The Rack Focus Outdoor Video School Experience..

How would you like to travel the world, hunt with some of the best woodsmen in the outdoor industry and encounter trophy big game animals from the plains of Africa to the tops of the Rocky Mountains? If the outdoors are your passion and you want to learn how to become a professional outdoor videographer enabling you to see places you never imagined, while getting paid good money, then the Rack Focus Video School can help you get there.

Rack Focus Video School is THE most comprehensive, insightful and detail oriented outdoor video school in America. We will help answer the questions you might have about the outdoor television and video industry and touch on the skills that can enable you to work for yourself as a freelance or professional outdoor field producer.

Operate broadcast quality cameras and work with some of the latest post-production editing equipment. Learn how to promote yourself as a videographer and some of the hot camera techniques currently used by today's top outdoor professionals. Find out what the outdoor production industry is really like and why they desperately need quality freelance outdoor videographers.

We'll break down and analyze videos and television from some of the most successful outdoor production companies in the industry and discover why they are truly as successful as they are. Find out how a good quality video camera and editing skill can give you the opportunity to hunt some of the best ground in the world. Learn how to shoot video in the field and find out what could make your footage worth hundreds of dollars, and air on national television.

We'll have a hands-on crash course in hunting ­set-ups with the camera, what tree-stand set-ups work and what ones don't. We'll prepare you for shooting video in the field by simulating actual hunting scenarios that you will be tested on in the written exam. Be a part of the most in depth outdoor production class of its kind and take a big step toward starting your career in the outdoors.

about our next rack focus session..
[we teach you how to hunt...with a camera]

Our next course will be held at the Rack Focus Post Studio in Midland, MI. Our classes have always been intensely focused on what the Professional Field Producer needs to know when in the field. We are looking for Students with at least one year of Production in the field and some knowledge of manual camera operation, but any student with a real desire to learn the trades is a good candidate. While it isn't imperative to bring a camera with you, it is highly encouraged so you can get more familiar with what you'll be using this spring and fall.

This course is also great for the Television Producers who are looking to improve the content and storytelling ability of their Field Producers. A Show is only as good as the people running the4.jpg camera. We go through the process of building shot sheets before the hunt and time-coding the footage after the hunt is over...a process any Producer will love. We also will touch on a lot of the new camera tricks and techniques currently being used in not only the Outdoor Industry, but the Production Industry in general. We have always said, if you want to find the new and current trends in Production...don't look at the Outdoor Television Industry, with a few shows being the exception. There is no better way to make your show look like a high-end production than to enroll a few of your Prostaff into the RF School.

We will spend one day in the studio going over every small detail, setting, audio trick, interview technique and everything in-between our Staff has used as field producers and Television Producers. You'll also get an inside and behind the scenes look at the Rack Focus Post Production Studio in the midst of our busiest post-production season to date, as we push out four 3rd quarter shows for the Television Networks. You'll be able to spend time working in any one of our four edit bays in the evenings.

We'll spend parts of two days in the field addressing multiple field production scenarios. Students will work in teams in a competitive field production contest meant to simulate real in-the-field whitetail and turkey hunting situations. We'll also have at least one guest speaker who is currently working in the Outdoor Television Industry.  See pics and the story from the most recent Video School here.

Part of what has made our school a success over the last four years has been the limited number of spots that we offer to ensure the hands-on and one-on-one type of training we are known for. Rack Focus will give you every opportunity to grow yourself as a Field Producer, while networking with contacts within the industry that can help you get to the next level.

Class Dates for our first 2011 session will take place March 18th-20th. Cost is $1250 per person which includes food during school hours, detailed course packet, Rack Focus shirt, hat and decal as well as a Course Certification Diploma. If you are interested, contact us right away as we are constantly filling spots with students that have contacted us directly and only have space for the first 10 students we receive deposits from, so sign up NOW! Deposit to hold the spot is $600. The balance will be due two weeks prior to the school session.

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