Storyboarding & Character Design for Animation Workshop (For Ages: 8-12)

Every animated film, from million dollar Disney films to low budget short films, all start with a storyboard. A storyboard takes a script or a story and turns it into a series of drawings, these drawings show everyone where the camera will be placed, where the characters need to be positioned and what the characters will be doing. The trick to a good storyboard is to know where to place the camera and characters to best tell the story.

Informal, fun and informative, the workshop will use examples and exercises to give participants the knowledge they need to visually tell a story, participants will then be able to storyboard stories and create new characters of their very own (stories can be provided and all levels of drawing ability catered for).

Led by storyboard artist Damien O'Connor.

Damien O'Connor is a writer/director with over 10 years experience working for NETFLIX, DISNEY, NICKELODEON and APPLE TV.

Damien received a total of five EMMY nominations for his writing/directing work on Angela's Christmas, an adaptation of Pulitzer prize-winning Frank McCourt's (Angela's Ashes) only children's book, Angela and the Baby Jesus and the 45-minute sequel - Angela's Christmas Wish (Jared Harris, Ruth Negga, Caitriona Balfe) which he wrote and directed for NETFLIX.

Prior to the Angela’s Christmas films, Damien directed over 30 episodes of the Peabody award-winning Doc McStuffins for Disney. He was Supervising Director on Butterbean's Cafe for Nickelodeon and most recently, Supervising Director on Eva The Owlet, a series based on the New York Times bestselling Scholastic book series “Owl Diaries” by award-winning author Rebecca Elliott for Scholastic Entertainment Inc. and Apple TV.

In 2022 Damien received a development grant from SCREEN IRELAND for his animated feature screenplay 'Two Mile Boris'.

Prior to directing, Damien has worked as both a storyboard artist and editor.

This Workshop is for participants aged 8-12.

Start Time: 1.00pm (Exit Time: 3.00pm)

Venue: Liffey Trust Studios, 117-126 Upper Sheriff Street, Dublin 1.

This is a drop-off workshop. Parent/guardian supervision is not required. On the day of the workshop, parent/guardian will be asked to fill in a contact details registration form before the event.

Refunds - Please check your ticket (or email confirmation) as soon as you receive it. Tickets/e-tickets cannot be exchanged or refunded, unless an event is cancelled, rescheduled or if they have been issued in error.

This event is part of Cinemagic Dublin 2023.

Cinemagic Dublin is funded by the Department of Education.

Host or Publisher Cinemagic Film Festival