"Studio" is an exciting new series of zoom meetings in which you are invited to learn new skills and develop old ones. We encourage beginners and those with experience to join us in exploring new ways to express ideas. Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
2 Sessions: 23 MAY | 30 MAY
10:00AM-12:30PM
Animation Studio will have both theoretical and practical elements, beginning with an overview of different forms of animation and then experimenting with our own projects.
Session I: Introduction to animation processes, practical and magical aspects. We watch extracts of films illustrating different techniques and then explore the app(s), learning to do stop-motion with webcam, making first quick tests. Brainstorming together and imagining a short, simple story follows. Participants will have gathered possible materials (see below) from their homes that can be used in the storyline. Ideas for spaces, characters, lighting and other elements are discussed and each person takes pictures of their creation, making a mini stop-motion film.
Session II: Focus on sound effects, voices, music. Each person presents their few seconds of film (through “share screen” on Zoom). Together the group will imagine possible soundtracks or choose a prepared soundtrack, possibly overlaying voices or noises. Finally, we explore what is visually missing to help understand the story. After adding the missing elements, we watch and listen to the results and then send all the clips to Maral for editing into one film as a memento of the course and inspiration to continue. We will have an opportunity to watch the final film and share impressions.
Maral Kerovpyan
Maral Kerovpyan is constantly developing ways to mix her interests in the arts, social sciences and education.
She pursues this goal through different animation films, illustrations, performances, workshops, research projects and studies.
Her animation films include "Rinascita" (2008), "Öteki" (2010) and "Մէկը ա՛ռ, միւսին զարկ, La complainte du xénophobe" (2019) as well as an ongoing series of films in Armenian for children, which she has animated with the team of the « parev arev » association : "Tchare yev Parin"(2016), "Madid'e yev Nininoun" (2016), "Im mamas ou yes" (2017), "Djidjoz'e" (2017), "Lvatsk'e" (2018) and "Arev yev ansrev" (2019).
Prices:
£12 PER SESSION | £20 FOR 2 SESSION COURSE
FOR EACH ADDITIONAL FAMILY MEMBER £8 PER SESSION | £15 FOR 2 SESSION COURSE
Concessions:
£5 PER SESSION | £8 FOR 2 SESSION COURSE
Email tato@armenianinstitute.org.uk if you have any questions about the sessions.