The NLFDC

is dedicated to the development of all aspects of the film industry in the province. In support of this, the NLFDC has a staff member dedicated to the development and administration of all professional development initiatives for the Corporation based on the needs of the local film and video industry.

This includes designing and coordinating workshops to address specific needs of the local film community; maintaining a comprehensive database of people interested in developing or advancing a pre-existing skill set; administering the deeming component of the tax credit; tracking the development of local crew and using a work-placement program on local and visiting productions to further develop essential skills.

Through the NLFDC’s professional development program, we have developed individuals in both Above and Below-The-Line positions – and, in doing so, have attracted outside productions to our province and reduced our dependence on hiring outside of the community.

Upcoming Workshops:

FOUNDATION OF AFTER EFFECTS WORKSHOP

Motion Graphics, Effects & Compositing for Broadcast, Film and Digital Signage

On April 30th – May 1st the NLFDC, in partnership with Best Boy Entertainment, will be holding a two-day intensive workshop for After Effects. Foundation of After Effects will be facilitated by Splice. This two day workshop will focus on Layers, Masks & Animation as well as Advanced Animation.

  • Date: April 30th - May 1st, 2011
  • Location: Best Boy Entertainment, 236 Park Avenue, Mount Pearl
  • Instructor: Woody Lidstone, Splice
  • Cost: $50.00
  • Schedule: Day 1: Layers Masks & Animation
  •                    Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
  •                    Day 2: Advanced Animation
  •                    Time: 10:00am – 4:00 pm

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Layers, Masks & Animation: Learn how to import different kinds of footage, including layered Photoshop and Illustrator files; how to mask off portions of footage, add keyframes to create animations; add format, stylize and animate text.

Advanced Animation: Learn how expressions and parenting can simplify your animating; how to create organic, optical-film style treatments and looks that don't seem like regular video superimposes; how to create a rack-focus effect. Also learn the best ways to render footage for importing into Final Cut Pro or Media Composer.

INSTRUCTOR BIO

Woody Lidstone from SPLICE will be instructing this course. Woody has been successful as a professional video editor, working as a production editor in the Arts & Entertainment division of the CBC. He has spent years performing online and offline editing for broadcast television. He was also a visual effects compositor on Season 4 of Lexx. While living in England, Woody was a post-production consultant on Batman Begins, and a technical consultant on Harry Potter's 2 and 3. He was a trainer in broadcast news workflow at Al Aan TV in Dubai, TV3 and RTE in Dublin, BBC London, Aberdeen and Glasgow, and spent a year working for TV2/Kobenhavn, Denmark's 24-hour news channel.

Space is limited.

To register, contact Industry Analyst, Laura Churchill at laura@nlfdc.ca or (709) 738-3456.