Monday 28.7. / 15:30-17:00, HUB 123
What can you hear when watching a silent film? This workshop will revive the old methods of adding sound effects to silent films and show you the work of footsteps editors. You will see that with ordinary objects, your own voice and body, you can achieve a convincing illusion that enhances the magic of Georges Méliès’ silent films. In addition to the creative activity, which can be easily integrated into the classroom environment, you will learn a new way of perceiving film through the connection of the senses. You’ll discover the power of sounds in wordless storytelling, and how they can be used to guide attention and bring unexpected audio surprises. The creative workshop combines playfulness, sound and imagination and shows you that silent films can stimulate auditory imagination much more freely.
Age: 6+, also suitable for teachers and everyone who is interested in film and audiovisual education. Lecturers: Melissa Freti, Giulia Gandini (Associazione Avisco). The programme will be translated.
Melissa Freti
Melissa Freti holds a degree in Communication and Art Education and is constantly exploring new ways of observing and interpreting the world. She collaborates with the Italian organization AVISCO to design audiovisual workshops for children and young people, and works with Stripes Digitus Lab on training and educational projects involving robotics and learning technologies. Based between Milan and Brescia, she draws inspiration from her passion for illustrated books.
Giulia Gandini
Giulia Gandini graduated in Communication and Art Education from the SantaGiulia Academy of Fine Arts in Brescia. She collaborates with the AVISCO Association on the design and implementation of audiovisual workshops for children and young people. She is also involved in educational projects in unconventional settings, where she draws inspiration from the stories of places and their communities. She is fascinated by storytelling as a way of understanding the world and by the search for those first sparks from which compelling narratives begin to grow.
