Spring Break Animation Camp

Calling all girls and genderqueer youth, ages 11-13!

FilmScene invites you to our Spring Break Animation Camp, taught by animator and filmmaker Kelly Gallagher! This two-day camp will include hands-on learning with iPads and a wide range of materials (provided). Campers will watch the work of pioneering women animators to explore various animation styles and techniques. This two day camp includes stretching breaks, snacks and provided lunch. Finished films will be screened alongside FilmScene's Annual Animation Summer Camp's final work (June and July) and each student will be provided with digital copies of their work.

Camp held Thursday, March 15 and Friday, March 16 8:30AM - 3:30PM daily.

Students are encouraged to register for the grade they will be *entering*. Parents are encouraged to adhere to age guidelines when possible, exceptions can be made within reason and after approval by lead teacher and FilmScene. Please email rebecca@icfilmscene.org with your request.

Lead Teacher
Kelly Gallagher

Cost
$200, lunch and two snacks included. Tuition due at time of registration. Refunds provided for any cancellations made by FilmScene.

Scholarships
Partial scholarships offered on a case by case basis, please contact rebecca@icfilmscene.org with scholarship nominations.

Camp Description

Make your own animations with FilmScene! FilmScene campers will work in teams to produce, direct, and edit their own animations—totally from scratch. Each day we will learn about different animation styles (GIFs, claymation, light & shadow puppets, hand-drawn cartooning, video game sprites, and more) and make mini-movies that will give us a better understanding of what is possible in animation. We will learn about the Principles of Animation to make our movies more polished and professional.  For the closing ceremonies, we will premiere our movies for family and friends in FilmScene's Scene 1 cinema.

Each day in our two-day camp will include hands-on learning with iPads, Stop Motion Pro software, multi-directional lighting and a wide range of materials from paper to sand. We will watch the work of other animators to study styles and methods. Each day will also include stretching breaks, snacks and provided lunch.

In addition to our end of camp premiere, each student will be provided with digital copies of the team's work.

Teacher Bio

Kelly Gallagher is an experimental filmmaker, animator, and Assistant Professor of Media Arts at Antioch College in Ohio. Her theoretical and scholarly work investigates the radical and feminist possibilities of experimental animation. Her animations, experimental films and documentaries have screened internationally at venues including: The National Gallery of Art, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest, London ICA Artists' Biennial, LA Film Forum, the Cuban Institute of Cinematographic Art and Industry, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, and NYC's Anthology Film Archives.