Stop Motion Animation Workshop
momeline - 10/07/15
About the stop motion animation workshop
Budapest, 23- 29 August 2010
Please note that the application deadline has been postponed until the 15th of August!
Basic informations:
Location: Budapest
Number of participants: 15
Language of the workshop: english
Duration of the workshop: 23-29 August 2010
Tuition fee: 150 euro (we do not charge tuition fee for participants coming from V4 countries)
The tuition fee includes the followings: workshops, lectures, studio visits, accommodation, berakfast and lunch every day during the workshop.
Application: please download the application form from here and send it attached with your resume to Szandra Deutsch szandra@momeline.hu.
Application deadline: 15th of August 2010
Stop motion animation has a great tradition in Eastern Europe. We are inviting young professionals to be a part of that heritage by practising and improving their stop motion animation skills. We are offering an opportunity for the participants to learn from the best animators, in order to reach a higher level in stop motion animating.
If you would like to learn how to merge the traditional hand- made puppet animation and the digital technique, and if you are interested in puppet fabrication, special effects, and digital postproduction, send your application form and your resume to the following email address: szandra@momeline.hu
Prior experience
Please note that the workshop is organized for professionals, young workers, former students and recent graduates. The ideal participant is a dedicated filmmaker who made his/her first animation before, and would like to develop his/her animation skills.
Basic information about the workshop
Date of the workshop: August 23-29, 2010
Location of the workshop: Budapest
Number of participants: 15
Please note that the workshop will be held in English.
Tuition fee: 150 eur, which also includes the followings:
accommodation during the workshop
breakfast and lunch will be provided every day during the workshop
The travel cost of applicants from Visegrad Countries will be covered up to 150 euro, and tution fee will not be charged for them. Please note that we can only guarntee limited number of places in the workshop. All applicants will be notified about the result of the selection by email.
Themes of the workshop
How can we improve the animation technology by merging traditional animation technique with new digital technology? How can you improve your skills in making different kinds of movements in animation? Why is it useful to be able to make movements both in real and in virtual 3D space?
If you are interested in answering those questions, please send us your application form by 31st of July.
The following themes will be covered during the lectures:
Lecturers will keep their presentations based on their home country technicality on stop motion animation. Q&A session will follow each lecture.
• Hungarian puppet animation history with a comparison of the neighbouring countries. The Hungarian technique will be emphasized by demonstrating illustrations and examples from the Hungarian animation film history.
• Slovakian, Czech and Polish animation history and country specific techniques, with examples and illustrations from the national film history.
Lecturers will come from the following partner institutes:
• The Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan
• Film School Zlín
• Academy of Performing Arts Bratislava
The following themes will be covered during the workshops:
• Basic puppet techniques
• Basic animation movements
• Advanced animation movements (jump, flying, lip sync, face gestures etc.)
• Effect animation (rain, smoke, fog, liquids, fire, sparkling, etc.)
• Lighting
• Sound editing
• Timing for animation
• CGI postproduction
• Production and postproduction studio visit in Budapest
For further information please contact Szandra Deutsch at szandra@momeline.hu or at the following phone number: +36 30 20 577 60 61.
