BBC’s Blast Comes To Paignton

Create a script from scratch for performance and recording in the afternoon Radio Play workshop. Learn how to write dialogue and tell a story without pictures.

Into animation and want to experiment? This advanced animation workshop will give you a taste of different animation techniques which you can combine to produce your own style.

Catch the latest look on camera and learn how to use a digital stills camera to capture the trends.

Set your own trends by designing and making your own clothes. Work with a professional fashion designer to create the next new look!

Really get to grips with the art of VJing and spend some time shooting and editing your own video clips, then mix them to music to create your own live video show.

Explore your inner voice in this exciting spoken word/performance taster. You’ll get the chance to work with a professional poet and performer to create your own spoken word piece and develop your performance skills.

Using the individual sound parts, learn how to remix your own version of a well-known chart hit. No experience needed!

Work with a professional performance poet to learn how to use your voice and body to create a great performance.

Passionate about performing? Like singing and want to take it further? Get tips on how to make your star performance!

Create drama and tell the story using voice, sound effects and music in the BBC Blast Radio Play.

Learn the skills involved in composing music to a piece of film from an industry professional. Working with specially commissioned footage you’ll be amazed at the difference your own sound track can make to the impact and feeling of a film!

Learn how the professionals do it in this top tips session. Find out how they get the best from their team and equipment to create great movies.

Already dance? Work with an experienced dance choreographer to take the next steps and learn how to choreograph and perform your own dance piece.

If you’re thinking of making your own short film, or just want to try a new and fun way of telling a story then this interactive storyboarding session is for you! Work with Photoshop expert and stills photographer Kwame Lestrade to create a unique photo story storyboard to tell your story!

Try stencilling and graf techniques to create a BBC Blast graffiti art mural. No experience needed!

See how much we have created during the day including dance performances, films, animations, radio broadcast and find out how you can get involved.

Ever wondered how the special TV magic works? How can you make it look like you are floating in space, falling though the sky or sitting on a desert island.. ..experiment with TV special effects techniques in this fun session – no experience needed!

Capture the wild in a photograph! Explore the shore and learn how to photograph moving wildlife in this photography session with professional photographer, Kwame Lestrade.

Want to be a Fashion Designer? Take the next steps and learn how to create amazing cutting edge fashion out of existing garments and various scraps of material.

Work as part of a team to create a locally themed radio programme to be showcased on Blast’s very own radio station Blast Out Loud. Report on local events, gigs and issues that are important to you and your mates then learn how to put them together into a package suitable for radio and the web.

Ever wanted to try freerunning (parkour)? Working with professional freerunner Dominic Rott, learn how to take on your environment using strength, stamina and flexibility.

Ever wondered how they make the intros, jingles and special effects on radio shows? Wanted to introduce your favourite track on the radio? Sign up for this session and be a star of Blast Out Loud radio! No experience needed.

Build your film-making skills in this technical film workshop and learn how to apply them to your own film work.

Move your photography up to the next level and take shots of moving models in the parkour workshop. Working with professional photographer, Kwame Lestrade, create clear, dynamic photographs that capture the moment.

Ever wanted to make a film like Wallace and Gromit? Here’s your chance to work with an experienced animator to take the first steps and learn some of the modelling skills behind making an animated film. No experience necessary!

Use Photoshop to design and create your very own Blast T-shirt design and then print it onto a T-shirt in this taster session. T-shirts supplied and no experience needed!

Use Photoshop to design and create your very own Blast T-shirt design and then print it onto a T-shirt in this taster session. T-shirts supplied and no experience needed!

Ever wondered how they make the intros, jingles and special effects on radio shows? Wanted to introduce your favourite track on the radio? Sign up for this session and be a star of Blast Out Loud radio! No experience needed.

Ask the professionals how they got started in the music business in this Q&A session.

Learn all the latest moves and create your own street dance piece for performance in the Blast showcase.

Use Photoshop to design and create your very own Blast T-shirt design and then print it onto a T-shirt in this taster session. T-shirts supplied and no experience needed!

Go live on air with BBC Devon and Riviera FM in this radio session. Research and create news pieces and interview your sources to tell the story to the public.

Work with an expert sound engineer, video director and a live band. First you’ll get the chance to learn the basics of mic-ing up and engineering a band’s live sound. Next you’ll be involved in creating a three camera live video mix of the band as they perform. No experience needed!

Ever wanted to make a film like Wallace and Gromit? Here’s your chance to work with an experienced animator to take the first steps and learn some of the modelling skills behind making an animated film. No experience necessary!

Want to get up to speed with your editing skills? Work with an expert editor to learn the techniques and visual language used when cutting a short film. Using specially commissioned footage you’ll get the chance to make your own cut to tell the story in your own way.

Take the raw music and turn it into a hit! Learn music production techniques working with professional producers in this editing and producing session.

Struggling with the music and the lyrics? Learn how to turn ideas into great songs and develop your writing and performing skills in this songwriting session.

Ever wanted to make a film like Wallace and Gromit? Here’s your chance to work with an experienced animator to take the first steps and learn some of the modelling skills behind making an animated film. No experience necessary!

Work with an expert sound engineer, video director and a live band. First you’ll get the chance to learn the basics of mic-ing up and engineering a band’s live sound. Next you’ll be involved in creating a three camera live video mix of the band as they perform. No experience needed!

Inspired by Damien Hirst’s exhibition in Torquay this Summer, figure out what makes extreme art and have a go at creating your own controversial piece.

Life’s a beach! Using Goodrington Sands as inspiration, take photographs that capture the beach lifestyle and develop your skills in action photography.

A free performance that features the best of the workshops during BBC Blast Penzance including dance, poetry, film, animation, radio, art and live band performances.