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SUMMARY:Workshop: Ten-inch Movie Stars: Creating a Stop Motion Animated Film
DESCRIPTION:This animation workshop will unravel some of the mysteries of 
 stop motion filmmaking and will invite you to channel your own creative 
 power into this unique medium.\n\nThe session will start with a 
 demonstration of Katherine Blakeney's award-winning short film Junkyard of 
 Eden and will continue with a “close-up magic” act that will show you 
 how the characters and sets of the film were created out of old watches\, 
 electronics\, extension cords\, and miscellaneous miniature household 
 steampunk junk. You will see what it takes to make the characters move 
 across the set and learn how much labor\, time\, and artistry is invested 
 into the creation of just one second of a stop motion animated film.\n\nThe 
 hands-on part of the workshop will show you that stop motion films can be 
 created out of clay\, paper\, sand\, scraps of paper\, wood\, and 
 vegetation\, and your smartphone can become your film studio.\n\nSurprise 
 your friends and family with animated season greetings and birthday cards 
 just after taking one workshop!\n\nJoin us if you love Nightmare before 
 Christmas and Wallace and Gromit. Discover the stop motion animator in 
 you!\n\n\nAbout Katherine Blakeney\n\nKatherine Blakeney is an artist\, 
 writer\, animator\, archaeologist and pilot. Her stop motion animated short 
 films have screened at numerous international film festivals and won 
 various awards. Her paintings have been exhibited at Cork Gallery in 
 Lincoln Center. Every summer she works in ancient Egyptian tombs\, 
 uncovering the secrets of ancient Egyptian craftsmanship and storytelling. 
 Every winter she flies Cessna 172s and works on her graphic novels or 
 animates in her studio in Hancock\, Maine. She also found time to receive a 
 BFA in Traditional Animation from the School of Visual Arts in New York and 
 a PhD in Film Studies from the University of Edinburgh\, UK\, writing about 
 fragmented monster figures in Silent Era films.\n\nHer characters have as 
 many adventures as she does\, crashing in World War I biplanes\, 
 deciphering ancient languages\, digging in the stars and shifting their 
 shapes to better overcome the challenges they face. Visit her website at 
 katherineblakeney.com to meet a disfigured WWI pilot fighting to recover 
 his life and honor\, the clients of a facial prosthetics workshop in WWI 
 Paris\, rival filmmakers locked in a deadly competition in early 1900s New 
 York\, and an exiled shapeshifting rabbit prince burglarizing museums in 
 search of magical objects stolen from the rabbit nation. What do they have 
 in common? They are “different”\, misunderstood and rejected. They also 
 never give up in their search for new life and new love. Their worlds come 
 to life in whatever form suits them best\, from stop-motion animated short 
 films\, to escape games\, to graphic novels\, and illustrated historical 
 fiction prose novels.
ORGANIZER;CN="Renee McManus":MAILTO:rmcmanus@ellsworthlibrary.net
CATEGORIES:Arts & Crafts
CONTACT;CN="Renee McManus":MAILTO:rmcmanus@ellsworthlibrary.net
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