Workshops

Animation Unplugged: flip books and optical toys.

This family-friendly introduction to animation takes your imagination from sketch to screen using applied principles of storytelling, movement, transformation and metamorphosis.  Design and create flip books and other optical toys then watch your creation move across and off the page!

Denaise Seals’ award-winning Media Savvy workshops have been presented to more than 1,000 people and counting, through public schools and community spaces in Washington, D.C. and beyond.  She is founder of AniPalooza!, an annual produced animation showcase.

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Digital Media Production.

Introduction to Video Production is a hands-on introduction to video field production and editing. By conceiving, planning and executing a series of short creative productions, students explore how video techniques are used to structure meaning in media messages. Students learn specific techniques of video production and post production and put them into practice. We will also engage in the analysis and critique of student projects. The course will focus on: * The basic principles of videography, audio recording, and editing. * The study of narrative production techniques. * How to operate video cameras, Adobe Premiere Pro, and lighting equipment. * The production of several short video projects.

What’s Your Message?

This workshop is designed to introduce students to the fundamental techniques of media messaging and video production through examination, development and production of commercials and Public Service Announcements (PSA’s).

Students will develop skills essential in the recognition and creation of precise and effective messaging in mass media through critical discussion, group projects and a personal on-screen proclamation.