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Mobile Content Creation

Create high-quality content with your phone

Communicate directly with your audience through engaging and creative video content. In this Mobile Content Creation course, you will gain skills in videography, sound recording and editing on your phone to create content efficiently and with confidence. 

Through practical exercises, you will gain first-hand experience in conceptualising and executing a short video, from pre- to post-production. Understand how to deliver a highly polished product complete with music, graphics, titles and logos. 

At the end of this course, you will: 

Learn all the tips and tricks for professional standard framing, focus, sound, exposure, coverage, and editing.

Create elegant and concise visual storytelling without the prohibitive cost and time lost in outsourcing to professionals.

Discover the many accessories that are available to complement this style of filmmaking.

"Super hands on! Loved having the opportunity to film something on the spot and get real time feedback."

- Manager, Health network

"I liked that the course was online. It was well structured with separate modules for video, sound, editing and accessories. The demonstration videos were good."

- Comms Manager, Arts institution

Is the Mobile Content Creation course right for you?

This course is an introduction to creating high-quality content on your phone for social media, your website and other online platforms, and requires no previous content creation experience or knowledge. 

This course is ideal for marketing, social media and communication professionals needing to produce content for campaigns, journalists and media professionals required to produce multimedia content, and real estate professionals, small business owners and others looking to produce their own video content in-house. 

Course Delivery & Requirements

Mobile Content Creation is offered online over five weeks with weekly Zoom sessions in the evening, or in person as a one-day workshop during business hours. 

Attendance pattern: 

  • In-person – One day, 9.30am-5pm  
  • Online – Five weekly 1.5 hour Zoom sessions and 1-2 hours self-directed learning per week. 

Both courses have a maximum of 10-12 participants. 

You will need familiarity with your own mobile device’s interface and operating system, and access to free editing software.  

For the in-person course, it is essential to bring headphones. 

For the online course, you will need access to a desktop or laptop computer with a camera, sound and a reliable internet connection for the evening Zoom sessions. The first chat session is designed as an introductory session for the students and tutor to meet each other and iron out any possible connection issues. 

Course Fee: $750 (pricing subject to change, please check enrolment form) 

Early bird and other discounts available – learn more. 

Meet Your Tutors

AFTRS short courses are taught by leading industry professionals. Mobile Content Creation is delivered either by Gareth Tillson or Angela Blake.

Gareth Tillson

Gareth Tillson has pursued a career in cinematography since he saw the light during a shoot at New York Film…

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Angela Blake

Angela Blake is the Co-Founder and Director of SF3 – the SmartFone Flick Fest, the world’s largest film festival dedicated…

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Further Reading

Link to
Transforming Video: The Art and Science of Mobile Content Creation

Mobile Content Creation distils the essential filmmaking knowledge to empower video creation with mobile device-built tools and accessible applications.

Mobile Content Creation Offerings

Online

COURSE DATES:
11 Jun 2025 to 11 Jun 2025

ATTENDANCE PATTERN:
consecutive Wednesdays for 5 weeks, 6:30pm - 8pm.

Early Bird Course Price:
$675

This is the standard course price including the early bird discount, as it is currently more than 14 days from commencement of the course.

ONLINE VIA ZOOM:
You will need a computer with speakers, a microphone & webcam (built-in, USB plug-in, or wireless Bluetooth).

For more information please email shortcourses@aftrs.edu.au or call 1300 223 877 or to register for future offerings click here

ENROLMENTS CLOSE: 06 Jun 2025

Sydney

COURSE DATES:
08 May 2025 to 08 May 2025

ATTENDANCE PATTERN:
9:30am - 5pm

Course Price:
$750

This is the standard course price.

AFTRS:
Building 130, The Entertainment QuarterMoore Park NSW 2021

For more information please email shortcourses@aftrs.edu.au or call 1300 223 877 or to register for future offerings click here

ENROLMENTS CLOSE: 02 May 2025

Register your interest to stay up-to-date on future offerings, application or enrolment dates, and more information on this course.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: AFTRS reserves the right to cancel any course for any reason at any time. In the event of a course being cancelled a full refund of course fees will be provided. If you are planning to travel to attend a course, please confirm with us via email that the course will be proceeding before you make your travel bookings. AFTRS is not liable for any travel costs incurred due to course postponement, cancellation, or any other circumstance.

If an attendee wishes to withdraw from a course, they may do so up to 15 days before the course commences and get a full refund. Cancellations 14 days or less before course commencement will incur a fee.

Find out more information about discounts and refunds here.

This course is for students aged 18+ only.

For more information email business@aftrs.edu.au or call 1300 223 877.