Top 6 free beginner-level Film-Making courses on Youtube if you don't know where to start.

1. TOMORROW'S FILMMAKERS

Tomorrow's Filmmakers is a complete film school that covers almost everything you need to know to learn about filmmaking. They have their filmmaking course but I would prefer just watching their youtube videos fine because it gives most of the pieces of information that you need to start.

From learning about equipment, the technical side of filmmaking, audio, and the creative, it truly is an all-in-one package. Most impressive, though, are the different topics like real estate, music videos, directing, VFX, short films, and the basics like Composition, Movement, Lighting, Aspect ratios and more in brief with ease so that as a beginner filmmaker it will help you understand easily and you can start without any hesitations.

2. APUTURE

Lighting is fundamental to film because it creates a visual mood, atmosphere, and sense of meaning for the audience. Whether it’s dressing a film set or blocking actors, every step of the cinematic process affects the lighting setup, and vice-versa.

So learning about the basics principles and camera work from tomorrow's filmmakers and watching their take on cinematic lighting see the detailed take of aputure on cinematic lighting. They have shown every type of cinematic/dramatic lighting for every genre and mood. Demonstrate which Lighting Setup they have used and how and where for a Scene.

3. BRADY BESSETTE

Brady Bessette is another filmmaker who will teach you the technicality of lighting and cinematography.

The core will be types of stylistic lighting portraying to look different for documentaries, horror etc and how to colour correct and grade those files and sometimes how to shoot in depth. Brady Bessette will also show How to Light a Scene Without Professional Equipment if you are on a tight budget or don't have equipment.

4. COLOR GRADING CENTRAL

In cinema, colour grading is a creative choice taken by a creative individual or team on how best to represent the story being told by the use of colour. Naturally, colour grading is heavily influenced by decisions made on set by the director of photography (DOP) and the director. Color Grading Central

teaches you in detail about how to use Premiere Pro, Da Vinci, and Final Cut Pro for colour grading. They show every element and tool and how to use it. They also have their Free Luts so If you want to make or try go on to their website and download the free Lut to understand.

5. PARKER WALBECK

Parker Walbeck is a team of filmmakers where you can learn everything about filmmaking for example they show the behind-the-scenes of commercial ad, and short film and also explains transitions, editing, and camera gear. They also have tutorials for beginner filmmakers.

6. STUDIO BINDER

Studio Binder is an in-depth review and comparison channel that breaks down the movie, the director, editors, and cinematographer's style and divides it into different fundamentals of filmmaking and teaches you in a way that you can. understand it easily.

They of course teach us the basic principle of filmmaking while showing us the reference and examples that this principle is used in this movie and how it is used. They talk about Montage, Long takes, Directing Style of Nolan, the Editing Style of Schoonmaker and many more.