We are pleased to share the collective work of over 50 kids from our 2014 February Filmmaking Workshops at RISD!
2014 PCFF Filmmaking Workshops
From the beginning, our mission has been to inspire and nurture the work of young filmmakers. We believe there is more to film than just watching movies: we want to help kids learn the craft of filmmaking and give them the tools and opportunity to talk about their experiences.
At the 2014 Festival, we hosted the first Youth Filmmaking Show, screening the reel (see above) along with a juried group of finished films made by children. The up-and-coming artists hailed from as far away as Australia to as near as our own backyard. After the screening we invited some of the youth filmmakers and the actors to share their experiences in making their movies.
Thanks Brown Daily Herald for covering the event. Read it here.
6 assorted workshops for ages 6 – 14
February 8 & 9, 2014 at RISD
Green Screen This!, Flip Out! With Post Its!!!, Lightpainting!, Animating the Festival Poster, Animation from A-Z, Lip Sync
6 assorted workshops for ages 6 – 14.
All workshops took place in the RISD Auditorium Building (entrance on Market Square), 17 Canal Walk, Providence.
2014 PCFF WORKSHOPS
Saturday, February 8
Green Screen This!
Saturday, 9am-Noon
Ages 10-14
Instructor: Carissa Abitabilo
Ever wondered how a green screen works? In this workshop students learn the fundamentals of green screening special effects and take turns filming themselves in front of a green screen first then constructing backgrounds based on their own artwork to place themselves in. Cost: $45. Includes material and equipment fee.
Animating the Festival Poster
Saturday, 9am-Noon
Ages 6-10
Instructor: Rob Verdino
Want to bring the Providence Children’s Film Festival 2014 poster to life? Come help us animate the trains, planes and automobiles and even the text of this year’s poster! In this class students will learn how to animate on a path to make things move in a realistic way. We’ll watch sample films in which objects are animated under the camera, and then give it a try ourselves using cut-out elements from this year’s poster. Cost: $45. Includes material and equipment fee.
Flip Out! With Post Its!!!
Saturday, 1pm-4pm
Ages 6-10
Instructor: Anny Guerzon
Post-its come alive! Students animate several stacks of themed post-its to see how things can jump, fly, and leap across the page. Images are drawn by hand and photographed in teams. Teacher and assistant responsible for sequencing images in post. Cost: $45. Includes material and equipment fee.
Sunday, February 9
Lightpainting!
Sunday, 9am-Noon
Ages 10-14
Instructor: Anny Guerzon
Simple flashlights become our paintbrushes in this workshop. Using a dark room, and flashlights students generate moving light with long exposure photography. We will make simple, repeated shapes with our light source to generate the illusion of glowing, animated light. Cost: $45. Includes material and equipment fee.
Animation from A-Z
Sunday, 10am-Noon
Ages 6-10
Instructor: Lynn Kim
What do Bananagrams, Bendaroos, Pasta, Pennies and People all have in common? They can be animated! In this class students will animate under the camera and in the hallway using their choice of a wide variety of materials including: Bananagrams, Bendaroos, pasta, Skittles, coins, paper and themselves. We’ll also watch a selection of short animations. Cost: $35. Includes material and equipment fee.
Lip Sync
Sunday, 1pm-4pm
Ages 8-12
Instructor: Liz Chun
Wanna make one of your drawings talk? Ever wondered how that happens? In this class we show you just how to do that. Students create a simple character of their own to animate a prerecorded set of phrases. Cost: $45. Includes material and equipment fee.
With Amy Lovera
In this Workshop, kids ages 10-15 experimented with animating cut paper characters of their own design. It was screened at the Rhode Island School of Design as part of the Providence Children’s Film Festival.
Kids aged 8 to 11 made these animations in a 2-hour animation workshop at the Providence Children’s Film Festival in 2012. They were given various objects to animate under the camera, and also did a pixilated film with RISD film student Annie Zhao. Annie LaVigne taught the workshop and edited the animations together with sound.
With Annie LaVigne
RISD student Jiaying Lee served as a teaching assistant.
Providence Children’s Film Festival Animation from A to Z Workshop Reel 2012 from Annie LaVigne on Vimeo.
Kids aged 7-10 made this film in the 3-hour Pixilation Workshop at the 2011 Providence Children’s Film Festival. They came up with their own ideas to animate with their bodies and acted them out frame by frame.
Annie LaVigne was the workshop instructor, assisted by Caleb Wood and Derrick Wycherly. Annie LaVigne edited the film and added sound.