Open Space | Tinkering, Building, and Testing

In this film lab, children go from being consumers to producers: We’re already familiar with a lot of this from watching, but now it’s time to get involved ourselves! And along the way, they’ll learn how movies are actually made: Using stop-motion techniques, photos are taken and then played back as a film—creating the illusion that things (characters, objects) are moving when, in reality, they cannot move.

In this workshop, we’ll animate anything we can get our hands on: Lego figures, toy cars, plastic animals (dinosaurs, sea creatures), and abstract materials (old wooden game pieces, like those from «Mensch, ärgere dich nicht»). If you’d like, you can also bring your own toys! Stuffed animals, Playmobil figures, Lego figures—anything goes, and the smaller it is, the better. Leaves, chestnuts, rocks, etc., are also welcome!

After a brief introduction, we’ll get started on our own projects. Julia is always there to answer questions and help find creative solutions. If you’d like, you can also design your own background (by painting, drawing, or using a black cloth and light). Afterward, we’ll record our own sound effects and sync them precisely («Mickey Mousing technique»), or we’ll use lines we’ve recorded ourselves to make the characters speak. Everyone can stay as long as they’d like—at the end, everyone goes home with a few short films that we can copy onto the accompanying adult’s cell phone.»

Participation is free; just bring a snack and your slippers.

Registration is required via email or by phone at least one week in advance.

Participation is free. Limited number of participants (at least four people). Children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult.

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