We organise workshops, for groups of students or young people which use all expressive elements employed by cinema and TV. Image, still and moving, sound, speech and graphics are taken into their basic form and re structured as communication tools. We have developed and refined these exercises over a period of years in various age groups as well as connected them with other aspects of formal and non-formal learning.
"The 5 points of view" How doe
s a picture create meaning? Why could we associate a picture with advertising while another picture could drive our minds to a tale? How is symbolism created? Can we explain all these to children? Small groups of children take photos directed in 5 different ways. They get used to the connotation of pictures by using codes, symbols and stereotypes of TV and cinema.
“One book... three filmmakers!”
Acquaintance with the language of cinema as well as the basic tools of cinematic storytelling. What is the cinematic narration of a story? Is it the story itself or, perhaps, the actual way we are telling it? How can three different filmmakers recount the same story differently? In this workshop we will watch three different cinematic versions of the same story and will try to understand the different narrative approaches developed. Then, we will try to film, in a simple setup, the same scene in three different ways.
“Materials come to life: an introduction to animation”
Using different materials, 3D objects, plasticine, papers and much more, we are going to experiment with the technique called stop frame animation. Participants will create their own original short animations and we will see the things around us coming to life! A workshop focusing on the multiple possibilities that materials offer.
"Photo-comics"
What would be the basis of a film? How can we first understand editing in a simple way? Groups learn to make a short story and create a printed or digital version of a photo-story with developing layers through words, labels and call-outs.