Children are exposed to lots of new media (computer games, internet) and conventional electronic media (TV, cinema). The workshop helps them to understand how media can trick their audience. The kids are less trapped and more critical once they know how to do the tricks, the magic effects, themselves. The workshop aims to give children an opportunity to create “magic” and its makings by working with simple principles with a digital video camera. The main principles used in the workshop are animation, perspective and green screen effect.
The participants learn animating an object with stop motion technique with digital photo camera, creating illusion working with perspective and creating illusion working with green screen effect.
The workshop can be adjusted in length, number and age (children, teenagers, young adults) of the participants etc.
The workshop premiered at the Montessori School Hausen, Stuttgart, Mai 2010