DaVinci Resolve (Beginner Level) with Michael Healy

We welcome back Michael Healy, a professional Black Magic Design certified tutor for a two-day introductory level course aimed at practising visual artists working with moving-image, sound, and VFX, who wish to learn fundamental skills and techniques of post-production with DaVinci Resolve editing software.

Artists will gain practical knowledge in the area of professional video editing and post-production with the leading industry standard software DaVinci Resolve.

Areas covered:
• Intro to the DaVinci Resolve 18 Layout / Pages
• Organising a New Project in the Media Page
• Moving Clips in the Timeline and Assembling a Rough Cut
• Refining a Timeline, Applying Transitions and Effects
• Overview of Audio and Fairlight Page
• Overview of Colour page and basic Grading / Scopes / Tracking
• Performing Primary Colour Corrections
• Delivering a Final Program
• Managing Media and Databases

Requirements:
• To have a basic understanding of video editing, and/or some basic experience in working with video editing software.
• To use your own PC or Mac computer system where possible (Fire Station has a limited amount of Mac/PC desktop computers and these can be made available on a first come first
serve basis).
• To have basic experience with digital moving-image in your arts practice.

Michael Healy & FSAS will provide all video and audio content for the course.

About the Tutor:
Michael is a post-production trainer with significant experience delivering classes based around editing, audio, visual effects and colour grading. He currently teaches on both the BA in Film Practice and MA in Editing and Post-Production at London South Bank University whilst also delivering training classes for MET Film School, Academy Class, SAE Institute and Royal Holloway, University of London. He is an accredited trainer for both AVID Media Composer and Blackmagic Design working with the latter to deliver courses based around DaVinci Resolve.

To apply for this course, email resource@firestation.ie. The places will be allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Masterclass on Colour in Cinematography with Stefan Ciupek

We are delighted to invite visual artists working with the moving image to apply for a space in the upcoming Masterclass on Colour in Cinematography with Stefan Ciupek. This new course for visual artists working with moving image is a unique opportunity to develop your practice and learn first-hand from a leading cinematographer.

Date: Saturday, 14th June 2025, 1pm-5pm
Places: 10
Level: experience working with film/video/moving image installation essential
Cost: €80

With extensive experience in colour and look development in cinematography and post-production for both the film industry and the visual arts, Stefan Ciupek has been at the forefront of digital cinematography on films such as Alexander Sokurov’s epic one-shot opus Russian Ark, Lars von Trier’s Antichrist, or Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours. His contribution as digital cinematography supervisor, 2nd Unit DOP and film colourist on these projects, as well as his association with acclaimed filmmakers, laid the foundations for Stefan’s own cinematic vision.

In 2020, his documentary “Babenco, Tell me when I Die”, won in Venice and was Brazil’s official submission for 2 Oscars. He recently completed the Maddin-Johnson-Johnson political satire Rumours starring Cate Blanchett and Alicia Vikander, currently on festival tour from Cannes to TIFF, and is joining Danny Boyle and Anthony Dod Mantle for 28 Years Later.

With renowned artists Omer Fast and Eder Santos he has created cinematic experiences, which screened at venues like Locarno Film Festival, MoMA, the Louvre and the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Martin Gropius Bau in Berlin.
Stefan also conducts cinematography masterclasses and workshops for the Berlinale Talent Campus, the European Film Academy, NYU, and various film schools across the world.

To book a space:
Please send a short description of your practice and interest in the course as well as a link to your work to resource@firestation.ie.

Please note that all our training and skills development opportunities are reserved for professional visual artists. Commercial, student, or non artist-led projects are not suitable.

Welding & Metal Fabrication with Mick O’Hara

This two-day welding course is designed to introduce participants to different welding processes including Arc, MIG and TIG.

Taking place on Friday 13 & Sunday 14 June, it will focus on health and safety practice, basic welding joints and fabrication. Participants will work through set or designed projects, articulating responses from concept, design to realisation. The course is aimed for beginners and no experience is required.

Mick O’Hara is an artist and a lecturer in Fine Art at TUD. He was also the Workshop Manager of Fire Station Artists’ Studios from 2014-2021. He has spent the last two decades working as both as a technician, manager and educator across a variety of arts organisations and businesses including Bronze Art Foundry, Leitrim Sculpture Centre and National Sculpture Factory.

To book your place on this course email artadmin@firestation.ie. Places are allocated on a first-come-first-served basis.

Mould Casting with Ciaran Patterson

The Mould Casting course builds on mould-making experience over two days by focusing on the process of mould making and casting objects in various materials. More advanced mould making processes will be discussed and demonstrated. There will be an opportunity to discuss and cast in different materials such as plaster, wax, jesmonite, and various resins. All materials will be provided.

Ciaran Patterson studied Model-making and Special Effects in IADT. He has worked extensively in the bronze casting profession for more than twenty years, both in Ireland and Australia. Ciaran has experience in making large moulds in a variety of materials, including silicone rubber, plaster, fibreglass, and ceramic shell. Ciaran is Building Manager at FSAS and also works at Bronze Art Fine Art Foundry, where he specialises in mould making, wax work and patination. Ciaran is a visiting Lecturer at NCAD, teaching patination techniques in the bronze casting evening class.

Please note: spaces are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

To book a place, please email: artadmin@firestation.ie

Introduction to Cinematography with Blackmagic 6K Cinema Camera

About the course:
A full training session focusing on our in-house Blackmagic 6K Cinema Camera, covering camera features, production and operation, rigging, versatile set-ups for studio and outdoor shooting, technical requirements, and data management. This course will provide an introduction and practical knowledge in the area of professional digital cinematography using the Black Magic 6K Cinema Camera system to suit visual artists working with the moving image as part of their practice.

Areas covered:
Introduction to moving image production and workflows
Project settings, aspect ratio, lenses
Blackmagic RAW (BRAW) and Look Up Tables (LUTs)
Camera features and interfaces
Monitoring
Lighting
Data management
Using DaVinci Resolve to manage rushes

Requirements:
To have previous experience with shooting and editing digital moving image. Being familiar with DaVinci Resolve software is an advantage. If you have an iphone, install the BlackMagic camera app and familiarise yourself with the interface.

Booking:
To apply for a space, please send a short description of your practice and interest in the course as well as a link to your work to resource@firestation.ie.

About the Tutor:
Dean Kavanagh is a filmmaker from Ireland. He has created 70 short and 6 feature films that combine experimental and narrative forms using contemporary and retrograde motion picture technology. Over the past 16 years he has worked in the film industry as a cinematographer, offline editor and data wrangler. He was also employed by the Irish Film Institute as their Digital Media Technician, and worked as part of the Irish Film Programming department. He currently works as a film and digital media archivist within a broadcast environment.

Dean’s feature film ‘Hole in the Head’ was voted as one of the best films of 2022 by The Irish Times. His work is supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and he was a recipient of the Next Generation Artists’ Award. He is a Berlinale Talent alumnus, and a member of the European Film Academy. deankavanagh.com

Please note that all our training and skills development opportunities are supported by the Arts Council of Ireland and reserved for professional visual artists. Commercial, student, or non artist-led projects are not suitable.

Materials Joining Techniques with Cris Neumann

FSAS Workshop Manager Cris Neumann will host this 2-day course providing an overview of joining techniques.

This course is designed for artists and makers who work across a broad range of materials including wood, metal, ceramics, acrylics, stone, glass and more, and wish to enhance their skills at joining these. Various joining methods, an extensive range of fixing types, and adhesives will be demonstrated through hands-on practice.

To book your place, email artadmin@firestation.ie. Pleases are allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.