Workshops provide the best introduction to the Tabletop Moviemaking method. They range from two hour crash courses to multi-day sessions which focus on the craft of set design and digital post production. Every workshop participant will go through the entire production process of selecting characters and backgrounds, drafting a story, building props and scenery elements, staging characters, shooting the scenes, editing the movie on a computer and finally screening. Popcorn is a great compliment to the final step.
Tabletop Moviemaking workshops have been delivered all over the world with a participants ranging in age from 10 to 60. 826LA workshops in Los Angeles and New York worked directly with young people with an emphasis on creative writing, workshops in Turin, Italy focused in professional development with teachers who specialize in using animation techniques with elementary aged school children. Workshops with community youth workers in Dublin, Ireland focused on using Tabletop Moviemaking as an outreach tool with young people. Each new workshop offers new insights into different ways Tabletop Moviemaking can be adapted and customized to suit particular contexts.
For more information on workshops with specific groups please click on the case studies in the left column. If you are interested in participating in a Tabletop Moviemaking workshop please email Brick.
PDF Worksheets
Character Color Worksheet
Depth Staging Forest
Shading Worksheet
Urban Scenery Shading
Video demonstrations
Here is an art demonstration video that uses the “Depth Staging Forest” worksheet as an example to show basic watercolor techniques that are covered on the DVD.
Here is an art demonstration video that uses the “Urban Scenery Shading” worksheet as an example to show several different shading techniques that are covered on the DVD.