Stopmotion Day 5

We had a great week!
Today we did final visual editing, recorded lots of little background sounds, edited in those background sounds, and signed off on the final edit.
Our film Potty Mouth can be found here.
There are also silly bloopers that we made over the week here.
We had a pizza party, and then ate ice cream sundaes.
Thank you all for a great class.
See you all next summer.
Mr. Doyle

Stopmotion Day 4

We had our heads down and just produced and produced today.
Tomorrow we will be finishing our shots, doing the final visual edit, and finally the sound edit.
Remember you don't need to pack lunches tomorrow.
I will get pizzas and we will have sundaes at the end of the day.
I will also post the link to the final film tomorrow.
The group is very strong.

Stopmotion Day 3

We had a productive day of animation.
This is what we have been doing so far:
1. We threw out ideas as a group and came up with options.
2. After deciding on a basic story, we wrote a script and casted actors.
3. Then we shot video of the actors saying their lines.  We did this three times because our first test was only sound and that didn't allow us to see mouth movements and the first video didn't sound right not being recorded in the right space. (that's why we do tests)
4. We edited the whole film with the live action acting parts and the parts we knew we wanted to animate all together.
5. Then we exported just the parts assigned to each object, i.e. the compact, the lip gloss, the hair iron, etc.
6. Since each actor had their own group of scenes all put together, we then put these video files into the animation software.
7. On to the bathroom space.  We hooked the camera up to the computer, got the lights set up, and animated our dialog person by person, while watching our mouths from our original video.  (pretty cool)
8. We then exported each finished group one at a time and added them to our film.  (once again thank you for tests, the export process took a while)
9. Thursday and Friday we will be finishing animation furiously and adding sound effects and background sounds.
We are having a great time.

Stopmotion Day 2

We had a great day.  Did another test animation.  The link is here.  We finished our script, filmed all of our scenes for its audio, and shot the non animation scenes.  We also did some serious make up for the actor.

Stopmotion Day 1

We had a good day today.  We have the spark of an idea for the big project.  We watched lots of different short stopmotion films.  We did some test recordings and made a short stopmotion test.  You can see that here.  It is silly but the flow of stopmotion is becoming clear.

Stopmotion Camp Starts Tomorrow!

Everything on schedule over here.
My address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
home 214-327-7636
cell 214-516-3571
See you all at 9am, pickup at 3pm.
Bring a sack lunch.
I will have tea and lemonade ready.
Excitement is high!

Film Day 5

We had a great week.
Thank you all very much.

links to bloopers:

Gene Bloopers - play

The Spark Bloopers - play

K K Soul Sister - play

Portal-Potty - play

Nature... - play

Film Day 4

We had another very productive day today.
Here are links to the three main films.
Gene - play
Click Clique - play
and The Spark - play
Friday - remember no need to bring a lunch, we will have pizza.
It has been a great week!

Film Day 3

We had another great day today.  A lot of production.  Finished production on Gene.  Most of the editing done on Gene and Spark.  Had a great day shooting Clique.  Tomorrow we will finish production on Clique, finish editing and hopefully get Gene and Spark online, and begin one more short short film.  If you haven't gotten the class fee in you can bring it this week or mail it to our home.  We are having a great time and learning a lot.

Film Camp Day 2

Everyone should sleep well tonight.  A lot of production today out in the heat.
More of the same tomorrow.  Excitement is high.

We finished production on the short Fire, planning on finishing production of Gene tomorrow, and start on Click Clique tomorrow as well.

Film Camp Day 1

We had a great day today.  We came up with three interesting stories we are developing for the week.  We went on trips down to the lake to look at locations.  We left with lists of props and costumes that we need for the week.  We start producing tomorrow.  Everyone was respectful and productive.  It was a great day.  See you all at 9am on Tuesday.  I will post updates and images every day this week.

Film Starts Tomorrow!

Everything on schedule over here.
My address is 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
home 214-327-7636
cell 214-516-3571
See you all at 9am, pickup at 3pm.
Bring a sack lunch.
I will have tea and lemonade ready.
Bring ideas, props, costumes, etc.

2 Days!

Film camp is almost here.  The light has been beautiful the last few days.  The lake is looking great.  Students make sure that you are checking you email.  Everyone should be thinking about ideas.  If you have some kind of props or costumes bring them on Monday.  Who knows what story we will make from them.  There is a chance of rain this week.  First, I will believe it when I see it.  Second, we've had rain before and still made very cool films.  Weather doesn't hinder us a bit.  Wear appropriate clothing for the weather though.  See you all at 9am on Monday.

4 Days Until Film Camp Starts

Make sure that you are thinking about ideas, costumes, stories, objects, and anything that might get us going.  Go ahead and bring them on Monday.  Bring or wear sunscreen.  We won't be out much on Monday but it's good to have.  Bring a sack lunch.  Prepare for a great time.

Filmaking camp 6 days away!

I hope everyone is doing well with the beginning of summer break.
I am very excited about these classes.
We meet at my home - 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218
We live on the east side of White Rock Lake.
If you know where the Bath House Art Center is, then we are walking distance from that.
The route we take from school is tollway south, Northwest Highway east, south(right) on Buckner Blvd., Right on Biscayne Blvd.  We are on the right.
It usually takes us 25 minutes from school if traffic is light.
The Film camp is June 11th-15th.
The Stopmotion camp is June 18th-22nd.
Each camp is $500.  You can bring that the week of the camp.
We start at 9am each day and end at 3pm.
Please be on time for both sides of the class.
We start right away and end at three so I can get supplies for the next class.
I have sent you all everyone's email so you can maybe talk to each other about carpooling.
Please contact me with any questions you may have.
My cell number is 2145163571.
Our home number is 2143277636.
I will be posting more infomation this week so keep looking at the blog.
If you want to get a picture of the class you can scroll or navigate back to past years and see what we did.
There are still a couple spots in the Stopmotion class.

2 Weeks Until Camps Start!

There is a lot going on this week.  We are showing films at the Studio Movie Grill tonight.
We are sending off films to more festivals.  And we are getting ready for camps starting in less than 2 weeks. 

There are still a few spots left in the Stopmotion camp from June 18-22.  Look at the older blogs for more information.

Here is a link to CaNnibal.  It is a short film we made 3rd trimester.  If this looks intriguing then maybe think about signing up for the Stopmotion class.

Watch CaNnibal

All of the camp take place in my home: 9257 Biscayne Blvd., Dallas, 75218.  Look on map sites for directions, and I will post some in the coming days. 
If you have any questions please contact me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com, cell 214-516-3571, or home 214-327-7636.
Thank you
Corbin Doyle

Stopmotion and Studio Movie Grill

It looks like the film camp from June 11-15 is full.  I have a couple of people on the waiting list.  There are just a few more spots in the stopmotion class.  Here is a link to Matthew Stock's stopmotion film we made this year.  I am thinking our stopmotion film will be more dialog based.  I am very excited about this camp.  Let me know if you are interested.  Get your spot reserved today!
link  - Matthew's Video
The stopmotion class is June 18-22, the week after the traditional film class.

Also we got a great invitation from the Studio Movie Grill.  On May 29th we will have an all Greenhill Video screening, including last summer's film and SxSW film The Bench.
Here is the link to the Studio Movie Grill info.
link - SMG
Please contact me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com, or call me at my cell 214-516-3571, or home 214-327-7636.

Greenhill Film Wins SxSW

It was amazing having 7 of the 23 films from the state at the SxSW film festival and we WON! with Boom.  It was great seeing last summer's film The Bench in this great company.  The Bench was also asked to be part of the Sante Fe Independent Film Festival.  Other films have been asked to be part of the Dallas International Film Festival, the Los Angeles Film Festival and the Dallas Videofest.  It's just crazy to think about all of these great accolades and it all starts with our team working together.  I am very excited for this summer.

The first session is June 11-15th.  This is the traditional filmmaking group project.  It looks like this camp is full.  I have started a waiting list.  The camp goes from 9-3pm.  We meet at our house on the east side of White Rock Lake right at 9am and start rolling from there.  I ask the kids to bring a lunch which we will eat as a group while planning times.  I will provide water, iced tea, and lemonade.  I will send a map soon.  We are already beginning discussions for this year's film story.  The cost is $500 per student.  In the past I have asked for half to hold a spot, but just bringing a check on the first day of camp is great.

The second session is June 18-22nd.  This is the stopmotion film camp.  I am very excited for this session.  I have big ideas.  It is not filled yet, so if you are interested please consider this camp.  I think it will be fantastic.  Same times and costs for this camp.

I am emailing the families who have contacted me about the camp with the spots they have reserved or are on the waiting list for.  If you have any questions or comments please don't hesitate to call me at 214-516-3571(cell), 214-327-7636(home), or email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com.

Thank you all
Corbin Doyle

Summer 2012 Film Camps!

Well it's time to start planning for the summer of 2012. I am very excited. The big news is that for two years in a row we have a film from last summer's camp make it into the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin! This is one of the biggest film festivals in the nation, and we compete against all Texas filmmakers. The Bench will be screening with six other Greenhill films on March 10th. Almost 1/3 of the films from the state came from Greenhill.

Alrighty then. This is a blog, so the newest information is the top post. So you can scroll down the page and click on older posts to see the last few years of the film and painting camps.

This year we are trying something new again. The First session is June 11-15. This will be the traditional filmmaking camp from 9am to 3pm. The Second session is June 18-22. I am very excited about this session. The second session will produce a stopmotion film. We will write a story and record sound the first day. Then we will set up state of the art software and cameras and shoot a stopmotion film over the week. Think Fantastic Mr. Fox or Wallace and Gromit. I think this session has the potential to make a spectacular film. This session will meet from 9am to 3pm as well. All of the camps take place at my home on White Rock Lake. The cost of each session is $500. I will add much more specific information. This is just to help with summer plans. If you have any questions or comments please feel free to email me at doylesummerfilm@gmail.com or call my cell at 214-516-3571. The classes will fill up so contact me to reserve a spot. Thank you. Corbin Doyle