BLON 2023 workshops

2023 archive
Animation Masterclass – Acting in Animation (2D/3D)
Workshop
Animation Masterclass – Acting in Animation (2D/3D)

Culture Factory, Seminar Hall A

anima, animae [f.] A = Soul, breath, spirit, life.

Character animation is about giving life, not "just" making a character move.

How do you bring life to the screen? How do you make your character believable and create empathy, so that your audience is moved?

Marie-Laure Guisset will be happy to share the tips and tricks she has gathered in her career of 20+ years in the animation industry (both 2D and 3D), during this 'Acting in Animation' masterclass.

Marie-Laure Guisset

Marie-Laure Guisset

Belgium

Marie-Laure Guisset is a Belgian animator, animation director and animation lecturer based in Brussels. Since studying Classical Animation in Bournemouth and Dublin, she has worked on various award-winning projects including 'The Triplets of Belleville', 'The Secret of Kells', 'La mécanique du Coeur', 'Zombillenium', and the series 'The Smurfs'.

Most recently, she took care of Animation Direction on the Norwegian and Belgian co-produced movie 'Titina', directed by Kajsa Naess.

Whatever format or technique she works with (2D, 3D computer animation), Marie-Laure loves to bring life to the characters, create empathy, and above all to tell stories. With a focus on the essence, she likes to go for “Less is more”, while adding those little details that will push the emotion.

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AI: Past, Present, Future
Workshop
AI: Past, Present, Future

Culture Factory, Seminar Hall A

What did the earliest AI (artificial intelligence) creations look like? What are the most popular tools in use today? How is the field advancing, and what tools might we see in the near future?

Antanas Skučas

Antanas Skučas

Lithuania

Antanas Skučas has worked in the field of animation since 2005. His debut film 'Childhood Diary' was awarded a Lithuanian Film Academy Award in 2009. In 2015, he founded the film production company 'Tylus kinas'. In addition to his creative activities, he teaches at the Vilnius Academy of Arts.