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ARRI Amira Camera Primer

AbelCine Team

ARRI Amira Camera Primer

AbelCine Team
4.7
1h 21m
8 modules (view curriculum)

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    1h 21m

Description

In this comprehensive camera primer, join AbelCine Camera Technology Specialist Megan Donnelly to discover how to setup and operate the ARRI Amira digital camera system. This course teaches you exactly how to set up, configure and operate the camera, including the operation of the camera’s body controls, the menu system, working with audio, monitoring waveforms, working with LUTs and ARRI Looks and finally on to post production and how to understand and handle ARRIRaw files.


Subtitles available: English

Modules

Camera Overview & Features

04m

In this opening module, AbelCine camera specialist Megan Donnelly introduces us to the ARRI Amira and gives an overview of the main specifications and features of the camera.


Subtitles available: English

External Controls and Buttons

10m

In this module we look at the external buttons, I/O ports and controls of the camera and how they are used, as well as the EVF and Monitor, explaining how each is used to access the camera controls.


Subtitles available: English

Audio and Timecode

10m

In this module Megan breaks down the Amira's audio features and how to use timecode to maintain consistency in multi-camera shoots or if using an external sound recorder.


Subtitles available: English

Setting up the Camera

18m

Here Megan identifies the five key parameters for any project and how to set them up on the Amira.


Subtitles available: English

Log, Raw and REC709

07m

In this lesson Megan starts by explaining how the camera captures an image, to then discuss the relationship between RAW and Log and how it relates to the Amira camera system.


Subtitles available: English

Looks and LUTs

06m

Continuing from the last module, we explore the difference between Looks and LUTs in respect to the Amira and how they can be used both functionally and creatively throughout production and post-production.


Subtitles available: English

Exposure Dynamics

05m

Here Megan discusses ARRI Log-C and how to correctly set color space to maximise exposure latitude for your ARRI Amira resulting in maximum detail in your image.


Subtitles available: English

Post Production

18m

In the course's final module Megan briefly shows us post-production basics for the Amira, ensuring that data is verified when offloaded. She then dives into DaVinci Resolve and Premiere Pro, showing how to work with the footage.


Subtitles available: English

About the Educator

AbelCine Team

Camera Technology Specialists

5 Courses

One of the world’s leading providers to the cinema and filmmaking industry, AbelCine offers a wide range of services including sales, rental, service and education. Education and the sharing of knowledge is at its core, and its education team is comprised of experienced, knowledgeable camera specialists including Megan Donnelly, Ian McCausland, Nic Somera, Corey Christian and Geoff Smith.

Reviews

5
Precise, easy to understand!
Raj Jadhav
5
Awesome! Learned a lot.
Randy Tomlinson
5
Thank You for this solid piece of information.
Łukasz Kucharski
5
Straight-forward
Armen Sarkisov
5
Very good.
Yiwen Wang
5
Good one. Thank you AbelCine.
chandrashekar thooti
5
Very useful course and very well explained content. It prepares you enough to go and shoot with the Amira with confidence. Highly recommended.
Jose Eduardo Barrios Sotillo
5
Excellent course. Very lucid instruction. Appreciate the close-ups of the Amira as to how to set it up for shooting, etc.
Grant Walther
5
Amazing!
Ajay Paul Singh
5
Very helpful and concise information! Really well presented!
Dominic Eder-Smigura
5
The perfect practical guide to the Arri Amira. I really enjoyed the efficiency of the general instruction as well as the deeper dive into Arri Look Software.
Ian Curry
5
AbelCine and Megan always do an excellent job!
Lynn Langston
4
I would love to know more about the complete assembly of the camera to the tripod - how can I mount wedge plate or base plate to the tripod, etc. How to connect monitor, focus system, etc. that would have been awesome.
venkata shiva Mutyala
4
Great information!
Bailey Quinn
4
Comprehensive, but the camera angles were lacking and didn't show buttons she pressed at times.
Kaur Hendrikson
3
I think that's like overview of all, and maybe you can go deeper in many mores aspect, like to take advantage from the technical characteristic and some built of it.
Alejandro Quiroga Duarte
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