Think big by getting small…Break your world down to a single image and make that image come to life through new technologies and the use of stop-motion filmmaking. Once you have created an original piece we will create a large-scale film as a class and see just how far we can go! In this 10 …
Students will learn to create a comic book in a production setting, utilizing graphic design, storytelling, and Photoshop fundamentals.
Students will explore the fundamental tool bar in Photoshop and its brushes. Using the provided images, students will explore how to mask out a background and clip an image in. Students will explore using different Photoshop brushes and opacity levels to create depth and texture on their scene. Students will explore and discuss the fundamentals …
Design: Converse Castles and Mythical Comic Book Creations Read More »
Learning about film and video production by creating. This class is designed to show students how to operate video cameras, audio equipment and all the tools of filmmaking to create. From conceptualization to production, we will learn how to use all the filmmaking tools and exercises to make a completed video. The students will have …
This 1-week course will introduce students to the basic tools, skills, and history of stop motion animation. From puppets to pixels, almost any inanimate material can be brought to life with stop motion filmmaking. Students will practice many of the aspects of this animation technique including story and character development, scriptwriting, storyboarding, building props and …
In this 1 week summer class, students will learn industry standards of writing and creating comic books. Students will explore and review the fundamentals of design & comic cover layout by creating their own superhero themed comic book cover. In this one week class, students will Explore different types of comic book art, covers, and …
Students will spend one week learning the ins and outs of working in a professional music studio environment. Whether students play a musical instrument, love to work with computer software, are master organizers, or have never even considered making music, they will all find themselves part of a team working towards a common goal – …
This class explores the fundamentals of cinematography as well as creative film making in general. We will focus on disciplined camera techniques and creative equipment implementation. All skills learned in the class will be put to practical use as we create visual narratives through cinematic storytelling. In this 9 week class, students will Learn how …
Students will learn the fundamentals of simple character design, and script writing for production animation. They will explore how to create characters using fundamental shapes, squares, circles, triangles, & bananas. They will practice basic script writing, storyboarding, and thumbnailing. Students will explore and review the principles of animation to breathe life into their characters. In …
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This class is designed to show students how to operate video cameras, audio equipment and all the tools of filmmaking to create a PSA. We will plan, execute and edit a 2:00 -3:00 video, a teaser and have a screening. In this 9 week class, students will Learn Pre-Production, Production, Post Production Learn how to …
