Filmmaker Insights workshop – $40 ($30 students)
10:30 am – 2:00 pm, Sat, May 14, 2016 (includes a half-hour lunch break)
Muskoseepi Pavilion, Muskoseepi Park (entrance at 102 St & 102 Ave)
Presenters: Writer/Producer/Director Lucas Martell & Producer Christina Martell

As part of the Filmmaker Insights Day offered on Sat, May 14 in collaboration with PRIMAA (Peace Region Independent Media Arts Association), this workshop will give participants an insight into the process of creating an award-winning animated short film. Topics covered will include:

  • Coming up with the story
    • The inspiration
    • Generating new ideas
    • Writing process
    • Stories without words
  • Pre-production
    • Animation vs. live action
    • Lessons learned from Pigeon: Impossible
    • Production triangle
    • Destination production – artist retreat in Belize
    • Budgeting
    • Crowdfunding
  • Building assets
    • Character design
    • Props, world and vehicles
    • Art direction
    • Look & Feel
    • Modeling
    • Texturing / Look development
    • Character rigging
  • Shots
    • Storyboarding & Previz
    • Layout
    • Digital cameras & cinematography
    • Animation
      • Animation techniques
      • Directing a performance
      • Shot progression
    • Lighting
    • Rendering
    • Compositing
  • Post Production
    • Sound design
    • Music
    • Color correction