WHERE INSPIRATION MEETS TECHNICAL CRAFT, this guide to professional filmmaking with a GoPro is packed with hundreds of beautiful photos and interactive links to videos created by professional athletes, filmmakers, and inspired GoPro users around the world.
As the only book to cover the art and technique of advanced filmmaking by the team at GoPro, you’ll get a unique insider’s look at GoPro’s history, all the different camera modes and settings, standard and experimental mounts, shooting principles, and editing techniques. Compelling stories from users such as Kelly Slater, Shaun White, and Kevin Richardson offer a rare view into an incredible world of athleticism, artistic beauty, and storytelling.
Whether you’re a professional filmmaker, top athlete or an aspiring enthusiast, you’ll get all the inspiration and instruction you need to capture and create your own engaging edits to share with the world.
“This book is an invaluable window into Bradford and Brandon’s creative thinking and summarizes their years of experience. Hopefully it serves as a spark for you just as the authors have done for GoPro.”
From the foreword by Nicholas Woodman, founder of GoPro
Bradford Schmidt is a founding member of GoPro's media department. Bradford first met GoPro founder and CEO Nick Woodman on a surfing trip in 2002, while riding on a wooden chicken ferry in Sumatra. The two bonded through their love of surfng, travel, and photography. Over the next seven years, Brad helped Nick develop what would become the GoPro by testing prototype mounts and cameras, and by filming marketing footage for trade shows. In 2009, Bradford moved to Half Moon Bay, California, to create GoPro’s media department and start a YouTube channel that would rise to become one of the most powerful content-driven brands online.
Brandon Thompson joined GoPro as the second member of the media department, and specializes in video post-production. Brandon's work for GoPro has received over 50 million views on YouTube, and has been shown in forums as diverse as Super Bowl halftime commercials, Xbox Live, Virgin Air flight programming, and film festivals.
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