BALTIMORE BEATS: MUSICAL ANIMATION
Ages 16-29
Winter 2020, JHU-MICA Film Centre
In this animation and music composition workshop, student fellows will create animated street scenes, representations of their own "Baltimore beats." Working on tablets and with Adobe Animate CC, they'll hand draw the characters, objects, and architecture of their neighborhoods, their routines, their city life. The vignettes might be gritty, whimsical, magical, or all of the above. Using FL Studio 20, they'll create original musical beats to enliven and inform their images. They'll learn the animation process, music theory, and electronic composition. Their work will be shared at a public screening and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Alfonzer Harvin is a graduate of the Screenwriting and Animation program (SWAN) at Morgan State University. He has created animations for Comcast and for the Baltimore Parking Authority, and is skilled in all phases of production. He believes knowledge is all we need to change the world.
William Wagner is a Johns Hopkins University undergraduate studying applied mathematics, environmental studies, and visual art. They are a program assistant for Baltimore Youth Film Arts.
