JUST CHOPPIN' - An Intro to Final Cut Pro
Dates (Please note start date change): Sept 16, 18, 23, 25 Time: 19h00-22h00 Pre-requisite: None
Fee: $160/$180 - Non Members
Slice and dice your way through this introductory course on the industry standard in editing. During the 12hrs of fun filled instruction and hands-on learning, participants will develop a working knowledge of FCP software and be ready to edit videos and films of their own.
Instructor - Heidi Phillips is an experimental filmmaker based in Winnipeg. She completed her MFA from Transart Institute Austria in August of 2008. Her next exhibition, Revival, is both a dream and a nightmare and shows at aceartinc. in Winnipeg, in 2009.
Cultural Sensitivity
Dates: Sept 17 Time: 13h00-17h00 Pre-requisite: See Below
Fee: $5/$25 - Non Members
Focussing on intercultural relations in multicultural environments, the Video Pool Outreach Department invites video artists interested in facilitating workshops or becoming mentors for Video Pool's Outreach programs with Northern Aboriginal communities and local youth.
Instructor - Allen Sutherland
Freestyle SoundHack
Dates: Sept 13 Time: 11h00-18h00 Pre-requisite: 14yrs +
Fee: $40 (For Everyone!)
Construct Freestyle SoundKits – wearable sound pieces prototyped by the artist – that generate and broadcast electronic beats as users move through the urban environment. Participants will follow up the session by performing live sonic and movement-based interventions in the public spaces of the Exchange District.
Instructor - Jessica Thompson is a new media artist whose practice encompasses sound, performance, and mobile technologies. Her projects enable audience members to create user-defined spaces and situations within urban environments. www.jessicathompson.ca
Freestyle SoundHack is presented in coordination with (in) visible cities performance festival.
www. invisiblecitiesperformance.blogspot.com
EXPERIDOC - Documentary for the Avant-Garde
Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28; Nov 4 Time: 19h00-22h00 Pre-req: Prod/Edit Exp.
Fee: $140/$160 - Non Members
Over the course of this 4-week, studio-based workshop, participants will create their own short films. Viewing various examples of documentary cinema and using them as a leaping point into their own unique projects, individuals will explore innovative methods of creating art-driven documentaries. (Fee includes: miniDV tape, camera rental & 3hrs studio time!)
Instructor - Cam Woykin is a Calgary born avant-garde filmmaker with existential queries. Woykin currently resides in Winnipeg where he maintains his practice as an independent artist, filmmaker, and writer. PS - He's also Video Pool's Education Coordinator.
Classifieds: Artist for Sale - Marketing Yourself as an Artist
Dates: Oct 15 Time: 19h00-21h00 Pre-requisite: None
Fee: FREE!/$20 - Non Members
The Education Department continues its free professional development series with this session's marketing for artists workshop. Demystifying the world of the professional artist, Artist for Sale will explore creative and financially feasible methods of marketing yourself and your practice.
The Oddball Antenna: DIY Inputs for Physical Computing
Dates: Oct 20 Time: 18h00-22h00 Pre-requisite: None
Fee: $30 (For Everyone!)
The Oddball Antenna is a hands-on introduction to physical computing that focuses on alternative methods of feeding your computer external information. Participants will use old things, broken stuff, high fives and the ether to construct experimental sensors and switches that will be used to control digital media. This workshop includes a presentation about the Arduino board and its life as a piece of open hardware.
Instructor - Th3 L∆N P∆rTy (Darsha Hewitt and Alexandre Quessy) is a collective from Montreal Canada that produces artwork based on collaboratively developed technology and experimental electronics. They teach workshops on versatile technology and assist communities new to open source practices by setting them up with tools to establish Do-It-Yourself electronics groups.
CUT CUISINE - Final Cut for the Familiar (dates amended)
Dates: Nov 5, 8 & 12 Time: (Nov 5 & 12) 19h00-22h00; (Nov 8) 11h00-18h00 Pre-requisite: Final Cut Intro
Fee: $120/$140 - Non Members
Now that you're familiar with the basics, join other intermediate & advanced FCP users to develop your cutsmanship with the assistance of a seasoned Final Cut vet! This is a studio based course intended for individuals with questions regarding works in progress or those interested in exploring additional FCP applications.
Instructor - Over the last few years, Jaimz Asmundson has produced a frenzy of work that has traveled to film festivals worldwide. Subversive content, camp humour and over-the-top aesthetic have become Asmundson’s hallmark. He has been called “Winnipeg’s enfant terrible of transgressive cinema”. Jaimz is currently the President of the Winnipeg Film Group and part of the Winnipeg curatorial collective, WNDX, A festival of avant-garde and experimental film.
Don't Feel Blue, You're Pretty on the Inside - Chroma Key Technology
Dates: Nov 18 & 20 Time: 19h00-22h00 Pre-requisite: Final Cut Intro
Fee: $60/$80 - Non Members
Ever wanted to transcend space & time? Now's your chance! Join Mike Maryniuk and his blue screen wizardry over this two evening workshop, and uncover the ins and outs of shooting your own chroma key videos.
Instructor - Born in Winnipeg and raised in the rural back country of Manitoba, Mike Maryniuk is a self-taught film virtuoso, whose film world is an inventive hybrid of Jim Henson, Norman McLaren and Stan Brakhage. Maryniuk's films are a visual stew of hand-made ingredients and full of home cooked wonderfulness.
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