KIDS MAKE MOVIES! Sign up for NYICFF's one- and two-week filmmaking camps during the April and Summer School breaks. Classes are offered in a variety of animation and live action filmmaking techniques for ages 6 to 14. Students will conceive, storyboard, write, shoot, draw, model, create sets, and perform on camera to create a completed short film.

JULY 9-20, 2012 (TWO WEEKS) - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
Workshops take place Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm (early drop-off and late pick-up available).
Class sizes are limited and are expected to sell out.

CREATE-A-CARTOON
Recommended for Ages 6-10
10am to 4pm daily (early drop-off and late pick-up available)
Battery Park City School, 55 Battery Place, NY 10280

Our youngest producers will use their own stories and art to make an animated movie in collaboration with filmmakers. Children will work together to create the plot, characters, backgrounds, music, and even use their own voices to narrate the story. Then, they will make 3D models of their characters. With the help of production company Small Factory, these original stories are transformed into a completed animated short film.
Cost: $1000
Class size: 15
 

MULTIMEDIA STORYTELLING
Recommended for Ages 8-14
10am to 4pm daily (early drop-off and late pick-up available)
Battery Park City School, 55 Battery Place, NY 10280

There are countless ways to tell a story. This workshop lets students experiment using a wide variety of animated media including claymation, cutout, stop-motion, whiteboard, and hand-drawn animation techniques. Each student selects the medium that best enhances their story - and then works together with other students to weave all the different forms into one collaborative multimedia film.
Cost: $1000
Class size: 15
 

MOVIEMAKING MASTER CLASS
Recommended for Ages 9-16
10am to 4pm daily (early drop-off and late pick-up available)
Battery Park City School, 55 Battery Place, NY 10280

Experience filmmaking from start to finish! Learn from the Story Pirates how to make your ideas into a digital short. Using games and improvisation, students will develop an original script together. Then, working as a production team, they will organize their own shoot, rehearse, and act on camera to create their own short film. Concepts covered in the class include (but are not limited to) screenwriting, editing, story arc, shot composition, camera movement, scoring, post-production, and special effects. All students will receive a DVD of their film.
Cost: $1000
Class size: 15
 

Useful info:

• Classes are held Monday-Friday
• Unless otherwise noted, all classes are from 10am to 4pm
• Extended care is available from 9am to 10am and from 4pm to 5pm. The charge for extended care is $5/hour per student ($50/session).
• There will be a one hour lunch recess each day - students should bring a packed lunch.