As part of Digital Storytelling 2010 there will be held 3 workshops  on April 15 through April 16, 2010.

INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL EFFECTS IN FILM PRODUCTION WORKSHOP
Date: Thursday April 15. from 09:00 to 16:00
Participants: Experienced producers, directors and scriptwriters with little experience in planning, budgeting and executing visual effects.
Place: Meetingroom Arne, 3rd floor (4 etg), Filmens hus, Oslo
Instructor:  Jeppe Nygaard Christiansen, VFX supervisor and CEO at Ghost, Denmark.
Host: Digital Storytelling and NFI in collaboration with Produsentforeningen.
Max participants: 10- 15
Fee: 950 NOK incl. lunch (invoiced by email)

Workshop applications are now closed.

The workshop is led by VFX supervisor and CEO Jeppe Nygaard Christensen from Ghost in Copenhagen. Ghost has done VFX on a number of Hollywood blockbuster movies. The workshop will constitute an introduction to the world of visual effects. The second part of the day will be more hands-on in nature where the participants will go through budgeting and choosing solutions for visual effects for a scene in the movie “Island of the Lost Souls”.  Featurefilm and shortfilm producers are encouraged to apply.

3D AND STEREOSCOPIC COMPOSITING IN NUKE WORKSHOP
Date: Thursday April 15. from 09:00 to 16:00
Participants: Experienced compositing / VFX artists
Place: 7th floor (8 etg), Filmens hus, Oslo

Instructor: Matt Leonard, Sphere VFX
Host: Digital Storytelling and NFI in collaboration with The Foundry, London.
Number of particpants: 10 - 12
Fee: 950 NOK incl. lunch (invoiced by email)

Hands-on workshop in Stereoscopic 3D compositing led by NUKE and Maya instructor, Matt Leonard. Previous experience with Nuke is reccommended. All workshop participants must bring their own laptop/PC suitable for running Nuke. The Foundry will provide temporary  Nuke licenses for the workshop.  The workshop is arranged in collaboration with The Foundry, London.

•    Coverage and Environmental Mapping Techniques
•    Camera Projection - Set Extensions
•    Camera Matchmoving
•    Camera Projection - Rig Removal and Plate Cleanup
•    Rotoscoping in 3D
•    Using 3rd Party 3D Data via .FBX and .CHAN
•    Stereoscopic Overview
•    Stereoscopic Plate Cleanup
•    2D Processing on Left/Right Eyes
•    Working with Stereoscopic 2D Plates
•    Compositing Stereoscopic 2D Elements
•    Added Stereoscopic 3D Elements into Stereoscopic 2D Plate (Maya / Nuke Renders)

“Matt Leonard is a fantastic teacher. I have taken many course with him on fxphd so those who are participating in the workshop really have something to look forward to!” - Gudmundur Gunnarsson, VFX artist

Workshop applications are now closed.

NUKE COMPOSITING WORKSHOP
Date: Thursday April 16. from 09:00 to ?
Participants: Experienced compositing / VFX artists
Place: Filmens hus, Oslo
Instructor: Matt Leonard, Sphere VFX
Host: Digital Storytelling and NFI in collaboration with The Foundry, London.
Number of particpants: 10 - 12
Fee: 950 NOK incl. lunch (invoiced by email)

Hands-on workshop in compositing led by NUKE and Maya instructor, Matt Leonard. Previous experience with Nuke is not necessary but compositing experience is required. All workshop participants must bring their own laptop/PC suitable for running Nuke. The Foundry will provide temporary  Nuke licenses for the workshop. The workshop is arranged in collaboration with The Foundry, London.

Day 2 - Nuke
• Working with Layers and Channels
• Understanding the B-Box
• Rotoscoping and Paint
• 32bit Colour Correction
• Keying Techniques using IBK, Keylight, etc
• Tracking, Stabilising and Corner Pinning
• Working with Time inside of Nuke
• Working with Lens Distorted Plates
• Nuke’s 3D System
• Pan n’ Tile
• Camera Projections
• 3D Roto
• Using 3rd Party 3D Data via .FBX and .CHAN
• Working with Utility Passes including UV’s, Motion Vectors, zDepth, Normals, Point, Fresnel and RGB Matte’s
• Building Gizmos

Workshop applications are now closed.