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 2 June 22 - June 26, 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 |
Animated Graffiti Create a series of sketches of sea life, come up with a general concept |
Flying Over Town Build the set |
Dynamic Composition Students will learn the principles of dynapic compostion through drawing live animatin from their set |
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 |
Animated Graffiti Start animating |
Flying Over Town Continue building the set |
Dynamic Composition Continue animating from the set |
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 |
Animated Graffiti |
Flying Over Town Using colored lights, film the city to create an animated pixilation of movement through the city |
Dynamic Composition |
Character Animation |
Character Animation Film the scene at the end of he 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 |