During January and February, BilbaoArte will offer an audiovisual creation workshop at its facilities.
The workshop is designed as a creative exercise in which a wide range of quick and low-cost graphic resources, both video and still images, will be presented. The tools offered will be both analogue and digital, depending on the interests of each participant.
During this intensive workshop, participants will carry out various visual creation exercises in any format, which may include a GIF, a live broadcast, a single-channel video or even an installation piece.
The practice takes into account free construction experimentation, i.e. it will dispense with conventional narrative linearity, conscious of cinematic and technological unlearning.
Various creative processes will be explored: types of staging, incorporation of the body or central object, simple technological devices that can be used, homemade recipes for video and software resources (editing and special effects), depending on the project to be carried out.
This workshop aims to bring ideas to life in audiovisual format using a variety of tools, providing any kind of technical and inventive support during the development process.
METHODOLOGY
- The work will focus on creative, free and experimental practice, exploring both artistic and technological aspects.Throughout the workshop, each proposal will be monitored individually.
RESOURCES
- Software: editing and digital effects with Adobe Premiere and Adobe Photoshop.
- Apps: Various apps that allow us to play with special effects. Facial recognition applications, stop motion, TikTok, IG, etc.
- Online content creation: free image and audio platforms, sources for obtaining footage, stock, online image generators, etc.
- Live streaming: live connections to the projector, accessible streaming resources.
- Analogue moving image, kinetic animation with motors, modified toys.
- Screen recorder: screen recordings and other meta-video ideas.
PROGRAMME
Presentation in the conference room, open to the public.
- Presentation by the teaching artist. Brief exhibition of their work.
- Presentation by participating students. What each student wants to do and their projects.
- Presentation of the workshop project.
- Introduction to the course programme.
- Viewing of artists’ work.
- Group practice.
- Forming groups.
Day 1
- Brainstorming. Project planning. Grouping according to interests and skills.
- How to prepare and obtain image and video resources.
- Examples of inexpensive, attractive, immediate formats.
- Series B: Special effects without software.
Day 2
- Searching for a visual palette to play with (pre-recorded videos, filmed during the workshops, ripped from films, downloaded from the internet, screenshots, etc.).
- Setting up small sets, costume trunk, small recording set.
- Thinking about sound. Free download platforms.
- Recording tests (different sources).
Day 3
- Practical introduction to the basic tools of video and image editing.
- Making an animated GIF with Adobe Photoshop based on the collage.
- Practical introduction to the basic concepts of special effects in Premiere (chroma key, colouring, filters, textures, etc.).
Day 4 (film set)
- Bring props, clothing, and extras to shoot scenes.
- We try filming in the chroma studio at Bilbaoarte.
Day 5
- Street and outdoor filming.
- We try out different low-cost cameras: hunting cameras, endoscopes, microscopes, old mobile phones, handy cams, etc.
- Piracy, fast filters, and apps.
- Screen recording, screen recorder and other quick video tricks.
Day 6
- Basic animation concepts with the Stop Motion app.
- Examples and practices of expanded cinema.
- Examples and practices of live video.
- Music video vs video creation?
Day 7
- Proposals for audiovisual installation or performance.
- Tutorial for each project, addressing specific questions.
- Sound in video creation: public domain platforms, online generators, DIY effects, layers, appropriation, collage,
- soundscapes, emphasis, atmospheres, sound as a visual script, etc.
Day 8
- Development of proposals.
- Graphic documentation of the processes.
- SERIES B: creation of small sets, props and real effects (we will practise making micro videos with your hands).
Day 9
- Tutorial and development of each project.
- Final adjustments to the projects.
- Exporting the clips.
- Screening of the work done in class.
- Conclusions on the results.
TEACHER
Beatriz Sánchez
Visual artist with a degree in Fine Arts from the UPV and a Master’s degree in Digital Arts from Pompeu Fabra University.
Her artistic work has received several mentions and is being presented at numerous festivals, group exhibitions and art fairs.
She currently combines her artistic work with the production of music videos for popular bands on the national scene. She is also involved in creative education, regularly teaching video creation workshops at cultural centres in Spain, Europe and America.
COURSE DETAILS
Type: creative workshop.
Duration: 18 hours, divided into 3-hour afternoon sessions (from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.) over 8 days.
Date: 2 to 27 February. Mondays and Tuesdays. 2-3, 9-10, 16-17, 23-24 February (theory/practice), 27 February (results)
Timetable: 4.30 pm to 7.30 pm.
The registration fee is €150. There is a 50% discount for current BilbaoArte users. It is free for artists currently in residence at BilbaoArte.
Number of participants: Maximum 18 participants.
Who it is aimed at: People interested in learning or expanding their knowledge of visual creation with a multimedia focus. It is advisable for participants to have basic computer skills, but in-depth knowledge of software is not necessary as tools that do not require digital use will also be offered, depending on the interests of each participant’s individual project.
Registration deadline: until 30 January
How to register: In order of registration via bilbaoarte@bilbao.eus (indicating in the subject line: ‘Metralla audiovisual’ course).
Applications should be sent to the BilbaoArte Foundation via email: bilbaoarte@bilbao.eus.