17th October - 2nd November 2024

The Paper Cinema – Workshop

Part of Feral X Galoshans Takeover Programme

Organiser: The Paper Cinema
Date: 21 October 2024
Time / duration: 1.00 – 5.00 PM
Location: Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock, PA15 1HJ
Ticket type: FREE but ticketed
Recommended age: 8+
Event type: Workshop

Description

Part of the Feral Takeover at Galoshans Festival

The Paper Cinema creates unique, magical performances that combine the languages of animation, music, film and theatre.

This workshop will open with a brief introduction to the company, including a short performance. Then, working in groups, you will devise a short story and begin drawing the characters. After making these into Paper Cinema style puppets, you will be guided through the basics of how to animate them in real time. With your input, a live musical score, including sound effects, will be written especially for your show. The session will conclude with each group performing their show to the rest of the participants. 

Company Bio

Founded in 2004 by Nicholas Rawling with Imogen Charleston and Christopher Reed, The Paper Cinema creates unique, magical performances that combine the languages of animation, music, film and theatre.  Accompanied by a live soundtrack, intricate pen and ink illustrations are skilfully manipulated in real time in

front of a video camera and projected onto the big screen.

Sitting in full view of the audience, the puppeteers and musicians work to a precise choreography that is as engrossing to watch as the story being played out above them.

With a readily transferrable DIY aesthetic, the company has performed in a diverse range of venues from village halls and arts centres to major film festivals and museums.

Company Website / Social Media

Credits

Part of the Feral Takeover at Galoshans Festival 2024

Access information

SB: Sound Based

V: Highly Visual / No or Little Text

 

Beacon Arts Centre, Custom House Quay, Greenock, PA15 1HJ

Beacon Arts Centre – Beaconartscentre.co.uk

You’ll find us at Custom House Quay, a short walk from Greenock Central Station or the bus stops on Rue End Street and Dalrymple Street. Coming by car? We’re about 30-40 minutes from Glasgow City Centre (depending on traffic!)

Free customer parking with designated bays for Blue Badge holders near the main entrance – find out more.

We have accessible level access to the venue via a ramp to the front of the building.

Event space (the studio) is on the ground floor.

Wheelchair spaces are on the front row of the studio (on the level of the playing space)

We have a passenger lift for access to the gallery suite level.

All ground floor fire exits have level egress.

We have 3 fire evac chairs on the second level refuge spaces.

Building has 18 female designated toilets

  • 4 male
  • 3 accessible
  • 4 gender neutral

(Combination of front and back of house)

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