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Animation workshop – stop motion

akjetam — Thu, 26 Dec 2024 09:23:53 +0000

We invite you to a stop motion animation workshop on 17 November 2024 under the guidance of experienced artist Mgr. Lukáš Matejka, ArtD. Come to the Regional Cultural Centre in Prievidza to learn the techniques of creating stop motion animations – from the basics of planning and storyboarding, through the technical setup to the actual creation of the short film. The workshop is ideal for beginners and more advanced filmmakers who want to deepen their skills in this unique form of animation.

Free entry. We look forward to seeing you there! Registration: fotofilm@rkcpd.sk; 0901 918 871

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Art in park – pixelation workshop

akjetam — Sun, 18 Nov 2018 12:20:56 +0000

In the park environment, various accompanying activities were also prepared during the four days of the festival. Inspirational discussions, PARK MARKET, with fresh cut, were handled by craftsmen from Elite Barber. You could work with Lucky and Maťom with your own weight, learn to breathe properly and use the center of your body. The original piece of clothing was designed with the help of a workshop from Žabka. You could even become part of your own movie thanks to the Pixelation workshop from the creative guys from TRAKT. A commentary on the city tour brought the C20: Trenčianske Teplice Architecture Guide and the Off Season. The program also included a tour of the students’ final work in Trenčín – a garment designed by Veronika Kostková. Relaxation in the chillout zone of the park complemented the festival gastro zone.

The ART IN PARK festival came in different age categories – children, young people and adults were involved and they all created a great atmosphere full of joy and well-being! More than 4,380 viewers watched the film, Dubcek was most attracted to the movie theater, and became the most popular film of the Ciarra triler in the open-air screening. The ART IN PARK festival also enjoyed great reactions, and on Facebook’s social network, the videos from the festival had more than 18,000 views.

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Contest of photography and film 2016

akjetam — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:20:39 +0000

A year later, the winners of the Digital Photography and Short Film Competition – intended for children of Slovaks living abroad – met in Banská Bystrica on 27-30 June 2016. The expert committee composed by Lukáš Matejka (TRAKT) and Martina Krčová in cooperation with the main organizer of the Mateja Bela Methodological Center prepared for children, besides interesting prices, also a photo workshop in the Čierny Balog plein and a workshop of pixel and luminography in Banská Bystrica. During the stay, children from primary and secondary schools from Serbia and Hungary learned about professional photography and learned how to creatively enhance their artistic practices in photography and short films.

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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Animation workroom

akjetam — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:20:39 +0000

Animation is a way of creating seemingly moving things. Animation = revival. Who is the animation workshop designed for? Children aged 6-14 years in particular (older but interested parties or parents may also participate). What do you learn about the workshop? At the workshop, we are devoted exclusively to the manual technique of animation. You will use your creativity to create a short animated movie. The animation principle is a record of the sequential sequencing of the images. The rapid impression of these images gradually results in a sense of smooth motion due to the inertia of the human eye. However, images must be played at a rate that is no longer captured by the eye. How workshop works? As soon as you arrive, you will choose from several possible techniques you want to address. First of all, for the inspiration, we release films from the previous workshop. You can work in groups, with a friend or with a parent, an old parent :-). With movies you can then boast wherever you want.

Lecturer Matej Mazák (TRAKT) realized the Animation Workshop in Uherské Hradiště (Czech republic) at Movie theater Hvězda on 27 March 2017 and during the workshop children created their first short animation animations.

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Animacnik

akjetam — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:20:39 +0000

Have annually at the turn of the holidays and the summer place at Saris Castle multi-genre festival film night at the castle. The festival is organized by our partner an association of Eastern Slovakia – A new film. The fifth edition was marked by the “street art”.

They took two full days street entertainment, art, relaxation, but also a program for children and interesting discussions. In the wee hours in the early morning hours did not lack conventional film proportion. The project presented Matej Mazák (TRAKT) of the animation workshop “Animačník”, which attracted the attention of adults, children and youth. And do not forget to watch a short video of the workshop.

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Animate

akjetam — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 16:20:39 +0000

Animation workshops for Cineport Ostrava during the music festival Colours of Ostrava 2015 prepared Matej Mazák (TRAKT). Animation stopmotion art form has its charm, what ascertain firsthand the passers people and children. He could 16 – 19. july 2015 directly in the multi-genre international music festival try to produce their short animation. And they created? … you’ll see in our video.

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