Spring Break Day Camp Registration Opens January 3, 2025, 10:00am
Presented with generous support from Hills Bank and Trust Company
Class will be held at the Ped Mall location. Spring Break Camp is set up on an individual daily basis. Students can register for as few or as many of the days that they want to attend. Students must register for each day they want to attend. One $70 registration does NOT equal attendance for the entire week.
Snacks are provided. Students should bring their own lunch. Lunch is not provided.
CAMP DETAILS
This spring break camp is March 17-21, each camp DAILY, for students in grades 3 through 8.
DAILY CLASS TOPICS
Monday, March 17 - Claymation
Tuesday, March 18 - Armatures
Wednesday, March 19 - Lego
Thursday, March 20 - Pixilation
Friday, March 21 - Green Screen and Multi-Pane
Up to 20 campers may register for in-person camp each day. Camp will be held at FilmScene on the Ped Mall, located at 118 E. College in Iowa City. All technology and supplies included for in-person camp. Each day includes stretching, snack breaks and games. Two snacks provided. Lunch is not provided. Students should bring their own lunch.
TUITION $70/day
Tuition must be paid in full for each day of camp at time of registration.
Daily Schedule
8:15 - 8:30am: Drop Off
8:30am: Camp Begin
10:00am: Snack break
10:15am: Camp Resumes
12:30pm: Lunch break
3:00 - 3:30pm: Camper pickup
In order to best fit with other spring break plans, like travel, time with family, and good old-fashioned relaxation, we are offering single-day sessions of camp, each highlighting a specific type or medium of animation. Below is our daily schedule and brief description of each day’s activities.
Monday - Claymation
Clay and animation have gone hand in hand since the beginning of the craft. In class, we will be focusing on the Squash and Stretch and Appeal principles of animation while creating a huge array of zany characters and worlds for them to exist in.
Tuesday - Armatures
This will be our first foray into using formal armatures in our animation camps. Armatures (the posable skeletons within animation puppets) are used in many modern day animations involving three-dimensional humanoid characters. In class, we will be constructing character shapes and then use them to demonstrate realistic movement, ranging from dancing to sword-fighting.
Wednesday - Lego
In our current YouTube era, Lego animations are very, very popular. In class, we will be mixing animation with the dreaming, designing, and building that any lover of Lego thrives on. The toys will seem to build themselves, go on adventures…and, likely at some point, explode.
Thursday - Pixilation
Pixilation is a long-standing favorite in our summer camps. In this form of animation, real people are the puppets. By using solid cinematic tricks, good timing, and a slew of very awkward poses, Pixilation provides animators the ability to break the laws of physics, creating the illusion of ordinary people doing very extraordinary things.
Friday - Green Screen and Multi-Pane
Where the other days of camp are largely focused on what is happening in the foreground, this day is all about the backgrounds. Green Screens have long been used in filmmaking, and have only gained popularity as digital effects have become the norm in the process. In class, we will be using both Green Screens and a more conventional method of animation special effects, Multi-Pane animation. Multi-Pane is the process of having multiple separated layers of glass with different pieces of the animation moving on each layer, giving the illusion that all layers are a part of the complete image.
People with questions can be directed to Angie at either angie@icfilmscene.org or camp@icfilmscene.org
HEALTH AND SAFETY
FilmScene is a mask friendly space and we encourage vaccinations as an effective public health policy.
CANCELLATION POLICY
If for whatever reason FilmScene must cancel a camp session at any point, full refunds will be given to all registrants.
