your goal.
- Includes: 2-hour personal clarity consulting in-person or over the phone and/or video conference (Zoom).
This is for you, if:
- You’re not reaching the types of clients you’d like
- You need an objective opinion on how your work is perceived
- The process of re-organizing your portfolios feels overwhelming
- You want to know what your clients are looking for from someone who has years of experience working with Fortune 500 brands
- You’re not sure where to start with your photo marketing
- You’re ready to grow your photography business but aren’t sure how
Private 201: Hands-on 2 Hour Beginners’ Lesson
STARTS AT $495
Are you interested in taking better pictures with your personal camera, but you feel like you need some guidance? Join us at CineCrown to enjoy coffee and a workshop on photography.
As a beginner in photography, you may feel overwhelmed with the number of settings available for your camera. There is a lot to cover when it comes to how to take a photograph, but don’t let it stress you out because we’re going to share some basics on how you can better use your equipment without diving too much into complexity. You don’t need a high tech camera or other equipment in order to get started and experiment with taking photos that look amazing! Come grab a seat and be inspired by our creative talks!
The workshop will start with basic terms including ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. Their definitions will be explored and basic concepts of photography will be discussed. The goal to photographing with manual or semi auto modes will be established by learning how changes impact the outcome of the photograph. Come grab a seat with your Mirrorless, Point and Shoot, or DSLR Camera, and even your phone!
What you will learning:
- Learn how to adjust the settings and basic control over your exposure mode on your camera for any light condition.
- How to adjust ISO, shutter speed, and aperture.
- Learn simple camera tricks, settings, and functions, that can enhance your sharpness, focus, motion blur shots, and more!
- You will learn exposure compensation and basic control to help you use on-camera flash to take night photos.
- Introduce all other digital photography-related topics that you will need to know when purchasing a camera.
- Other camera-related related include megapixels, lenses, noise, white balance, ISO, SD cards, and much more.
- Learn about the most popular shooting modes such as Program Auto, Automatic, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, Landscape, Sports, Portrait, and more!
- Photo Critiquing, Verbal Instruction, and Hands-on Exercises.
- A mixture to cater to all learning types, outside, and take your newly learned skills to the neighboring streets of Midtown Sacramento.
Is This For you?
- You’re new to photography and don’t know where to start.
- You have a camera but don’t know how to use it hand-on
- You have in the process of purchasing a camera or consider
- You have a good phone camera, and won’t utilize its potential (highly recommended to take the composition class)
Requirements:
Includes:
Up to 2 hours total in-person
Private 202: Hands-on Half-day Creative Lesson
FOR START UP ARTIST | LESSON STARTING AT $895
What you will learning:
- Personal Consulting, aligns your believe, passion, and life
- Skillset analysis
- Post-processing tools and techniques
- Photo organization & asset management
- Composition
- Photo & website critiques
- Portfolio reviews
Hand On Camera?
- How to use your camera (dials, buttons, menus)
- Interpreting a location and changing shooting style per conditions
- Focusing techniques
- Learning & practicing long exposure techniques
- Exposure settings in dynamic lighting conditions
- and more…
Includes:
Up to 4-hour total in-person and hands-on training.
Private 303: Hands-on 3 Days Film School Training
FOR FILMMAKER & CINEMATOGRAPHER | LESSON STARTING AT $2695
Hands-on lessons, your lesson can be anything from fieldwork, operating your camera, focusing techniques, filters, reading and interpreting a scene, composition, asset management, post-processing – and everything in between. Your cinematography and visual art lessons will be tailored to you by Martin Vo. He’ll help you reach your personal goals with instruction on whatever you would like to learn. You will be scheduled for a 3-day session within three weeks period, and only you. Your schedule is limited, so don’t wait to reserve your time slot today! Multiple student discount lessons are available if you bring a team or two or more people.
What you will learning:
DAY 1 – Pre Production, Lecture & Consultant (4 hours)
- Personal Consulting, aligns your beliefs, passions, and skillsets.
- Preproduction: Organization and asset management, creating a production plan including shot list, location scouting, mood board, and scheduling.
- Interpreting a location and changing shooting style according to conditions.
- Camera advice and what to buy for the next hands-on camera session.
- Create a sample client project from start to finish.
- Learn about composition, line, shape, and color theory.
DAY 2 – Production & Hand-on Camera Shooting (4 hours)
- Using your camera or our camera, hands-on production with the project of your choice.
- Learn how to set up lighting, camera equipment, and sound on set.
- Understand camera mode and settings, how to use your camera (dials, buttons, menus)
- Learn how to use cinematography techniques such as sliders, stabilizers, monopods, tripods, and cranes, and how each is used.
- Learning and practicing long exposure techniques.
- Exposure settings in dynamic lighting conditions.
- Lens choices: Choose the right lens for medium, close-up, and far-shot, establishing shots for each mood with purpose.
- Hand-on composition and focusing techniques.
- Learn how to set up for an interview shooting.
- Learn how to set up the light and shoot a B-roll.
DAY 3 – Post Production: Edit, Color Grading, & Critique (4 hours)
- Lecture on Preproduction and overview of the editing process
- Learn how to back up the footage and organize files after a shoot
- Learn naming files and folders.
- Preparation post-production before diving into editing, understanding what clients want and what is the ending product.
- Choose the copyrighted music that follows the mood.
- Usage of stock footage as B-roll.
- Learn the post-processing tools and techniques, including rough interview cut music overlay.
- Choose B-roll overlay and underlay
- Choice of transition and filter.
- Lower third and title insert.
- Color grading technique and more.
- Learn how to export different format
- Final review of the export video
- Critiques the final edited video and other portfolio reviews that you may have
- Suggestion your weakness and strength
- Final thought and celebrate
Includes:
Up to 12 hours total spread out in three weeks, in-person and hands-on training.
How do I get started?
Private 306: Hands-on 6 Days Film School Training Commercial Video Production Focus
FOR FILMMAKER & CINEMATOGRAPHER | LESSON STARTING AT $4295
Hands-on lessons, your lesson can be anything from fieldwork, operating your camera, focusing techniques, filters, reading and interpreting a scene, composition, asset management, post-processing – and everything in between. Your cinematography and visual art lessons will be tailored to you by Martin Vo. He’ll help you reach your personal goals with instruction on whatever you would like to learn. You will be scheduled for a 6-day session within a month period, and only you. Your schedule is limited, so don’t wait to reserve your time slot today! Multiple student discount lessons are available if you bring a team or two or more people.
What you will learning:
DAY 1 – Lecture, Theory & Consultant (4 hrs)
- Personal Consulting aligns your beliefs, passions, and skillsets.
- Filmmaking Theory and Cinematography 101 lecture. Introduce camera movement and cranes, drone ariel, one-take shot, and how each is used.
- Rules of composition, camera angles, focal length, and lens choice.
- Business in Filmmaking and how to charge.
- Learn visual composition, line, shape, and color theory.
- Learn and master your lighting in filmmaking.
- Camera advise and what to look for when buying camera equipment and preparing for the hands-on camera session.
- First Assignment & homework
DAY 2 – Commercial Video Production 101 -Pre Production (4 hrs)
- Intro to Commercial from Landing a client to negotiating a budget with a client and setting expectations.
- Pre-Production: Learn how to write a script and create a shot list and mood board.
- Hiring a voice-over talent and recording.
- Organization and asset management, creating a production plan, location scouting, and scheduling.
- Interpreting a location and changing shooting style according to conditions.
- Create a sample client project from start to finish. Understanding different types of production videos.
- Lens choices: Choose the right lens for medium, close-up, and far-shot, establishing shots for each mood with purpose.
- Second Assignment & homework
DAY 3 -Hands-on Productions: Camera, Lighting & Movement Training (5 hrs)
- Hands-on camera usage. How to use your camera or production camera. Camera technical lessons.
- Introduce automation and manual focus.
- Choose the right white balance and profile.
- Apply cinematography 101 lessons: Rules of composition, camera angles, focal length, and lens choice.
- Hands-on how to set up from simple one-light to 3 point lighting. How to set up camera equipment.
- Sound one-one-on-one set.
- Understand camera mode and settings, and how to use your camera (dials, buttons, menus).
- Exposure settings in dynamic lighting conditions.
- Learn how to use cinematography techniques and movement: monopod and tripod, handheld, glide cam or gimble stabilizers,
- Learn the composition of shapes and lights.
- Third Assignment
DAY 4 – Hands-on Production: Work on the Assignment (5 hrs)
- Using your camera or our camera, hands-on production with the project of your choice.
- Practice setting up lighting, camera equipment, and sound on set.
- Understand camera mode and settings, how to use your camera (dials, buttons, menus)
- Practice simple cinematography and movement techniques from sliders, stabilizers, monopods, and tripods
- Practice settings in dynamic lighting conditions.
- Reasoning to your lens choices for your project.
- Hand-on composition and focusing techniques.
- Learn how to set up for an interview shooting.
- Learn how to set up the light and shoot B-roll.
- Fourth Assignment
DAY 5 – Post Production: Edit & Color Grading (4 hours)
- Lecture on Preproduction and overview of the editing process. Intro to Premiere Pro and data management.
- Learn how to import and back up the footage and organize files after a shoot. Learn naming files and folders.
- Preparation of post-production timeline before diving into editing, understanding what the client wants and what is the ending product.
- Buiding a Story from the interview and organizing them.
- Choose the copyright music that follows the mood. Usage of stock footage as B-roll.
- Learn the post-processing tools and techniques, including rough interview cut music overlay. Choose B-roll overlay and underlay
- Choice of transition and filter, warp stabilizer. Lower third and title.
- Learn how to Color correction and grading techniques.
- Intro to Special Effect and Template Workflow
- Learn the best export setting in different formats
- Final Assignment
- Final review of the export video
- Critiques the final edited video and other portfolio reviews that you may have
- Suggestion your weakness and strength
- Presentation and Portfolio
- Final thought and celebration
How do I get started?
Includes:
Up to 24 hours total spread out in a months, in-person and hands-on training.
Private 306: Hands-on 6 Days Film School Training Commercial Video Production Focus
My name is Martin Vo, I have breathed and lived the art of storytelling since I was accepted to the art academy at the age of four, the youngest artist at the time. I created stories through vibrant oil paintings on canvas with an artistic touch. In seven years of college, photography, and filmmaking allowed me to tell a greater story, the love story of two people. Stories can pass from generation to generation, and be relived through album photos and videos. My goal is to pass on your story to your family, your kids, and future generations. I believe I can capture this through filmmaking and photography to seal your memories so that they can be remembered forever. I believe that storytelling is extremely powerful and this is why I want to tell yours.
Martin Vo
Continuing upwards in his career as creative director, He graduated from California State University, Sacramento with seven different degrees, including a Bachelor of Art in Photography and Cinematography Studio Arts and a Bachelor of Science in Graphic Design, branding, and marketing focus.
Through dedication and hard work, he became the youngest creative director of Studio 316. Eventually, this led to him opening his own Studio for photography and video productions. He would then go and receive the number one best artist award from the local Sacramento TV Station KCRA3 as their A-list Filmmaker. He also placed second place in the creative division for the Wedding and Portrait Photography International (WPPI).
Martin has the education and experience to produce products that would exceed the client’s vision. Martin continues to acquire more knowledge of new technology that will bring forth new skills and styles to the products we offer. Martin gained recognition and status to become currently a Creative Director and Director of Photography at CineCrown Studio.
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Testimonials
“CineCrown really went above and beyond to help us demonstrate the mission and work of our organization on screen. Martin was kind and patient with the subjects of our video, some of whom had survived serious trauma and that made a HUGE difference in comfortably sharing their stories.”
David H. – LGBT President.
“We chose CineCrown above and beyond other solicitations because of their competitive pricing and extensive history working with other agencies. CineCrown proved to be a successful venture in helping us achieve a well-rounded branding campaign. The video series properly educated, informed, and motivated our audience on the importance of seeing, hearing, and reporting . . . It was a pleasure working with Martin Vo and his team.”
Jo N. – Senior Officer at SAC RT
“Corporate marketing vs. website for a nonprofit board. It’s obvious that Martin from CineCrown has a great academic background in IT and graphic design. What really makes for a great experience is his enthusiasm for his craft!”
Ann K. – Attorney
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