2010 SUMMER FILM CAMP

Learn to make films, animate, act and edit
this summer at the Austin School of Film. 

         

The Austin School of Film’s award-winning Youth Summer Film Camp is made up of intensive one-week courses that cover the fundamentals and creative aspects of filmmaking, animation, acting and editing. Students, ages 10 to 17, work with experienced filmmakers and animators to realize their creative visions and produce their own films by the end of each course. From developing the idea to planning the production process to screening the finished masterpiece, ASoF fully and quickly immerses the student into the wonderful world of filmmaking.

To sign up, please go to each of the class pages linked below and follow the registration procedures. As always, please e-mail classes@austinfilmschool.org if you have any questions or concerns.

SESSION 1: JUNE 28 - JULY 2

CREATION OF ANIMATION: 9am-1pm
Each student will create an animation short film using traditional hand drawn techniques and Flash.

DIGITAL FILMMAKING 1: 9am-1pm
This introductory course provides hands-on exercises in composition, camera movement, storyboarding, image, sound development and editing instruction in Final Cut Pro.

FCP EDITING FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
The course will provide students instruction on the complete process of digital editing in Final Cut Pro, from logging footage to mastering onto DV tape.

LIGHTING & CAMERA BASICS FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
This class will guide you through the basics of lighting a scene and the crucial components to shooting the scene in order to capture the moment.

 
SESSION 2: JULY 5 - JULY 9

CREATION OF ANIMATION: 9am-1pm
Each student will create an animation short film using traditional hand drawn techniques and Flash.

DIGITAL FILMMAKING 1: 9am-1pm
This introductory course provides hands-on exercises in composition, camera movement, storyboarding, image, sound development and editing instruction in Final Cut Pro.

AFTER EFFECTS FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
This course will help you understand the fundamental basics of animation and compositing.

TEEN ACTING ON CAMERA: 2pm - 4:30pm
This course is designed to focus is on scene preparation for auditions and during filmmaking.

 
SESSION 3: JULY 12 - JULY 16

ART OF ANIMATION & ANIMATION WORKFLOW: 9am -1pm
Explore the history, be immersed in theory and get introduced to the basic techniques of animation in this intensive one-week course using Flash.

DIGITAL FILMMAKING 1: 9am-1pm
This introductory course provides hands-on exercises in composition, camera movement, storyboarding, image, sound development and editing instruction in Final Cut Pro.

FCP EDITING FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
The course will provide students instruction on the complete process of digital editing in Final Cut Pro, from logging footage to mastering onto DV tape.

LIGHTING & CAMERA BASICS FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
This class will guide you through the basics of lighting a scene and the crucial components to shooting the scene in order to capture the moment.

 
SESSION 4: JULY 19 - JULY 23

ART OF ANIMATION & ANIMATION WORKFLOW: 9am -1pm
Explore the history, be immersed in theory and get introduced to the basic techniques of animation in this intensive one-week course using Flash.

DIGITAL FILMMAKING 1: 9am-1pm
This introductory course provides hands-on exercises in composition, camera movement, storyboarding, image, sound development and editing instruction in Final Cut Pro.

AFTER EFFECTS FOR TEENS: 2pm - 4:30pm
This course will help you understand the fundamental basics of animation and compositing.

TEEN ACTING ON CAMERA: 2pm - 4:30pm
This course is designed to focus is on scene preparation for auditions and during filmmaking.

 
10% DISCOUNT: You can register your child for an all-day camp (two classes in the same session, 9am - 4:30pm) or for two summer camp classes in different sessions. You have the flexibility to chose whatever classes fit into your summer plans! Also, ASoF will provide lunch for students that take the all-day camp.

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REFUND POLICY:
*No Refunds for SUMMER CAMP.
*Cancellations received fewer than 7 days before the class shall not be credited or refunded.
*No refunds for Apple Certification Exams.

 

         

This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.