2015 workshops

Saturday February 7th

Storyboard and Animation 
Saturday, 9:30 – 12:30
De 6 a 10 años
Instructor: Tom Crew
Want to bring the Providence Children’s Film Festival 2015 poster to life and create the opening credits to the PCFF Workshop reel? In this class students will learn how to animate on a path to make things move in a realistic way. Watch sample films in which objects are animated under the camera, and then give it a try using cut-out elements from the 2015 poster.

LIVE ACTION! Foley and Field Audio 
Saturday, 9:30 – 12:30
De 10 a 14 años
Instructor:Tom Ricci
Ever wondered how a soundtrack is scored for your favorite animated movie or film? Come create sounds that will be used in the opening credits of the PCFF Workshop Reel! Learn, experiment, and create sound effects and sounds in this exciting class.

Lightpainting 
Saturday, 1:00 – 4:00
Ages 8 – 12
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. Make simple, repeated shapes with light source to generate the illusion of glowing, animated light.

ACCIÓN EN DIRECTO Pantalla verde 
Saturday, 1:00 – 4:00 
De 10 a 14 años 
Instructor: Carissa Abitabilo
¿Te has preguntado alguna vez cómo funciona una pantalla verde? En este taller, los alumnos aprenderán los fundamentos de los efectos especiales de la pantalla verde y, por turnos, se filmarán a sí mismos delante de una pantalla verde para, a continuación, construir fondos basados en sus propias obras de arte en los que colocarse.

Sunday February 8th

Animación 
Sunday, 9:30 – 12:30
De 6 a 10 años
Instructor: Hannah Subotnick
Explore the art of object animation. In this class, make ordinary objects fly, zoom, sail, and zip around the screen. Please bring one or two of your favorite things to animate! Items must be no larger than 3 inches tall.

Lip Sync 
Sunday, 9:30 – 12:30
Ages 8 – 12
Instructor: Tom Ricci
Wanna make one of your drawings or photo or collaged art talk? Ever wondered how that happens? In this class learn just how to do that.  Students work in a group to animate a joke(s) for workshop reel.

Storyboard and Animation
Sunday, 1:00 – 4:00
De 6 a 10 años
Instructor: Evi Pineschi
Want to bring the Providence Children’s Film Festival 2015 poster to life and create the opening credits to the PCFF Workshop reel? In this class students will learn how to animate on a path to make things move in a realistic way. Watch sample films in which objects are animated under the camera, and then give it a try using cut-out elements from the 2015 festival poster.

ACCIÓN EN DIRECTO Efectos especiales y trucos de cámara 
Sunday, 1:00 – 4:00
De 10 a 14 años
Instructor: Carissa Abitabilo
Discover the world behind practical special effects using common ingredients. Concoctions of slime, blood, and alien drool will be made in class. Learn how to use a camera to, fly, slide, and teleport.

Workshop Fee:  $48 per 3-hour workshop. Includes material and equipment fee PLUS allows student and 1 guest to attend the 2015 Youth Filmmaker Showcase free of charge. 

All workshops take place in the RISD Auditorium Building (Entrance on Market Square), 17 Canal Walk, Providence, RI 02903