From 29-11-2005 until 31-12-2005

Introduction workshop Blender (an open source animation tool)

The Netherlands Media Art Institute has started with the Orange Movie project in coorporation with the Blender foundation this autumn. With the Orange Open Movie project the Netherlands Media Art Institute and the Blender foundation want to promote open source software. The Blender workshops are an important part of this mission.

In one day the participants will be introduced in the Blender software by the Artists in Residence themselves, under the guidance of Ton Roosendaal - director of the Blender foundation and co-production leader of the Orange open Movie project. At the end of the day the Artists in Residence present the Orange Movie project.

It is a day of to listening, looking at and especially working with the software.

the day classification:
10.00: Introduction
10.30: Blender Basics *
12.00: break
12.30: Character Animation (rigging) *
14.00: break
14.30: Facial Modelling and Animation *
15.00: Experimenting with Blender
16.00: Presentation Orange Open Movie project

* The subjects which are discussed will be, in consultation with the docent, adapted to the level and the interest of the students.

target group: students of the animation, film and video department
language: english
number of participants: maximum 15

location: Netherlands Media Art Institute

More information about the Orange Open Movie project and Blender:
http://www.montevideo.nl > department research
http://orange.blender.org >Blender reference Guide