Workshop Contents
Module 1 - Filmakademie
Finding new ideas, topics and formats
The German animation market
- Beyond the plot: the essence of drama
- One topic many formats - animation beyond TV, cinema and children's series
- 360° productions, market changes and new platforms
- Content Development for multiplatform projects
- Creative project-based workshops with writers/directors
Special feature: maximizing intellectual properties, director/producer case studies and studio tours
Module 2 - MOME
Design, style and approach
The Eastern European animation
market
- Finding the right design/timing/animation style to fit a story
- Photography
- Sound design and music
- Working with actors
- Creative project-based workshops with writers/directors
Special feature: acting and storyboarding, director/producer case studies and studio tours
Module 3 - The Animation Workshop
The production bible, financing and distribution
The Danish and Nordic animation
markets
- European animation market overview
- Financing, funding bodies
- European co-productions
- Planning, budgeting, scheduling
- Creative project-based workshops with producers
Special feature: low budget feature productions in Denmark, director/producer case studies
Module 4 - Gobelins
Production management, the producer pitch
The French animation market
- Choosing the right tools and production pipeline
- Multiplatform production and marketing solutions
- Editorial choices by British and European broadcasters, distributors and publishers
- Creative project-based workshops with producers
- On the last day: student project pitches their before a panel of renowned European animation producers
Special feature: pitching at Cartoon Forum or Cartoon Movie, director/producer case studies and studio tours