1st Fridays Art Walk 6th Annual Film Expo - Schedule Friday February 5th

Film Expo Presents First-Ever Film

Production Workshop

B Y L I V I A CO L E

For the first time, Fairfield audiences will have the opportunity

to experience how a script comes to life during Fairfield 1st

Fridays Art Walk Film Expo’s whole-day, behind the scenes

film production workshop on February 6. Fairfield’s very own

Savannah Quinn and Geoff Boothby will each have two hours to

direct a 5-minute short film in front of a live audience in Hawthorne

Direct’s professional film studio.

The morning session will feature director Geoff Boothby shooting

Dick Diamond, written by Dave DeBord. In the afternoon, Savannah

Quinn is directing Moonbite by David Patterson. Attendees will be able to
watch and listen to the directors communicating their vision to their actors and crew. In addition, Hawthorne Direct
Executive Producer Stephen Schott will take everyone through the step-by-step process of movie-making, while

answering questions from the audience. The production shoot will take
place on February 6 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Hawthorne Direct, located at 300 N. 16th Street,

Fairfield. A free lunch and a DVD of the production are included in

the $35 workshop fee. To preregister and receive a $5 discount

go to www.FairfieldArtWalk.org. Go to Event Schedule at the top

of the page, click on February, then click on Workshop Registration.

   

 

Animation Workshop:Enter the World of Pure

Imagination

B Y J E A N A N N E M. R O B I N S

Back by popular demand, Stephen Jennings from Grasshorse,

an animation and VFX studio in Mount Pleasant, is doing

another Animation Workshop at this year’s 1st Fridays Art

Walk Film Expo. Jennings, who first broke into the world of animation

working on Cartoon Network’s Powerpuff Girls, now runs a

company that creates cutting-edge animation using the most

advanced technology available.

It was fascinating listening to Jennings explain how the biggest

change occurring in animation “is not the technology, but the viewing

of animation.” Stereoscopic (3D) films are the newest trend

going forward and, according to Jennings, the new 3D televisions are

“incredible.” He went on to elaborate that there is a whole wave of

“new needs and new demands and new technologies” that is revolutionizing

the distribution of media.

The Animation Workshop is a master class on how to take an

artist’s imagination and transform it into 2D and 3D works, exploring

how characters are modeled and then rendered with software.

Jennings will take participants through the process of how performances

are created and how to put all these creative assets together in

a completed piece using editing software. The workshop is a dynamic

and stimulating overview of all these creative elements.

Last year Jennings said, “Ultimately, we love to make people laugh

and we love to entertain, to create a world that is visually stunning

and to foster the development of the imagination.” What an inspiring

view to have about one’s work! After talking with Jennings, one

realizes that his Animation Workshop at this year’s Film Expo is a

chance to spend a treasured two hours in this man’s extraordinarily

fun and creative world.

Take advantage of this unique opportunity to experience the only

animation workshop of this quality available anywhere in Iowa. Join

Stephen Jennings and his fellow creators from Grasshorse for the

Animation Workshop on Saturday, February 6, 1–3 p.m., located in

the Meeting Rooms at Fairfield Arts and Convention Center, 200

North Main Street. The entire workshop is only $25 with a $5 discount

for early registration. Go to www.FairfieldArtWalk.org to register

online. Click on Event Schedule at the top of the page, click on

February, and then click on Workshop Registration.