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Junior High Summer Institute - Animation Week 1

The objective of the course allows each student to personally experience the ‘magic of animation’ through the joy of its creation.

The plots for each project will be developed by the participants immediately before their daily animation practice. The class will use animation as a medium, to create a ‘theater of the impossible’ performance - drawn, acted out, or sculpted live under a camera. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of each week the students will work in various animation techniques, such as shadow-puppet theater or paint on glass.

On Thursday and Friday the participants will be introduced to traditional character animation technique, where they will bring to life a creature of their own design.

Students will be presented with works by filmmakers from around the plant featuring experimental animation to introduce the imaginative richness of the animation medium.

Student art work will be available in a form of an animated short film, completed with music, a few days after the end of the program. The animation will become available for a download from an internet site for the delight of the participants.

Week 1 June 15 - June 19, 2009

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
8:30 - 9:00 a.m drop off Instructor: Camp Counselor	Drop off (extended care early drop off 8:00 am)	Drop off (extended care early drop off 8:00 am)	Drop off (extended care early drop off 8:00 am)	Drop off (extended care early drop off 8:00 am)	Drop off (extended care early drop off 8:00 am)
9:00 - 10:45 (1 hr 45 min) Block A Instructor: Masha Vasikovsky & Nandita Kumar	Pantomime-Pixilation Develop a pantomime idea, make costumes and props	Shadow Puppet Theater Design a character's personality and background, present to the group	Filming Begin filming of Shadow Puppet show	Character Animation "Flipping" and setting a "Field" for a composition in animation concept	Character Animation Start the project
10:45-11:00 (15 min break) Instructor: Camp Counselor	15 min Break	15 min Break	15 min Break	15 min Break	15 min Break
11:00 - 12:45 (1 hr 45 min) Block B Instructor: Masha Vasikovsky & Nandita Kumar	Pantomime-Pixilation Film pantomime skits	Shadow Puppet Theater Create a puppet of your character	Filming Continue filming of Shadow Puppet show	Character Animation Start animating	Character Animation Continue animating
12:45 - 1:45 Instructor: Camp Counselor	60 min Lunch	60 min Lunch	60 min Lunch	60 min Lunch	60 min Lunch
1:45 - 3:30 (1 hr 45 min) Block C Instructor: Masha Vasikovsky & Nandita Kumar	Pantomime-Pixilation Review film footage and film additional close-up shots	Shadow Puppet Theater Begin design/construction of backgrounds for theater production	Filming Review footage and film additional close-up shots	Character Animation Film the scene	Character Animation Film the scene at the end of the one filmed the day before
3:30 Pick-UP Instructor: Camp Counselor	Pick Up	Pick Up	Pick Up	Pick Up	Pick Up
3:30 - 5:30 Instructor: Camp Counselor	Extended care available to 5:30 for preregistered and prepaid	Extended care available to 5:30 for preregistered and prepaid	Extended care available to 5:30 for preregistered and prepaid	Extended care available to 5:30 for preregistered and prepaid	Extended care available to 5:30 for preregistered and prepaid