Hance to get creative with film
Screen Argyll is excited to be running a BFI Film Academy course again this year.
In line with Covid guidance, this year’s course will be run online during the October holidays, from Monday October 5 to Saturday October 10, followed by weekly online tutorials and a film screening at Oban Phoenix Cinema.
Organisers are thrilled to be bringing this amazing opportunity for 16-19-yearolds to young people across Argyll and the Highlands and Islands. It is a great chance for creative teens or those curious about a career in the film industry.
During this professional online course they will work together to watch, experiment, create and learn more about animation and film in a variety of forms.
This intensive programme includes hands-on filmmaking workshops where participants will be given the tools needed to develop an idea from rough sketch to big screen.
The course will give them the opportunity to work online with professional animators and film makers and skills covered include script writing, model making, animation, video editing, lighting for camera and sound design.
They will use these new skills to create their own animations which they will present at a screening event, which they create and co-ordinate. It offers participants the support to work towards an Arts Award qualification and the opportunity to submit their films into a variety of festivals.
Confirmed include:
Jim practitioners
Parkyn from
Aardman Animations;
Selina Wagner, an award winning animator and director specialising in storytelling, design and animation;
Oscar and BAFTA nominated Barry Purves, who has been involved with animation and theatre and writing for more than 40 years, working on such TV shows as Wind in the Willows and feature films including Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks;
Sara Harkins, who has worked in the industry for 30 years, working as a freelancer then at the BBC, primarily in drama and children’s projects;
Alasdair Satchel, a lead practitioner with Scottish Screen and a fluent Gaelic speaker;
Jack Lockhart, a visual artist and film maker who works with video and animation and has many years’ teaching experience.