Spectrum Productions Community Challenges
TRY SOME FOR YOURSELF AT HOME!
Stop Motion with TIFF
In this pre-production activity, you’ll be creating your own animation storyboard for one scene!
Using the storyboard template (available in ‘roadmap’ below), create your own character(s), locations, and actions. Be sure to think about your camera angles and the actions of your characters as you plan your scene.
DIY Sound Design with OSM
It’s your turn to recreate and record your own foley!
Join Louise Campbell of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal and Philip Bignell Harris of Spectrum Productions in this fun sound design challeng. Using the ‘roadmap’ button below, access some classic Spectrum Productions scenes and make a list of each SFX (sound effect) that shows up in the scene. Now is the fun part: try and recreate these sound effects with products in your home!
Creating a Character with Clay, Animation and Drawing
Try animating your own character!
Two incredible artists, Ben Lachapelle and Lucas Leroy, guide you through this character creation challenge. Using clay, drawing, animation (or any other medium), develop and create your own animated character. Be sure to think of what specific traits your character has and what makes them unique!
Let’s Make Fonts with Mike da Bird
Let’s create our own font!
Following Mike da Bird’s instructions, head to www.fontstruct.com to begin creating your own font. Want to make something a bit more advanced? Try creating a movie poster for your favourite film. Brows the fontstruct database to find a font that works best for you.
Character-making with At-Home Objects with Kat Singer
Now’s your chance to create a character at home!
Kat Singer shows you how you can create wild and fantastic characters using objects found in your home. Decide what you want your character to look like: it can represent a real or fictional person or be completely new and unique. Look around your house for some objects that could represent your character best and start building!
Poetry Challenge with Vallum Magazine
Try out some visual brainstorming for poetry!
Think of your favourite place to be, what makes this place special to you? Join Heather Brunet of Vallum Magazine and Robert Girolami to write down what you can see, hear, taste, smell, and see using Vallum’s ‘senses brainstorm’. Then write a poem about your special place and let creativity be your guide!
Portrait Photography with Hands on Media
Show us who you really are with your best portrait or selfie!
Jessie Curell of Hands on Media Education and Andreas Kurz, professional autistic photographer, demonstrate what it takes to make a good portrait. First, choose a camera you can use. Think about how you want your subject framed within the shot. Then go ahead and get shooting! Feel free to play around with your settings and see how that changes your shot.
Interactive Table Read with Playwrights’ Workshop Montréal
You are in charge of deciding the end of these character’s stories!
Actors Robert Girolami and Stephanie Boghen take you on an exciting journey through this fun table read challenge. Re-read the story that most insterests you, noting any details that are important to your character’s story. Then write, write, write away and decide how this character’s story is going to end.
Collaborative Editing Challenge with DNEG
What do you think these characters should say?
Editor Anthony Campoli shows how voice acting and sound effects impact the portrayal of a story. Re-watch the demo film through the ‘roadmap’ button below. Each film uses 4 different soundtracks, you choose the one you like best. After you’ve selected the demo film you will use, fill in the dialogue of the characters.
Create a 60-second Pitch
Create an Engaging Pitch
Imagine you are on your way to a big pitch meeting, and want to make sure the producer you are pitching to understand show how great your film idea is. You want to be sure they really get how you envision the story arc, who the important characters are and what they do in the story, and exactly why your idea is amazing!
Make a One-Take Tutorial
Teach someone else a skill
Choose a skill you have that you would love to teach to someone else. Make sure it is something you can explain and film in one take. Film yourself explaining this in ONE SHOT!
Make a Movie Poster
Advertise your film with a poster
Poster design combines many skills, design, composition and storytelling. Remember, the goal is to get people excited about your movie. Pick a film your love, or an original film idea, and get designing!
Make Your Own Transition
Create a unique DIY transition
Choose a fun and opaque object to cover your lens as you films a scene. The more intricate the object, the cooler the transition effect will be. This is a perfect challenge to play around with multiple variations. Have fun!
Practice Film Dubbing
Re-Dub a Spectrum scene
Write up your own dialogue and dub over a pre-existing Spectrum scene. Re-dubbing new dialogue can be hilarious!! Go on, give it a shot!
