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Anomarkt Masters: Masterclasses
A series of masterclasses exploring the secrets of puppet animation and giving information about the professional production process. Classes will be conducted in open formula and will last up to 2 hours.
All masterclasses will be open for the public after the prior registration to ANIMARKT platform.
I
Tricks of the Trade: How to achieve Camera Movement in Stop Motion Animation.
Edu and Kat will present different case studies about how camera movement in stop motion animation has been achieved. As there isn't much "off the shelf" equipment for stop motion, it often calls for innovation and collaboration with different departments. They will present various options from sophisticated motion control rigs to hand made solutions.
About the lecturers:
Kat Woodtli is a Swiss/Czech camera assistant living in Berlin, working in London. She started off in live action, but has specialised in stop motion. She has worked on various commercials and feature films such as Tim Burton’s Frankenweenie (2012), Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) and Isle of Dogs (2017). She also teaches workshops for kids.
Edu Puertas is an animator, puppet maker, visual engineer and the co-founder of Citoplasmas Studio in Barcelona. He is currently developing a feature film called Olivia and the invisible Earthquake. He owns the Kinetic Armatures online store where he builds armatures and rigs and teaches the Stop Motion MA at BAU University.
II
From the project to the object. Character design vs puppet building in practice.
How to design characters for a puppet animated film? How can the art design of the hero be transformed into a technical design of a puppet? How to construct the puppet that will be able to move and act on the set as well as meet the director's expectations and not make it difficult work for the animator? Moreover, how to not exceed the budget? This masterclass will give us a closer look to all the technological issues of building a puppet, including the selection of the technique of its production based on the requirements of the script / storyboard and planned art design. About the lecturer: Piotr Knabe is a freelance sculptor with experience in fabrication, mould making and casting, creative engineering, character design, illustration, 3D modelling and 3D printing. Involved in making puppets, replicas and sets for such films as: an Oscar winning “Peter and the Wolf” by Suzie Templeton, “Ichthys”, “Danny Boy” by Marek Skrobecki, “A Flying Machine” by Martin Clapp, “La nostalgia del Sr. Alambre” by Jonathan Ostos Yaber, “Escape” by Jaroslaw Konopka, as well as TV series including: “Flapper and Friends”, “Koyaa” and “Kids of Courage” and features including „Isle of Dogs” by Wes Anderson and “Inzomnia” by Luis Tellez (in production) among others (on-line).
http://www.animarkt.pl/en/masters/masterclass
