W O R K S H O P S

Saturday, May 7, 2011 (10:15 a.m.- 3:45 p.m.)

C2 – Hands-on Animation Filmmaking
In this full-day hands-on workshop, educa­tors will explore the fundamentals of animation filmmaking. Led by an NFB facilitator and based on workshops offered at the NFB Mediatheque, participants will learn about the filmmaking process from start to finish by experimenting with stop-motion animation first-hand. Educators will also learn how to integrate animation films and animation filmmaking into various subject areas while exploring the NFB’s online screening room.
Presenter: NFB

C3 – It's a 3D World
In this workshop you will create 3D images from pairs of photographs. The approach is simple and requires very little special equipment or software knowledge. We will create anaglyphs, which are viewed with red/ cyan glasses, and then reuse those images to create stereo cards that can be viewed with a vintage viewer. Bring your digital camera and a tripod if available. Red/cyan glasses will be provided.
Presenter: Doug Kukurudza, Sir William Mulock S.S., YRDSB

C4 – Documentary Filmmaking In the Classroom
This session will examine what makes a good student documentary and how you can effectively bring movie-making into your classroom. Part one will examine the content-driven documentary, looking at alternative media and formats that can be used to tell student stories. In part two, we will provide you with video footage to import and edit using Final Cut Pro. If you have always wanted to teach using Final Cut Pro but have never had the time to experiment with it, now is your chance.
Presenter: Wade Vroom, Educator/Filmmaker

C5 – Digital Fictions: Advanced Photoshop
Participants will be led through a series of Photoshop projects that cover a wide gamut of image compositing techniques and effects, and explore the creative possibilities of digital imaging. Emphasis will be placed on the creation of imaginary photos and realistic images using masking and compositing techniques. Starting with selection and path-making tools, we will progress to masks, channels, effects, and colour manipulations. Participants should have a strong background in Photoshop.
Presenter: Rafael Goldchain, Sheridan

C6 – The Portrait: Lighting to Retouching
From its beginnings photography has preserved our memories and rendered visual our dreams. In no area is this more true than in portraiture. Portraits invest public figures with power and presence; they are carried in our wallets to keep our loved ones close; they introduce us to a world of faces we would otherwise never meet. In this portraiture workshop, lighting will be studied as a way to convey the unique vision of photographers and their relationship to their subjects. Portrait retouching will be explored as a means to enhance the final result.
Presenter: Nicole Duplantis and David White, Sheridan

C7 –Photopalooza - Photo Heat Transfers and Photo Based Art without a Darkroom
This hands-on workshop will explore some of the versatile possibilities of photo heat transfers, waterslide transfers, tape transfers onto surfaces such as paper, fabric and ceramics, using a variety of finishing mediums. Participants can also explore ways in which to integrate these and other images into different types of multi-media collage. Participants are encouraged to bring their own photocopied images to use for a more personal outcome although materials will be provided. A wide variety of other photography-based processes will be discussed with examples shown and links to new Arts Curriculum discussed.
Presenter: Mari Nicolson, Richmond Green S.S., YRDSB and Joanna Bull, Richmond Green S.S., YRDSB

C8 – Cyanotype
Ten enlargers and 25 students? This is a hands-on workshop to extend your curriculum outside the darkroom. No cameras, darkroom, or film needed for making multi-toned non-silver cyanotypes. Cyanotypes are suitable for any grade level, using readily available materials. Create alternative negatives, such as stencils and photocopied collages on acetates to be used for contact printing. These alternative negatives can then be used to make sophisticated black and white photograms in the traditional darkroom.
Presenter: Francis Patella, Educator

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