A BALTIMORE IMAGINARIUM
Ages 16-29
Spring 2024, JHU-MICA Film Centre
In this workshop, student fellows will collaborate to create a live-action and animation video that celebrates Baltimore as it is found and Baltimore as the fellows imagine it. They’ll work together as a crew in the field to collect footage of ordinary street scenes and settings, from residential blocks to markets to bus stops and storefronts, then conjure up experimental scenarios, events, and characters, layering fantastical beings onto real locations. Characters may be human, animal, technological, or some combination; each with a distinct voice, attitude, and style of movement. Fellows will challenge and inspire each other as artists, becoming themselves part of a Baltimore imaginarium. They’ll review fundamentals, including script-writing, storyboarding, illustration, and audio recording, while gaining proficiency in Adobe Animate, ultimately seamlessly integrating 2-D animations into real-life footage captured with both cellphones and DSLR cameras. Their final project will be shared on the program website and at a public exhibition. Limited to 10 student fellows.
Alfonzer Harvin is a graduate of the Screenwriting and Animation program (SWAN) at Morgan State University. He is Media Specialist and Web Designer at NorthBay Education Inc., and has created animations for Comcast and Netflix. He is skilled in all phases of production, and believes that knowledge is all we need to change the world.
Kerstyn Myers is a member in the Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society at UMBC, where she is pursuing computer science. She believes technology and art are the connections to the future.
