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@ernestf-lloyd
I couldn’t think of a better place to ask! And know that your desire for clean content to learn photography/videography is shared amongst other Christians.
As far as finding a good website to learn videography… unfortunately, I haven’t found anything that is close to what’s going here. The National Christian Forensics and Speech Association (more popularly known as NCFCA) used to have a short series of tutorials for making short films; unfortunately, they no longer have their short film contest, and double-unfortunately, the tutorials are gone too.
One event (not really a website) that just came to mind was this one:
Philip Telfer’s (author of Media Choices: Convictions or Compromise) organization, Media Talk 101, came up with this. If you’re into more making short films and fictional films (storytelling), this might be for you. If you’re just trying to get the nuts and bolts, I don’t know (but probably not). I’ve never been.
https://www.christianworldviewfilmfestival.com
Generally, you’re pretty safe with filmmaking books geared toward middle-schoolers, so a book I’d steer you towards would be Digital Filmmaking For Kids For Dummies. I’ve read it—it’s been a while, but I think I could vouch for it being safe. It’d be a good place to start if you’re looking for the nuts and bolts. (as a side note, it’s super easy to understand, too!).
Finally, about a quarter of videography is pretty similar to photography, so you can apply what you’re learning here about ISO, shutter speed, aperture, lighting to your videomaking endeavors. Just keep your shutter speed at about twice your frame rate (i.e. 1/60 for 30 fps) if you want things to look natural and relaxed.
Good luck to you!
—Logan