Adam Gavzer

  • Stop Motion emotion

    We had another awesome stop-motion workshop today, presented by Norm DeCarlo, who generously provided us with a second workshop on this inspiring topic. It is so gratifying to see how excited everyone is when working collaboratively on a creative project! And I am so happy to report that I received my first submission today from…

  • Stop Motion Workshop 2.0!

    I’m looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow, Sat 7/25, starting at 11am sharp to learn more from Norm DeCarlo, who has generously offered to run a second workshop for us! Now that we’ve got the basics, let’s start thinking about new stories we want to tell. Please come to the workshop with a simple idea…

  • UPDATE! Stop Motion Workshop 2.0!

    I’m excited to announce that, due to popular demand, Norm DeCarlo has offered to run a second workshop this coming Saturday! Now that we’ve got the basics of how to get to work down, let’s start thinking about new stories we want to tell. I also have an idea for a promotional video for the…

  • Clay Animation- Thanks Norm!

    After a few minor technical glitches, the workshop prepared by Pixar alum Norm DeCarlo was a complete success. Thank you to this professional animator. What a treat. We had two stations set up so everyone who wanted to create an animation could do so. One set up had a seamless backdrop and was shot from…

  • Clay Animation- this Saturday 11am-3pm

    This Saturday, we are giving a break to AJ and turning to Pixar alum Norm DeCarlo who will be teaching us the magic of stop-motion filmmaking! This workshop will start at 11am sharp and go to 3pm, so please plan accordingly. Because this is such a hands-on process, not everyone will get studio time this…

  • Genre & Silence was a great workshop!

    Hello everyone. We had a really fun workshop today where we broke into groups and created short films using a genre-based soundtrack as the inspiration to guide the storyline. It quickly became clear that the soundtrack of a film has an immense impact on the emotional thrust of a film – and once again, Team…

  • Workshop #4- Genre & Silence

    I’m looking forward to seeing everyone this Saturday 7/12, at the library. Our amazing workshop leader AJ Meininger has a fun day scheduled where we explore various genre’s and how that choice can guide all other choices as you make a film. We’ll also discover the power of a soundtrack or the impact that silence…

  • Third workshop was our best attended yet!

    It was so awesome to see so many busy little filmmakers at our third Workshop today! Thanks to our amazing Workshop designer/leader AJ Meininger for a very successful day. We had 30 students and we broke into 6 groups to continue learning the basics of making a film on your phone. All 6 films were…

  • Second workshop was awesome!

    Workshop #2 went really well, and thanks to Team Redwood and AJ for making it all happen. We had 28 people and broke into 5 groups to continue learning the basics of making a film on your phone. Each group selected three prompts: Character, Location and a Problem they had to overcome. Then they brainstormed…

  • Thank you for attending the first workshop!

    Wow. What a great day to get things rolling. We had over 30 folks all working together to learn the basics of how to make a film today. The room was so active with everyone jumping in to create a short film using the parameters set by our amazing workshop leader AJ Meininger. Special thanks…