Join us this Sunday the 14th at the Portland Art Museum as part of the museum’s Family Day event.

We’ll be hosting an event for all ages where participants can try their hand creating sounds for films.  The art of sound effects and Foley is often overlooked by audiences, by creating the sounds for films from scratch, these artists immerse the viewer in their environment.  Noises as subtle as the rustle of an actors sleeve or as loud as a planet exploding are all an integral part of telling a story.

Working in the Grand Ballroom alongside the artist’s of Filmusik, everyone can see how to make sounds in time with film and then hear their sounds played back with the film.  Use bubble wrap, cellophane, door knobs, balloons, shoes and all manner of other gadgets to make noises along with others.

C’mon by, it’ll be a great time!!

Museum Family Day
Celebrating Film

Sunday, March 14

12:00 P – 5:00 P

Enjoy free admission to an afternoon of family activities presented by the Northwest Film Center. This blockbuster event will reel in the family fun with do-it-yourself animation, interactive play spaces, improvisational theater games, kid-friendly food, and film screenings. Northwest Film Center faculty will teach kids of all ages the principles of motion using zoetropes and thaumatropes, which spin and whirl simple drawings into animated moving images. Visitors can also make their own flipbook, play with digitally projected butterflies, and help create the soundtrack for a 1960s Japanese monster movie, live on stage, with the group Filmusik.

Museum admission on March 14 and participation in Museum Family Day is free for all visitors.

http://portlandartmuseum.org/calendar/events/2010/03/14/Museum-Family-Day