UPDATED August 13, 2016.
Ideally, we would all have access to a "pro-sumer" video camera to make our digital masterpieces, but... well, they're expensive. This class is mainly about learning how movies are made and how to develop skills to tell stories well on film. If you have a nice camcorder, pro-sumer video camera, or DSLR, then please use it. Otherwise your smartphone, iPad, or point-and-shoot camera should work fine.
Smartphone cameras have come such a long way in the last few years. A friend who is a professional videographer told me about a European colleague who finished a broadcast-quality commercial using only an iPhone 4S to capture video. He said it was beautiful. (See this commercial for Bentley automobiles shot on iPhone 5s and edited on iPads.) If you have a smartphone with a good video camera and you can upload shots to your computer for editing, then use it for this class. Recent model iPod Touches do a fine job of capturing video.
I highly recommend that you buy an app called "Filmic Pro" which is now available on Android as well as iPhone. It is an amazing video app that lets you manually set and fix the camera's focus, exposure, and white balance—three critical things for good video. It has many other features also. Here is a good article about setting up Filmic Pro on your iOS device: How to make HD movies on your iPhone 4 or 4S. There are many short films shot on smartphones on YouTube.
Filmic still offers their older app free on iTunes. It is called "Filmic Classic." It is best if you have an older iPhone or iPod Touch with video. It is still quite a capable app.
There are other film shooting apps and editing apps out there for your smartphones. If you want to explore the many options out there, make sure to read reviews and watch videos made on each.
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