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The photographic and film work of the enrolled pupils was again at a good level. An interesting aspect that appeared was the nature and man. A special moment of interconnecting children with nature can be seen in the photos. In the global sense, it could be said that the nature of the competition is and will be the nature, relationships and bonds of man and nature. The jury surprised the ability of young students and students to find and find details, structures and interesting compositions. Take the camera or camera and look at the world with other eye-catching eyes. From all these pictures, it is possible to create an image of the environment in which the children live, of their relations with them, but also of the relations between them. Children’s perceptions of the jury have convinced that children from abroad have come very close to each other.

Static and moving images are gradually coming from classic digital cameras and cameras to mobile phones, giving them a new look and versatility. These new mobile forms offer fairly accessible space for the development of creativity, inventiveness and creativity. The competition of photography and short film productions has an increasing tendency of interest every year for pupils and students of Slovaks living abroad. The concept is undergoing constant thematic innovation for each year of the competition and thus attracting new young artists. The competition section is based on three photographic and one film categories.

The most prominent representation this year, 141 photos, has the category “Landscape”, which brought above standard standard. Surprisingly, a lot of sensitive approaches to composite pictures. In this category, children focused on photographing the aforementioned flora. The smallest photos 56 include the category “Searching Traditions and Slovak Roots”. This is a topic that needs to be put on and ready to capture every moment that comes under the camera lens. The one that seems to be interesting. The child’s eye is curious, the details of the ordinary eye are often blind and unknown. This was confirmed by the last third category “Experiment” with. The “Winter Landscape” photo surprised the melancholy that emanates from it. A shade of white, losing in a hillside with a river composed on the left side of the image. Haze creates a game with depth of 112 unconventional images. The prize-winning nine photographs and the prize of the rector of Matej Bel University for the overall collection of author’s photographs are a great cross-section of the competition and prove that the photo still has its loyal young supporters.

In the category “Short film and animation”, nature does not dominate the themes as the theme of free children has chosen their own themes and themes. The 55 videos logged show the growth of interest in motion in the image. Formally, a number of stop-motion animations (pixels) were entered into the contest, which pleased the jury. Children used the potential of this form of animation and used the imagination to revive the inanimate. They chanted banal themes shifted mostly formally into witty exaggeration. On the other hand, they were just videos with an attempt at a deeper subject, with narrative work, compositional play, and last but not least symbolic. The fact that children have taken this time in a more demanding way is considered courageous and their works proved that this category can be very creative.

The evaluation of the work has become fun because it will always be pleased if comparable works are found in the competition, among which it is difficult to choose. Children who have participated and those who win have a talented eye and feel. And perhaps this sensitive eye can see things otherwise lacking in the elders. Very important, however, is the experience gained by all the young creators. We are glad that this competition has become a creative and cultural engine in developing relationships and we believe that all the authors will take on valuable experiences from their competition and professional stay, which they will make use of in their next artistic creation.

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Photography as a medium and, in particular, digital photography is now more and more popular in the eyes of professionals and the general public. Capture an interesting picture and give it a static in an attractive composition, if colorfulness is a difficult task in the past. Children have done very well with this creative task and have managed not only a photo but also a short film or animation. Static and moving images are easy to get into mobile phones, giving them a new look and versatility. These mobile forms offer space for the development of creativity, invention and creativity. The competition of photography and short film productions has an increasing trend of interest every year for Slovak pupils and students living abroad. The concept is based on three photographic and one film categories. In 2016, 635 photojournalists were presented before a professional jury (in the different categories: landscape 270, experiment 254 and action 111). In addition to the photo, 33 films from 4 countries (Serbia, Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine) were recorded.

Children’s greatest interest is traditionally in photography. The first category In AKCII presented a variety of approaches, mostly documentary character. She mapped people and situations. In some photographs, besides classical documentation, the children also worked with fine-grained stylized images. This aspect helped many photographers. The selection of the winning photos was 5 pictures, 2 of which were honored. Portrait portrait of youth and youth in black and white tone and fine vintage occupied 3rd place. A nice design in the form of generational contrast with the love of grandmother and child was placed above the cross. The winning photo shows a trio of girls on a cycle trip with a gently bent horizon that dramatically highlights an unidentifiable forced pause.

Category LANDSCAPE is a popular theme for kids that has the most frames. However, the landscape requires a concentrated focus and a perfect moment to shoot the shutter on the camera. Views of the natural and urban units also reached the winning trio. A night city in a perfect composition, or a house on the hill called Spring Mood with Grandma. An excellent moment was captured by a young photographer in the Sun Theater. The crane’s industrial arm in strong sunlight looks natural to the camera’s composer frame.

The last and also new category of the photo in the contest is EXPERIMENT. The task of the children was to experiment with light, shadow and all the settings the technology offers them. Four photos came to the final, in which a book from the book offered a sun-beam viewfinder. The First Fire is built on a distinct contrast to the orange-red fire and darkness in the focal pyramid. A fire that blows the hearth out of the image in the viewer creates a “hot” feeling. The penetration of the light rays of the street lamp over the tree crown became the dominant point of photography in the second place. The triple plan (tree, surface and ground) very nice to feel in the detailed view of the winning photo underlined by the delicate melancholy mood.

The Short Film and Video category brought up to six awards this year. Autumn rose was a time-consuming visual work, as a young photographer mapped the entire plant growth process that lasted for several days. In the end, static images were embedded in authentic animation. The animation was also central in a short, almost as out of the action film cut out, a car hobby part. A special prize was won by the Kovacice School for 6 minutes for a demanding one-stop shop. The third place includes a 2-minute animation on how the letter A was selected for the vandrovka. The current subject was very well captured by a pupil in a 3-minute film showing the risks and difficulties of social networks. The first place was defended last year’s winner from Serbia with a stopmotion drawing animation titled The Future is now. Nice idea and pleasant art decides. The expert committee is enjoying this year’s significant image quality and quality. An increase in animations and short films, as compared with the previous year, shows that children are also keen to work on time-consuming forms – such as movie media or animation. Children are actively demonstrating that they are watching and reflecting current themes and are able to give them a creative form and content from the perspective of the child’s eye.

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City Tower came into the optical-visual movement in videomappingovom project moves of a rook and the next day except the tower came to life with light and shadow and other buildings on SNP Square. The town got a few moments the new color light color. Hall became the venue for the exhibition and workshop mystery of light 3D scanning, which was capacity constraints. Location around Barbakan introduced light and video mapping projects (Falling flakes, traditionally under Urpínom a city 760 years) and interactive digital projects (Light graffiti and Reindeer tandem). The project light graffiti viewers got themselves into the role of creator and creative by light sensors and spray painted the facade of the building of the former elementary school. Rays of light lines pointed to significant historic buildings, gradually fell into disrepair. A few meters further impressed the children and youth project reindeer sledding, when given the opportunity to control digital reindeer harness. Interactive game created specifically direct the whole wall Barbakan. Moreover, anyone who this unusual interactive experience to try, was awarded a driving license in your name. Of course it was not a regular driver’s license, driver’s license but the reindeer harness. Drive not only children but also adults and be entertained. In a few hours, hundreds of distributed driver’s license. Powerful visual experience with a story about the history of flying brought large-sized animated Let videomapping and space on the facade of the Museum of SNP. Automapping ran next door – light show on the hood of a new car model Opel Astra (light and shade with the new Astra). The museum, which was “the epicenter” section shadow, visitors looked up a rich film series and accompanying programs such as search light and dark, dark side of light, physical workshop for children. From the heart of the monument SNP led the night sky still light two laser beams (Nativity). Powerful laser beams are hmírili over the city and from the space Ministry of dotvárali fun and so together with folk-dance projects Lucky overall atmosphere. Europa Busines Center to visually interested in the spectacle of light and LED light show, and a bit further at the building SLOS conducted Illusions of light. Area around SC Europa turned into a place luminographic workshops for the general public. Photos working with light and slow shutter speed is always at the end of the workshop “posting” on a social networking site where they can find active visitors. In addition luminography on the facade of the building it could be seen in regular hour interval videomapping digital, metaphorical ingenuity displayed “path of light” across history. Visual symbols portrayed in the present back to the beginning (Big Bang) and back through our history until today’s modern “TV” company. The entire message can be viewed as awareness everywhere the presence and importance of light in its various forms whether as sunshine, space heaters, or IT technologies that surround us.

Festival its first year (2015) opens the tradition of this unique multi-genre event in the middle of Slovakia. This is a unique authorial concept that organizers Dagmar Rajčanová, Vlado Benko, Lukas Matejka, Pavol Rapavý, Tomas Rakonczai, Stefan Oliš and Kristina Benková will seek to maintain and further develop his artistic ambitions and possibilities in order to prepare for residents and visitors to IV 2016 unusual visual experiences.

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The roofing project was provided by students Mgr. art Andrej Poliak and Tutors was Mgr. art Lukas Matejka. Ten students in the composition of Matus Astrab, Lucia Devečková, Eliska Harnušková, Barbora Horská, Bibiána Hudáková, Filip Kmeť, Jan Krška, Kornélia Mucsková, Sebastián Pavlis and Marek Šalata completed the first phase of field research. Subsequently they began consultations and after dusk artistic realization. Luminography is an ancient technique that is determined by darkness. Evening environment countryside – village Dúbravica for this workshop was very useful. Students created original collections luminographic photo. The project implies new opportunities for cooperation and seeking common themes in the form of digital art in the country.

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