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Due to the global context, all of our summer schools have been replaced by online courses. Please bear in mind that the information on this page is purely indicative. We really hope to be able to welcome you on site again in 2022.
In the meantime, check the online courses section, we will update it regularly!
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Understand what makes for successful Character Animation !
France is today the third largest animation producer in the world and the European leader. French artists and studios create and develop full-length feature films, TV series, commercials, short art-house films, special effects, video games and other emerging forms of audiovisual expression. Graphic and animation styles, narrative modes and characters are quite varied, but all reveal a certain French touch that is recognised and appreciated around the world. Indeed, many young French talents are sought after to work in studios around the world. Such creativity in animation has been the specialty of GOBELINS, l’école de l’image for 40 years.
Building on the strength of its long experience and its worldwide reputation, GOBELINS is organising for the 15th time an International Summer School to enable students and professionals from around the world to gain a better understanding of what makes for successful character animation. For the 2nd year, GOBELINS ranked №1 Animation School worldwide.
Listen to testimonials from former attendees
CONTACT : Cécile BLONDEL
summerschool@gobelins.fr
Tel. : +33 (0) 1 40 79 93 10
CONTACT : Charlotte SAURAT
summerschool@gobelins.fr
Tel. : +33 (0) 1 40 79 93 10
CONTACT : Hugo MORELL
summerschool@gobelins.fr
Tel. : +33 (0) 1 40 79 93 10
Programme
The programme is mainly designed for professionals and advanced students in animation and focuses on three major points :
- Experience: GOBELINS’ finest applied research in character animation, presented by GOBELINS professors during morning master classes.
- Professionalism: lectures and interventions from experts from the industry sharing their practical experience all along the programme.
- Practice: tailor made exercises given to the students by the lecturers in the afternoon workshops and reinforced by individual coaching.
The master classes will be given in English.
At the end of the course, participants will receive an official certificate from GOBELINS.
Following the morning master classes, workshops will be held each afternoon. Over the two weeks, participants will be given one exercise to complete with the guidance of our professional tutors: Olivier Dusart, Vincent Garcia and Samy Fecih.
These workshops will take place in classrooms equipped with 2D and 3D equipment, including light boxes.
Those classrooms and the whole equipment will remain available (without teacher supervision) from Monday to Friday from 8:30AM to 10AM and from 5PM to 8PM.
Workshops will include “Acting for Animators” activities conducted by Robert W.Bennett. Those performance activities will help animators practice the gesture and movements that they will apply on their animations.
*GOBELINS reserves the right to alter the day to day programme whenever it needs to be amended or improved.
Attention: from January 1st 2020, we had to raise the price because of the cost of the accommodation in Paris.
Package 1 : 3 100 €
Complete package includes :
- The complete programme of master classes, lectures, and workshops.
- Accommodations from Sunday July 5th (evening) to Saturday July 18th (morning).
- A welcome dinner in a Paris restaurant (date to be confirmed).
- Travel pass or tickets for the metro and buses within Paris for the period from Monday July 6th to Sunday July 19th.
The minimum age for this package is 18 years old (no age limit).
Package 2 : 2 600 €
Package with no accommodation nor travel pass includes :
- The complete programme of master classes, lectures, and workshops.
- A welcome dinner in a Paris restaurant (date to be confirmed).
Package 3 : 1 600 €
Auditors : a third offer may be considered for participants with no character animation experience wishing to attend only the morning lectures / demonstrations.
Participants choosing this option will be considered as auditors and will not have access to the afternoon workshops. This package does not include accommodations travel pass but will include the welcome dinner.
*GOBELINS reserves the right to alter the content of the packages and its fees whenever they need to be amended or improved.
We ask candidates to consider carefully which package is most suited to them before sending their application.
Payment of participant fees
There are 3 ways to pay participant fees :
- By bank transfer
- By cheque
- By payment on line with credit card : https://www.payonline.cci-paris-idf.fr
Exact payment procedures and information is given to admitted students only.
Please do not make any payment until you have received your admission letter with a billing from GOBELINS.
In the event of a cancellation before 1st April 2020, all participation fees will be reimbursed. In the event of a cancellation after 1st April 2020, GOBELINS, l’école de l’image will retain 50% of fees paid. In the event of cancellation after 1st June 2019, GOBELINS reserves the right to retain the full payment.
