Posted on October 1, 2024 by Elise Nation -
Unleash Your Inner Artist at Trilith Institute’s Halloween Special Effects Makeup Workshop!
Get ready to elevate your Halloween costume game with our hands-on Special Effects Makeup Workshop! Join us on October 30th from 4-8 PM to learn the art of creating realistic wound makeup from a professional makeup artist.
What to Expect:
- Demonstration: Watch a pro create a fictional character with prosthetics and makeup.
- Hands-On Learning: Dive into the world of special effects as you master techniques to create realistic wounds and scars.
- Expert Guidance: Our skilled makeup artist will walk you through each step, ensuring you leave with pro tips and tricks.
- Take-Home Kit: You’ll receive a makeup kit packed with all the essentials to recreate your looks at home—perfect for Halloween and beyond!
- Lunch Provided: We will have pizza available for all participants. If you have allergies or dietary restrictions, please bring your own lunch.
Allergy Note: Materials containing latex will be used during this workshop.
Posted on September 27, 2024 by Elise Nation -
Trilith Institute’s Winter Writers Workshop series is an opportunity for young screenwriters to develop their own scripts while working closely with screenwriting experts and building a community of creative peers.
In the first weekend of the series (December 7-8), students will discuss the qualities of compelling storytelling, analyze popular PG-13 movies and television, and develop an outline for their own original screenplay. At the end of the weekend, students will be encouraged to go off on their own and write a first draft of their script in the 6-week window between the first and second session of the workshop series.
Participants will have their scripts workshopped in the second weekend of the series (January 18-19) and will be encouraged to revise their scripts after receiving feedback from their peers and the screenwriting experts. This second weekend will also include a discussion of what options writers typically have after completing the script (submitting to competitions and festivals, pitching to producers/investors, going into independent production, etc.).
Participants in the Winter Writers Workshop will have the chance to enter their script into a competition. Two winners will receive free admission to one week of Trilith Institute’s Summer Camps in 2025.
Posted on September 24, 2024 by Elise Nation -
Dance, sing, and act your way toward becoming a triple threat.
This 2-hour class will teach:
- Introduction to singing techniques
- Basic choreography for a contemporary musical number
- Drama techniques to create and explore musical theater
Posted on September 19, 2024 by Elise Nation -
Babies: Off-Book!
Babies: Off-Book! is for 0-24 month olds and their grown-ups.
Shake up your weekly routine with this sensory story time for infants and toddlers. Families will bring their favorite stories to life through rhyme, song, and tactile props. Alliance Theatre teaching artists will guide you through a multi-sensory experience engaging the voice, body, and imagination.
Length: 30-minutes
Family Storytelling
Family Storytelling is for ages 2-6 years and their grown-ups
Bring stories to life in this side-by-side drama class for families. Learn different techniques for telling stories at home and open the door to a lifelong love of playing and learning together.
Length: 45-minutes
Posted on August 20, 2024 by Elise Nation -
A one-day workshop where students will learn the basics of professional storyboarding. Including: How to analyze scripts, composition, and visual storytelling techniques.
A storyboard is a visual representation of how a scene will play out on the screen. It shows the framing and movement of the subject and allows the filmmaker to previsualize what their scene will look like before they ever touch a camera.
In this workshop, participants will walk through the storyboarding process. They will each receive a section of a script and be tasked with transforming their pages into pen-to-paper drawings of what they visualize the scene looks like when filmed. How will the subject be framed? What is the opening shot? Will the subject move? When will they move and where will they land? What action are they taking? Is a POV shot required? Where are they looking? What angle should the camera be set at? How do you “see” it playing out?
Each decision may seem small, but how a subject is shot and what images appear in sequence informs your audience about the story – what they should know and how they should feel. For example – how would you visualize a superhero giving an inspiring speech about hope? Perhaps you try to make the subject, your hero, look larger than life and mighty in the frame by having the camera be set at a low angle, thus having your audience “looking up to them”. Do we know if his speech is working? “cut to”/draw a frame of people reacting to his words. Each image in a film matters, so learn to be intentional in your shot decisions to “tell” a better story.
