# Share Your Story: Shooting An Epic 'About' Video On Your Phone - review & insight | Gareth B. Davies Source: https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/share-your-story-shooting-an-epic-about-video-on-your-phone/ [← All courses](https://garethbdavies.com/course-insights/) Video & Animation · Solid intro · Rated 6 /10 # Share Your Story: Shooting An Epic 'About' Video On Your Phone Updated August 2026 Linda & David · A couple of creative folks Beginner · 84 min A creative couple shows exactly how to script, shoot, and edit a phone-only about video in under an hour and a half. [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2Fshare-your-story-shooting-an-epic-about-video-on-your-phone%2F1756671913) New to Skillshare? Your first month is free, enough to take this course at no cost. ## What it actually teaches This course walks a single, specific path from blank page to finished video, and its structure is its strength. It opens with a self-interview framework built around four questions (who you are, your story, what you do and why, what inspires you), which the instructors answer aloud as a worked example rather than describing in the abstract. That example carries through the entire course: the same bullet points become the same script, which becomes the same narration, which becomes the same footage plan. Watching one project move through every stage gives the material a coherence that many beginner video courses lack. The scripting lesson includes a genuinely useful piece of practical math: run your word count through a counter, estimate reading time, and target 1.5 to 2.5 minutes total. It is a small technique, but it is the kind of concrete, checkable advice that separates a real lesson from vague encouragement. The footage-planning worksheet that follows applies the same logic visually, pairing each line of the script with a matching scene idea so shooting day has a plan instead of guesswork. The gear and shooting lessons stay deliberately minimal. Recording narration is covered with three options, from the phone's native Voice Memo app up to a clip-on lavalier and shotgun mic, with honest acknowledgment that the phone alone is enough for a beginner. Camera technique is limited to locking exposure and white balance with a tap-and-hold gesture, keeping the subject centered rather than applying the rule of thirds aggressively, and moving the camera slowly during handheld shots. These are the right basics for someone who has never shot anything intentional before, but experienced hobbyists will find nothing new here. ## Where it falls short The editing section, built entirely around the free app Videoleap, is the most detailed part of the course and also its most meandering. It covers trimming, splitting, layering narration under a music track, keyframing volume so the soundtrack ducks when the voice comes in, adding text captions, and applying color filters. The information is real and usable, but it is delivered as a loose narrated walkthrough of the instructors' own project rather than a structured checklist, so viewers have to extract the technique from a lot of conversational back-and-forth. The course is also narrow by design. It teaches one video, made one way, by one method, and does not branch into alternatives (different editing apps, vertical-first shooting, interview-style rather than solo narration). That narrowness is exactly what makes it approachable for a first attempt, but it also means there is little room to grow once that first about video is done. The closing lesson on where to publish the finished video, from about pages to Instagram highlights to outreach emails, is brief but adds real strategic value beyond the mechanics of making the thing. Overall, this is a tightly scoped, honestly beginner-level course that delivers exactly what its title promises: one clear, repeatable method for making a personal video entirely on a phone, no more and no less. The standout The worksheet method of mapping each script line to a specific, personally authentic visual scene before shooting, which keeps footage purposeful instead of random. ## What you will learn - · Turning four guided interview questions (who you are, your story, what you do and why, what inspires you) into bullet points and then a script - · Timing a script to the 1.5 to 2.5 minute ideal length using word-count and speech-rate tools - · Recording narration on a phone with a Voice Memo app or an inexpensive lavalier and shotgun mic setup - · Planning footage with a two-column worksheet that pairs script lines to specific visual scenes - · Basic phone camera composition: locking focus and white balance, centering the subject, and slow deliberate camera movement - · A full Videoleap workflow for trimming, layering narration under music with keyframed volume, adding text, and exporting Best for: A solo creative, freelancer, or small business owner who has never made a video before and wants a simple, low-cost way to produce an about video entirely on their phone. Skip it if: Anyone with prior video editing experience or aiming for polished commercial production, since the techniques stay entry-level and the gear and software discussed are minimal. Clarity of Instruction Helpful Examples Engaging Teacher Actionable Steps [Get a Free Month on Skillshare](https://skillshare.eqcm.net/c/3155494/298081/4650?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.skillshare.com%2Fclasses%2Fshare-your-story-shooting-an-epic-about-video-on-your-phone%2F1756671913)