Workshops

During the course of the whole festival, the House of Animation in the lower part of the Masaryk square will host a public-friendly workshop of 3D modelling and animation. Do not fear “3D” and come and try it! The participants of the workshop will learn how to navigate through the interface of the Maxon Cinema 4D software and use its basic functions. They will try the basics of three-dimensional object modelling, principles of processing scenes for animation and they will have a chance to use their newly acquired knowledge in their own short animations. Come and try to animate a digital puppet, create a time-lapse video, abstract animation or start your own original project. Don’t let space and time confine you... and create in 3D at Anifilm!

Anifilm is organised by OSPAF– Citizens‘ Association for the Support of Animated Film which, as a part of the festival, also organises animation workshops for children. SCHOOL OF ANIMATION uses an entertaining form to introduce the process of animated film production to children. Under supervision of lecturers, children will go through the entire process and make their very own animated films from scripts to the final animation. They will use various artistic techniques such as cut-out animation, drawing, sand animation, pixilation and possibly also demanding puppet animation. Anifilm 2016 will screen the best films created in the SCHOOL OF ANIMATION 2015. The jury will select and the festival will award three best films. The project is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic.

During the course of the Festival, we will be shooting an animated film for you directly in Třeboň. You can take part in the shooting or just come and take a look. “You suddenly realise that something is going on, but you don’t know what it is. It quietly creeps closer to you, touches you, grabs you and it won’t let go. You fall down through a veil of sparkly fireworks; you’re unable to do anything. A raging windstorm sweeps you off the table like a breadcrumb and pulls you into a black hole of oblivion. At the brink of death, you are suddenly rescued by a glittering white cube hovering above the land. You’re in it… you’re inside… and outside, you’re a chicken?” We will make an animated short film with hallucinatory elements that will make you ask: “How on Earth did they do this?”

For the first time in its history, Anifilm is organizing a workshop for modelling and casting puppets for animation. The workshop will show you how to make a jointed puppet and give you the opportunity to try it for yourself. The participants will see the complete manufacturing process from design through technical drawings, joint frame construction and figure modelling to subsequent form creating and casting. The lecturers will also introduce professional materials used by, among others, foreign puppet animation studios (the renowned British studios Mackinnon and Saunders who made puppets for Tim Burton’s films). The participants will have a chance to try certain steps of the complete process, including modelling and casting. It will also be possible to animate the created puppets. The lecturers are animators from the Faculty of Design and Art of Pilsen University.

A special workshop dedicated to game development. This workshop is primarily for graphic designers and illustrators who would like to reveal the secrets of game development. Find out more about development of computer and mobile games and, learn how to create one with Adobe Flash and discover what it’s necessary to know. The workshop will be divided into a theoretical introduction in the form of a one-hour lecture and a two-hour practical part which will give the participants a chance to go through the process of designing a game (concept and the basis of the game design document), introduce Adobe Flash – animation, scripting and developing the concept into a final product. All necessary technical equipment will be provided. The number of participants is limited to 20.

You can visit the House of Animation and see a phenomenon of the near future – a presentation of 3D printing by the company MakersLab. The company specializes in 3D printing, scanning, modelling and passing on their know-how in these fields – MakersLab organizes courses for beginners and advanced users of 3D printers but also for people with no idea about this technology whatsoever. 3D printing has become a subject of many discussions but few people can imagine all the possibilities and advantages it brings and, of course, the limitations it includes. This year’s Anifilm will have the pioneers of this technology present the very basics together with the latest trends in 3D printing and advanced technologies. Their demonstration will give you a chance to see the limitations of 3D printing and its application with your own eyes.