WED- Narrative Filmmaking (Feb 2020)
In this Narrative Filmmaking crash course students will learn to write, plan, shoot and edit a short film. After this four week workshop, participants will take their ideas from script to screen, growing and honing filmmaking skills. This course is ideal for movie-lovers who want to make their own pictures,or experienced writers who want to turn their writings into movies, or people who simply want to produce home videos.
NB. Instructor will not film students’ movies.
TUE – Video Marketing (Feb 2020)
Everything costs when running your own business, so why pay others to make your promotional video when you can do it yourself? Join us and learn to write your business story, then turn it into a unique video. Did I mention that you can even shoot and edit the video on your phone?
Our class will run for 6 weeks and cover a variety of video styles.
THU – Adult Beginners Photography Class (Feb 2020)
Our beginner digital photography course is designed to help you make full use of your digital cameras. You will learn camera settings, shutter speeds, apertures, lighting and composition. Photography tricks will also be covered in this course in order to let you shine on social media. During the course, you’ll complete a series of photo projects that let you utilize your newly developed skills and knowledge.
Your instructor will guide you in this 6 week course, reviewing your photos and helping you improve. One thing for sure, this course will change the way you see the world.
FRI 14 FEB – PA Day ~ VR Character Concept Art
Week 5 ~ Animation & VR
In this week long workshop students will work with a variety of professional digital softwares to plan and execute an animation with QUILL https://quill.fb.com/. Students will create and animate their own short clip in virtual reality with Oculus Rift S. Students will also learn the essential skills of planning/production and execution of a digital creative.
First students will work with https://mural.co/ to research and then plan and develop their simple characters and world. Secondly: using https://sketchbook.com/ students will develop and design their characters and environment with sketches, planning out all the details before moving. This process is essential and teaches participants to plan and research their creative before jumping into the art production phase. They will also plan their digital color palette and textures before building the final animation in the amazing world of VR.
QUILL is a more advanced digital art software. It is recommended that students have some prior experience with either animation or digital painting.
Week 2 ~ Street Art & VR
If your a big fan of Banksy or the growing street art scene then this is the perfect way to get some experience with spray paint creative. Students will have the opportunity to plan and execute a full scale mural scene on the side of a VR building. Students will be planning and researching their project with mural https://mural.co/ and sketching out their ideas using Affintiy Photo and the amazing spray paint brush set, Inksy Street Art Brush Pack by Neil Ladkin. Once their digital sketch and colors are all planned out they will dive into the VR world using Kingspray https://www.oculus.com/experiences/rift/1052821828143109/?locale=en_US made by http://infectiousape.com/ .
This class is suitable for any experience level. Students will learn the valuable skills of planning and execution of the digital creatives giving them the valuable insight into the self discipline required to become a successful and skilled artist in today’s world.
Week 3 ~ Sketch Your Imagination
This program is perfect if you already sketch and draw but really want to level up your skills. We will teach you the way forward by studying & learning Art Fundamentals like Anatomy, Perspective, Form, Values, Composition & color theory we can improve our sketches so that our concepts look more understandable and realistic. The purpose of sketches are to discover and flesh our our own ideas and concepts. We can then refine the ideas, colors, environments for our characters or ideas so that they communicate our intention to the viewers. Sketching from from our imagination will have a series of exercises designed to instil the creative development process. Once we have a personal process for our own digital artwork production we can grow and adapt it as required. Having that foundation is an important part of not being lost in the clouds of ideas.
This class is suitable for any experience level. Students will learn the essential skills of planning and executing a digital creative giving them the valuable insight into the self discipline required to become a successful and skilled digital artist.
Week 7 ~ Sketch Your Imagination
This program is perfect if you already sketch and draw but really want to level up your skills. We will teach you the way forward by studying & learning Art Fundamentals like Anatomy, Perspective, Form, Values, Composition & color theory we can improve our sketches so that our concepts look more understandable and realistic. The purpose of sketches are to discover and flesh our our own ideas and concepts. We can then refine the ideas, colors, environments for our characters or ideas so that they communicate our intention to the viewers. Sketching from from our imagination will have a series of exercises designed to instil the creative development process. Once we have a personal process for our own digital artwork production we can grow and adapt it as required. Having that foundation is an important part of not being lost in the clouds of ideas.
This class is suitable for any experience level. Students will learn the essential skills of planning and executing a digital creative giving them the valuable insight into the self discipline required to become a successful and skilled digital artist.
Week 4 ~ 3D Architecture
This class will be a unique study adventure for students wishing to learn about building 3d architecture. From simple houses to multi-story buildings. Every green screen shot needs environment/3d Models to match/fill the scene in films and tv productions . If games are more you style then look at the complex 3D cities of some of your favourite games.
In this workshop we will be creating some basic scenes to learn about the modelling process. We will begin modelling a small house with rooms and internal structures and progress to a subway scene and a large city. We will then look at textures and lighting the scene before rendering it as a digital image worthy of your portfolio. If you want to make your own scenes for movies of games with VFX this is the place to begin. Students will also be introduced to stock 3D websites that will help fill out their scenes with Creative Commons content.
This class is suitable for any experience level. Students will learn the essential skills of planning and executing a digital creative giving them the valuable insight into the self discipline required to become a successful and skilled 3D artist.
Week 8 ~ 3D Architecture
This class will be a unique study adventure for students wishing to learn about building 3d architecture. From simple houses to multi-story buildings. Every green screen shot needs environment/3d Models to match/fill the scene in films and tv productions . If games are more you style then look at the complex 3D cities of some of your favourite games.
In this workshop we will be creating some basic scenes to learn about the modelling process. We will begin modelling a small house with rooms and internal structures and progress to a subway scene and a large city. We will then look at textures and lighting the scene before rendering it as a digital image worthy of your portfolio. If you want to make your own scenes for movies of games with VFX this is the place to begin. Students will also be introduced to stock 3D websites that will help fill out their scenes with Creative Commons content.
This class is suitable for any experience level. Students will learn the essential skills of planning and executing a digital creative giving them the valuable insight into the self discipline required to become a successful and skilled 3D artist.