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Join Laura Bellmont for a week of hands-on, stop-motion animation and art-making fun. Students in this integrated tech-and-art workshop imagine unique adventure stories and bring them to life using the beloved filmmaking technique of stop-motion animation. Design and build sets and characters using a variety of art materials and methods, and learn camera basics to do your own filming.
Working in small production groups, young filmmakers learn to use the professional-grade software Dragonframe and film their work using Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) cameras and Mac laptops. Together, we record voiceovers, do Foley work (sound effect recording), and even animate the students themselves during a pixilation exercise (the animation of living subjects).
We culminate our week with a world premiere screening for the Omega community and hear from the directors during a question-and-answer session.
The finished collaborative film is shared via a password-protected online link, which may be used to view, post, and share the film with friends and family.
