Digital Editing Using Final Cut Pro HD – Three-day course
The course will cover capturing footage, basic editing, adding transitions and effects, compositing, adding text and graphics, speed manipulation and audio editing, and will particularly emphasise the artistically valid editorial decisions of post production by using material generated by the students themselves. All courses are run using Apple Macintosh computers and are designed to meet the needs of beginners and more advanced users alike. A copy of ‘Apple Pro Training Series: Final Cut Pro HD’ by Diana Weyn will be given to all participants. There are 4 places available on each course.
Courses will take place regularly throughout 2009
Cost: £425
For dates, further information and application forms, please contact Deborah Harrison, Administrator, Forkbeard Fantasy, PO Box 1241, Bristol BS99 2TG
Email: ff@forkbeardfantasy.co.uk
Tel: 0117 930 9933 / Fax: 0117 930 9922
Lighting For Film And Video – Two-day course
This hands-on introductory course on film and video lighting includes:
- Basic lighting skills and terms including personnel, lantern types and accessories
- Plotting and rigging
- Production lighting techniques
- Lighting for blue/green-screen keying
- An understanding of lighting for multi-camera situations
- In front of camera and in-camera special effects
There are 6 places available on each course.
Please note: this course does not cover automated lighting and DMX systems
Courses will take place regularly throughout 2009
Cost: £350
For dates, further information and application forms, please contact Deborah Harrison, Administrator, Forkbeard Fantasy, PO Box 1241, Bristol BS99 2TG
Email: ff@forkbeardfantasy.co.uk
Tel: 0117 930 9933 / Fax: 0117 930 9922
Advanced Compositing (Using Shake) – Three-day course
An introductory course on high-end compositing using the application ‘Shake’. This course is specifically aimed at first-time users who, although familiar with non-linear editing systems such as Final Cut Pro, wish to learn more about advanced compositing. The course covers:
- An overview of the User Interface
- The principles of nodal-based systems and layers including: colour correcting, keying, rotoscoping, plate-cleaning, tracking, stabilising, painting and warping
- Digital formats and proxies
A copy of the Apple Pro Training book ‘Shake 4’’ by Marco Paolini will be given to participants. There are four places available on each course.
Please note: this course is not aimed at compositors already familiar with equivalent workflows such as Nuke, Inferno etc.
Courses will take place regularly throughout 2009
Cost: £500
For dates, further information and application forms, please contact Deborah Harrison, Administrator, Forkbeard Fantasy, PO Box 1241, Bristol BS99 2TG
Email: ff@forkbeardfantasy.co.uk
Tel: 0117 930 9933 / Fax: 0117 930 9922
Animated Props & Basic Automata – Two-day course
This course provides a guided tour through the most useful materials for propmaking and their specific use. This is followed by a general introduction to ways of animating props with mechanical, manual and electrical energy. Much of the time will be spent experimenting with what has been particularly inspiring for the individual students.
course dates for 2009 will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed
Film Interaction for Stage, Screen & Gallery – One-day Course
An exploration of the dynamic between film and performance, which in its simplest form, is the trick of merging from stage to screen and vice versa. A one-day course which gives practical experience in a variety of our most successful experiments in this field. This course provides new and exciting ways of working with these techniques for artists, performers, drama teachers, community workers, art therapists, and people working in fields such as special needs or young offenders.
course dates for 2009 will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed
The Arts of Animating – Two-day Course
This workshop gives hands-on experience in the wide range of animation techniques used by Forkbeard in their films, theatre shows and interactive exhibitions over the years. These include 2D, claymation, pixillation , sand, shadow, 16mm scratch etc etc. and inventive opportunities of combining them. Over the two days you each get to make a short film.
course dates for 2009 will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed
Creative Sound for Stage, Screen & Gallery – One-day Course
An opportunity for participants to investigate some of the different recording techniques Forkbeard have used over the last 30 years, ranging from reel-to-reel to digital technology. The course will provide instruction in capturing and assembling sound effects for different purposes, including exhibition pieces such as peep-show boxes, mechanised sculptures, stage shows, animation and film. Participants will also learn how to edit and lay down their own sound track onto a short film.
course dates for 2009 will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed
Who will run the courses:
Chris Britton , co-founder, performer, writer, animator and maker of film installations.
Tim Britton, performer, film-maker, scriptwriter, sound designer, cartoonist, animator and maker.
Penny Saunders specialises in constructing mechanical sets, puppets and costumes, as well as electronic installations and creatures for the exhibitions. She is the set-designer, co-writer and lighting designer for Forkbeard’s theatre shows.
Ed Jobling, performer, sound engineer and film-maker, also specializes in film projection and sound installations.
Robin Thorburn is an experienced lighting designer, cameraman and editor for over 25 years with credits as diverse as "TFI Friday" "Bremner, Bird & Fortune" and "Newsnight". He has been nominated twice for a BAFTA and won a Golden Rose of Montreux. He has had long experience in lighting and photography and digital and film post-production for Forkbeard shows.
Venue:
Forkbeard’s creative base in Devon is fully equipped to accommodate people with disabilities
Booking: For further information and application forms, please contact
Deborah Harrison
Administrator
Forkbeard Fantasy
PO Box 1241
Bristol BS99 2TG
Email: ff@forkbeardfantasy.co.uk
Tel: 0117 930 9933
Fax: 0117 930 9922
