storyboard:artist
The storyboarding workshops are aimed at people interested in visual storytelling. The first day includes a theoretical introduction, analysis of the principles of frame composition and narration, followed by practical exercises in storyboard creation. On the second day, participants refine their projects, working on scene flow and visual expression. The workshop ends with a review of the work, a discussion of techniques, and tips for further development.
:staffjanuary:misiak
January Misiak is a drawer, painter, storyboard artist, stop-motion animator, and director. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań. He is the author of the comics Siedem Tygodni (Seven Weeks, Kultura Gniewu) and Wszystko Będzie Dobrze (Everything Will Be Fine, Egmont Polska).
For seven years, he was associated with Breakthru Films, where he worked from the start on the film Loving Vincent, handling painted animation, storyboards, and painting supervision. He then spent another seven years at Studio Trefl (Każ Studio), specializing in puppet animation, storyboards, and directing.
: locationanimation:workshop
Animated Film Studio, Kraków, ul. Karmelicka 16 / Room 11
Faculty of Graphic Arts, Jan Matejko Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków
The Animated Film Studio is one of the leading educational studios in the field of animation in Poland. Its program is progressive, focusing on the originality and artistic potential of students. We primarily create author-driven projects, but we also teach the importance of teamwork.
The curriculum covers all aspects of film production — from scriptwriting, storyboarding, shooting, and editing to sound design and music. We provide training in all animation techniques: traditional, digital, 2D, 3D, as well as spatial and stop-motion animation.
Classes are accompanied by lectures and specialized workshops in film theory and history, sound, music, editing, and film production. The specialized path allows students to create a graduation film, which serves as their artistic debut.
We collaborate with composers, sound designers, editors, and cinematographers, and students have access to a professional sound studio and a motion capture studio.
