Courses
Sign up for one of our professional courses, lead by experienced digital artists. Join our free ebulletin. E-mail kphillips@swindon.gov.uk
Design your own workshop
Anything you want to learn in the areas of filmmaking or digital media arts, Create can arrange it for you. We offer personally tailored courses on PC or Mac; beginners or advanced; screenwriting, filmmaking, animation, editing, sound, music, visual effects, vlogging, mobile phone video, interactive Flash games, DVD design and much more...
Prices start from £210 per course. So a full course could cost as little as £35 each! Maximum 6 people on a course Email kphillips@swindon.gov.uk and tell us what you need to learn and we’ll put something together for you.
Music Technology Courses
Musician in residence Barry Andrews - formerly of XTC, Shriekback, Iggy Pop and Brian Eno Barry - is available for teaching contemporary digital studio techniques, including digital recording, sequencing, composition, keyboard and delivering workshops, writing film music and undertaking commissioned work. Logic or Cubase.
Prices vary from £15 each for an evening class for a group of six learning the basics, to £250 for a day's one-to-one masterclass in our state of the art studio. For further information on the courses available contact kphillips@swindon.gov.uk or visit
www.barryandrews.net
www.shriekback.com
Computer Based Live Recording
Are you a live musician? Do you have some knowledge of Logic or Cubase? Then come and find out how the computer studio can capture and enhance your work. Bring your own instruments, songs, and a specific recording project you want to pursue.
When: Saturday and Sunday 15-16 December
Time: 10am-5.00pm
Where: Create Studios, Wyvern Theatre
Price: £110, Swindon Card £99
Course Feedback
The recent Computer-based Live Recording course went extrememly well, with everyone scoring it 9 out of 10. People said the learned "loads of new stuff" and that they were going to "show off my abilities on Cubase to my teachers." Participants enjoyed: "mixing with other people to create something," "playing lots of different styles and then mixing them with sound effects". Find out more about our other music technology courses.
Photoshop Techniques for Photographers
A great course if you have always
wanted to know how to get the best out of your pictures.
Learn the fundamental principles of
digital image post-production as well
as some professional techniques.
When:
Wednesdays 23, 30 January, 6,13, 20, 27 February, 5, 12 March
Time: 6.30pm-9pm
Where: Create Studios, Wyvern Theatre
Price: £145, Swindon Card £130
People in Picture
Ever wondered how to take the perfect picture
of your family and friends?
Join us for a seminar on taking photographs of people
– family portraits, weddings... Watch a professional at
work with models. Bring your own camera and have
a go yourself.
When: Wednesday 26 March
Time: 6.30-9pm
Where: Create Studios, Wyvern Thetarre
Price: £20, Swindon Card £18
Beginners Guide to Filmmaking
Do you fancy having a go at
filmmaking? Ambitious and want to
take your first steps? By the end of
this course, you will have made your
first short film.
When: Thursdays 24, 31 January, 7,14, 21, 28 February, 6, 13 March
Time: 6.30pm-9pm
Where: Create Studios, Wyvern Theatre
Price: £45, Swindon Card £40
DIY Digital Communications for Small Business
We are announcing a new programme of affordable services
to support small businesses. Small businesses need a web
presence, often including quality images and video, and you
need quality designed stationery and promotional materials.
We can provide the equipment and help you learn the skills
you need to do this for yourself. Email Keith on kphillips@
swindon.gov.uk and tell him what you need.