Hasta La Motion!

This one-day course familiarises students with Motion, Apple’s software for motion graphics design. Learn real-world effects techniques, including filters, layering, composite modes and animating video, graphics and titles. The practical approach to motion graphics focuses on the features of Final Cut Studio that editors and designers need to use in their daily work. With Motion, you’ll learn how to make creative titles, motion menus, show bumpers and news opens as you learn everything from text, compositing, and keyframing to 3D set creation and camera animation.

The course will cover working with Motion’s Real-Time Design engine and interface, behavior-based animation, parameter behaviors, blend modes, advanced particle system design, advanced title animation, chroma key techniques, masking methods, keyframing, and integration. This course is designed for anyone wishing to learn the fundamentals and functionality of Motion and would be advantageous to those with some experience in graphic and editing applications such as Photoshop and Final Cut Pro.

Apple Color Induction
Course Date: Saturday 19th June 2010

This one-day hands-on course will familiarise students with Apple’s new professional colour grading application that makes it easy for editors to create signature looks for projects ranging from short video pieces to full-length feature films. Start with the basics of colour balancing and correction, and move on to the finer points of grading.

Topics covered include though not limited to:

Setting up a project and managing a workflow through the Color Rooms

Setting up; Primary In; Secondary Rooms; Color FX; Primary Out; Geometry; Still Store; Final Print; Transferring Final Cut Pro Projects to Color; Standard-definition and High-definition Formats; Frame Rates; Project Frame Sizes; Broadcast Safe Settings; and Preventing Illegal Video Signals.

Making Basic Adjustments

Understanding Scopes; Adjusting Contrast; Primary Color Balancing; Defining; Lift; Gain and Gamma; Hue Controls and Correction; Saturation Controls and Correction.

Creating and Recalling Grades: Advanced Primary Correction

Basic Secondary Correction

Applying Effects and Creating Looks: Color FX Room

Rendering, Exporting and Archiving

Shots to Render Queue; Print Options; Final Gather Options; Exporting JPEGs; and Exporting

General:
Each student has their own workstation for the practical parts of the course and can discuss any specific areas of interest they may have towards the end of the day with the tutor.

Cost and payment:
£100 per course. To secure your place we require payment in advance by cheque (by post) credit / debit card (over the phone) or cash (in person). Please call 020 8525 4330 to book your place or visit our website for more information and full course listings http://www.spacestudios.org.uk/All_C…Items/Courses/

SPACE, 129 -131 Mare St, Hackney, London E8 3RH
T: 020 8525 4330
e: training@spacestudios.org.uk

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Fool Angel Entertainment is looking to collaborate with a talented CGI artist to work on a high quality short drama entitled "Wolf At The Door".

Its a somewhat dark fairy tale story about a young girl chased by an unseen monster through a forest and subsequently trapped in a log cabin with two wolves.. one monstrous and hiding in the shadows and the other a maternal but still somewhat threatening character who converses with the girl.
It’s a powerful script with a nice twist at the end that resonates long after watching.

This is a short project that has been waiting to be made for too long and we are keen to shoot it this year despite not having the money that one would ideally need to do it. Sometimes you just have to seize the day and try and get good stories made..

In short it’s a low/no budget project that will be shot on HD with a professional crew donating their time in order to make it a professional high quality product, but (unless we are successful in raising some money over the next couple of months) there is no money for visual effects – or much of anything else really.

It is however a great showreel or graduation project for the right person looking for some strong material to showcase their talents or promote their independent company.

If you would like to get in touch or find out more about us and see previous work, please visit www.foolangel.com

We look forward to hearing from you and perhaps even building an ongoing relationship in future.

Kind regards,

Shane Ward & Natalie Samson
Producers, Fool Angel Entertainment