Category: Workshops (page 7)

What might otherwise be a confusing chore becomes simple, creative and rewarding in this workshop. We will review everything you need to know about putting together, writing and submitting a grant under the new funding models at federal and provincial arts councils. In addition to outlining the Who, What and Why of your project, your application needs to pitch your story in the right way to the panel of jurors. Hear surprising insights into how a jury makes decisions. These will give you tips for making your application strong and convincing.

Want to double up and dig a little deeper into After Effects? One of the most powerful digital compositing softwares out there. Get ready to drop the Saul Bass as you create titles worthy to introduce your brilliant work, or let out your inner JJ Abrams as you cover your screen in artificial lens flares.

Are you tired of the terrible title options premiere and final cut offer? Would you like to create some special effects in your short film? Looking to get into digital animation? After Effects is a digital compositing and animation program in the Adobe Creative Suite. Get ready to drop the Saul Bass as you create titles worthy to introduce your brilliant work, or let out your inner JJ Abrams as you cover your screen in artificial lens flares.

In this one evening class we will be working with Video Pool’s HD cameras – Sony FS700, FS100, NEX EA50, with a short intro to the 4K cameras at the end of class. Participants will learn to use the auto and manual settings of these cameras, gaining greater control to produce video of the highest quality. Exposure, white balance, gain control, shutter, audio, zebra stripes and more! We will have hands-on practise with these cameras, and discuss how to manage the media after the shoot.

This workshop will review everything you need to know about putting together, writing and submitting a grant. In addition to outlining the Who, What and Why of your project, your application needs to pitch your story in the right way to the panel of jurors. Hear some insight into how a jury makes its decision on grant applications and learn tips for how to make your application convincing.

This introductory workshop is designed for artists looking to expand their work into the realm of computation. We’ll survey the vast landscape of programming languages and focus on several that are well-tailored to the arts. There will be examples of projects developed in visual languages like Max, Puredata and Touch Designer, game design engines such as Unity or Unreal as well as examples in C, Processing, Python and more!

This workshop will be an introduction to DaVinci Resolve, and will cover the basic and alternative editing techniques, colouring tactics and exporting projects. The workshop is beginner and intermediate friendly but my also be appropriate to people interested to switching over from other video editing platforms.

Do you want to exhibit your work in artist-run -Centres across Canada? Jennifer Smith will be offering a 2 hour workshop on the process of applying for exhibition in galleries. The workshop will include a list of galleries that are friendly to exhibiting Media Arts, how to get your application together and insights on what juries are looking for.

This workshop will be an introduction to Adobe Premiere Pro, and will cover basic and alternative editing techniques, clip management, title creation and export and compression feature as well as integration into the Creative Cloud suite of products. This workshop is for beginners and intermediate users but may also be helpful for people interested in switching over from Final Cut or Sony Vegas.

During this one evening class, we will explore Video Pool’s newest cameras, the Sony PXW-FS7 and Sony PXW-FS5. These cameras can capture video in 4K as well as HD, with good slow motion options. We will go through the deep menus to set the cameras up for hands on practise, and learn about important features such as Cine EI and Custom Shooting Mode.