Intro to Stratastencil Animation [In-Person]
Instructors: Nik Harper
Date: Saturday and Sunday, January 20th & 21st, 2024
Time: 11–5pm
Are you a filmmaker who wants to use animation in your videos? Do you feel like, “I can’t use animation because I’m not an animator”? You don't need an art degree or years of experience to bring those animated dreams to life! Join us for this two-day Strata-stencil workshop and learn an exciting animation technique while creating our brand new Northwest Film Forum logo bumper!
Strata-stencil is an analog method of animation that uses layered paper stencil cutouts and a custom shooting rig to achieve a unique design in which multiple frames are visible. In this 2-session workshop, we’ll walk through design, ideation & workflow before diving into creating our stencils and finishing off with shooting our new frames and debuting our new animation! This workshop will cover techniques that can be helpful for filmmakers to keep in mind during any project, not just the ones that are designed to include animation.
In the first session, we’ll go over unconventional use of animation in different forms of media. Then we’ll focus on the different pre-production stages of Stratastencil animation. Finally, we’ll cut out the frames for our animation.
In the second session, we’ll finish any leftover frames that haven’t been cut out, then we’ll head straight into shooting our animation in the custom shooting rig. After that we’ll assemble the frames from our animation on the computer and watch our final result!
This workshop has a suggested registration fee of $250, however we do offer a sliding scale, pay-what-you-can model for those who need that option. Scolarships are available.
If you have any questions please contact netsanet@nwfilmforum.org