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 […]
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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 –
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Students will learn to build and fly a variety of drones while learning the laws and regulations surrounding them. They will explore flight simulators, learn from advanced drone pilots, and fly drones with different styles of controllers ranging from traditional ones to using just their hand gestures to control the drones. Camera systems will be
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In partnership with Cuts Wood School, MAPS will facilitate a multi day intensive film workshop to create a promotional video about Cuts Wood School and the importance of preserving the Amp Ska Pi Pikunii Language and Sign Language. In this workshop, students will learn Idea generation, storyboarding, and scriptwriting How to use camera, audio, and
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In this 3-day class, students will learn Interview techniques from professional filmmakers Interview best practice for subject research, question preparation and active listening skills; Basic interview principles: how to ask open-ended, closed ended and follow up questions; How to use camera, audio and lighting equipment; Crew roles and responsibilities Best practices for digital file maintenances
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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
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Learning collaboration song creation and music video production. We’ll begin with the basic of audio production using programs like Pro Tools and Ableton. From there, we’ll be learning the basics of music recording, editing and mixing. Once the song is done, we’ll get the cameras out and learn basic camera recording techniques and compositions. And
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Bring your character concepts to life with ZBrush. Use industry standard software to create a 3D model of your character. Sculpt and paint characters digitally. In this 9-week class, students will Learn the basic ZBrush Interface Use Dynamesh spheres to block out your character Learn basic anatomy and translate it in 3D Learn about subdivisions
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In this class, students will explore the world of sample-based music. Exploring and experimenting with the creative work of other artists has increased in popularity over the last eighty years. Sampling has brushed in many musical styles ranging from rock, country, and classical to reggae, hip hop, and pop music. Students will use samples and
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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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