Introduction to Video Projection Mapping
This five-day course aimed at beginners will give you a unique opportunity to learn and develop the necessary skills to prepare and project video onto a 3D structure.
Key information:
- Course dates:
- Mon 14 – Fri 18 July 2025
- Course times:
- 10am–5pm
- Age:
- 16+
- Art form:
- Production Arts
- Fees:
- £595
- Deadline:
- Bookings will close at 5pm on Monday 30 June 2025 or when the course reaches full capacity
- Level of study:
- Short Courses & Summer Schools (ages 18+) | Short Courses & Summer Schools, Workshops & Saturday Centres (under 18)
- Mode of study:
- In-person
- Venue:
- Guildhall School of Music & Drama
- When:
- Summer Schools (July–August)
Course info
Public booking opens at 11am, Thursday 28 November. Join our mailing list before Monday 25 November to receive priority booking.
Ages 16+
Course Dates & Times
Monday 14 – Friday 18 July 2025
10am–5pm
About Introduction to Video Projection Mapping
This five-day course for beginners will give you a unique opportunity to learn and develop the necessary skills to prepare and project video onto a 3D structure, using industry standard video projection software Resolume Arena 7 and Adobe CC.
Who is the course for?
- Anyone aged 16 and over interested in video projection
- An interest or experience in digital art, graphic design, video editing, technical theatre, gaming etc. would be an advantage
What can I expect?
The course is technical as well as creative and will introduce you to the basic principles and techniques of digital video mapping:
- Designing concepts for projection mapping
- Creating content and sourcing material online
- Preparing digital content (file types, resolutions and codecs)
- Setting up hardware (computers, projectors and real-world objects)
- Keystoning, image correction and distortions
- How to mask and map video to a 3D object
You will use Resolume together with Adobe After Effects and Photoshop to design and create content for projection mapping.
Do I need anything for the course?
If possible, please bring a laptop with the minimum spec to use Resolume VJ Software. If that’s not possible, please contact shortcourses@gsmd.ac.uk at the time of booking.
Minimum specs
Windows
- Windows 8.1
- Nvidia or AMD graphics card
- 8GB RAM
macOS
- MacOS 10.15 Catalina
- AMD, Iris Pro graphics card, or Apple Silicon
- 8GB RAM
Recommended Specs
Windows
- Windows 10
- i7 Processor, 6 core, 3.7 GHz
- Nvidia RTX 4070
- M2 SSD
- 16 GB Ram
macOS
- MacOS 14 Sonoma
- Apple M2 Max
- SSD
- 16 GB Ram
Course Fee
£595
Public booking opens at 11am, Thursday 28 November. Join our mailing list before Monday 25 November to receive priority booking.
Participation Bursaries are available for this course. Please note the application deadline for Participation Bursaries is 28 April 2025.
Eligibility
- We welcome participants from all ages 16 and over
- Participants must have sufficient English language skills in order to fully engage with the course
About the Course Tutor
The course is taught by Angeline Ferguson, Video Design Lecturer at Guildhall School.
Angeline has been designing video projection for live events since the early 90s. She started VJ-ing at raves and in clubs using an assemblage of film and video projectors. Her raw scratch collage style inspired many collaborations with artists, writers, poets and musicians working in live performance.
She has worked as Video Designer on multiple large and small-scale theatre productions, including several site-specific productions with Boilerhouse Theatre Co and a stage production with percussionist Evelyn Glennie. In 2009 she completed an MA in 3D Computer Animation at Glasgow School of Art. More recently she has worked with Aardman Animation, BBC Learning, Tate Galleries and Historic Royal Palaces.
Angeline is based in East London where she has a studio at The Factory Project.
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