Principles of Filmmaking and Animation:
Intro to Storyboarding
We're thrilled to offer our first Afterschool Art Elective of the 2023-2024 school year. Through a partnership with STAY aweSTEM and the Onion Foundation, we are able to provide the 6-week course:
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Principles of Filmmaking and Animation:
Intro to Storyboarding
Oct 10 through Nov 15
Tuesday and Wednesday 3pm to 5pm
COURSE:
This class will meet in-person at the Center Theatre for the Performing Arts and via Google Meet and is limited to 20 participants.
This class is offered on a 'pay-what-you-can' basis. You pay whatever you are able, including $0.
You can also make a separate donation if you would prefer.
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DESCRIPTION:
Since the start of 'flicker pictures' in the early 1900s, storyboarding is a time honored tradition in filmmaking and animation. In this course, students will learn the fundamentals of storycraft through the usage of storyboards. This is a 90 minute, 2X a week, 6 week course in the fundamentals of storyboarding. This course will be offered virtually via Google Meet with several in-person sessions with the CEO and Chief of Education of Stay aweStem Robin "Professor Robin" Kirk. Robin is a native of Abbott, Maine and is passionate about sharing her skills and experience with kids in our communities. In this after-school course, students (7th-12th Grade) will learn how to tell fiction and/or nonfiction narratives via storyboards including, but not limited to, the main storyboarding images, written narrative captions, and FX usages.
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PREREQUISITES:
There are NO PREREQUISITES to this course, and students DO NOT need to know how to draw to take this course. The only requirement is a deep desire to tell a story and a willingness to learn how to make a film and/or a cartoon.
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Powerpoint
Google Docs
Email account
Surveys must be completed
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Space is limited and pre-registration is required. Register Here, call the Center Theatre at (207)564-8943, or stop by in person at 20 East Main Street in Dover-Foxcroft between Noon and 7pm.
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