Stop Motion Animation

This hands-on art + stop motion animation camp enables a group of up to 12 students to have an immersive experience creating fully realized animated films while being charged with learning how to use professional-grade filmmaking software and equipment. Working in small, collaborative production groups, we will follow the animated filmmaking process from concept and design to building sets and characters and finally stop motion animation production. Using professional grade stop motion software "DragonFrame Stop Motion", campers will bring their visions to life and even get a chance to get in front of the camera themselves during "pixilation" exercises (the animation of a living subject).

This Weeks Theme: Campers in this hands-on filmmaking + art making camp have a chance to design their dream inventions and put them to the test using the beloved stop motion animation method. Over the course of the week, young filmmakers will work in small production teams to design and build sets and characters and will bring their unique ideas to life using professional grade software "DragonFrame Stop Motion" and dslr cameras. FInally, we will record our own sound effects and film the animators themselves using the "Pixilation" technique (or the animation of living subjects). The finished collaborative films will be edited together with sound and music and will be shared via online link.