PIXAR STORYBOARDING MASTERCLASS
Venue: May 17th-21th 2010
The Animation Workshop is proud to present a 5 day Masterclass in Viborg Denmark with Story Artists Matthew Luhn & Valerie LaPointe from Pixar Animation Studios! This Masterclass is designed for animation industry professionals, students or enthusiasts. Skill sets covered are not software-specific, and all lectures are organized with visuals, live-action and animated clips. This rare opportunity gives you the tools needed to create your own stories and do feature quality animation.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
STORYBOARDING
THREE-ACT STORY STRUCTURE
SEQUENCE BOARDS
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
GAGS
BOARDING FROM SCRIPTS
BOARD COMPOSITION
LINE AND VALUE
MATTHEW LUHN began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1992 as an animator on the very first CG feature Toy Story. Since that time, Matthew has worked in the Story Development department, Storyboarding on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille, Up, and Toy Story 3.
Prior to Pixar, Matthew attended the California Institute of the Arts, and would later be hired as an animator on The Simpsons and at Industrial Light & Magic. Matthew grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where his family has owned
and operated Jeffrey’s Toys stores for over three generations. Along with working at Pixar, Matthew teaches seminars all over the world on how to create great stories and characters.
VALERIE LAPOINTE Pixar Story Artist, has Storyboarded on a number of Pixar animated shorts, including Presto and the Mater’s Tall Tales series. Prior to working at Pixar, she has written, animated, and directed a number of award winning animated short for kids, including Lolly’s Box and Upside Downed. Receiving her Masters of Animation from The University of Southern California, Valerie has taught animation to students at the California State Summer School for the Arts along with art programs to children in Northern California.
Place:
The Animation Workshop, Kasernevej 5, DK-8800 Viborg
Fee:
6000 DKK or 805 EUR for professionals and 1000 DKK or 135 EUR for students, scholarships can be awarded in special cases.
The fee dosen't cover accomodation, but here are some links to accomodation in Viborg
Best Western Palads Hotel
Bed and Breakfast
Hostel
For more information, contact:
The Animation Workshop
Tim Leborgne,
The Animation Workshop is proud to present a 5 day Masterclass in Viborg Denmark with Story Artists Matthew Luhn & Valerie LaPointe from Pixar Animation Studios! This Masterclass is designed for animation industry professionals, students or enthusiasts. Skill sets covered are not software-specific, and all lectures are organized with visuals, live-action and animated clips. This rare opportunity gives you the tools needed to create your own stories and do feature quality animation.
TOPICS WILL INCLUDE:
STORYBOARDING
THREE-ACT STORY STRUCTURE
SEQUENCE BOARDS
CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
GAGS
BOARDING FROM SCRIPTS
BOARD COMPOSITION
LINE AND VALUE
MATTHEW LUHN began his career at Pixar Animation Studios in 1992 as an animator on the very first CG feature Toy Story. Since that time, Matthew has worked in the Story Development department, Storyboarding on Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille, Up, and Toy Story 3.
Prior to Pixar, Matthew attended the California Institute of the Arts, and would later be hired as an animator on The Simpsons and at Industrial Light & Magic. Matthew grew up in the San Francisco Bay area where his family has owned
and operated Jeffrey’s Toys stores for over three generations. Along with working at Pixar, Matthew teaches seminars all over the world on how to create great stories and characters.
VALERIE LAPOINTE Pixar Story Artist, has Storyboarded on a number of Pixar animated shorts, including Presto and the Mater’s Tall Tales series. Prior to working at Pixar, she has written, animated, and directed a number of award winning animated short for kids, including Lolly’s Box and Upside Downed. Receiving her Masters of Animation from The University of Southern California, Valerie has taught animation to students at the California State Summer School for the Arts along with art programs to children in Northern California.
Place:
The Animation Workshop, Kasernevej 5, DK-8800 Viborg
Fee:
6000 DKK or 805 EUR for professionals and 1000 DKK or 135 EUR for students, scholarships can be awarded in special cases.
The fee dosen't cover accomodation, but here are some links to accomodation in Viborg
Best Western Palads Hotel
Bed and Breakfast
Hostel
For more information, contact:
The Animation Workshop
Tim Leborgne,
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