"We use what YOUR child already loves (demon hunters, dinosaurs, superheroes, their world) as the starting point."

Ready to bring your imagination to life? In this dynamic STEAM stop-motion animation workshop, you'll be guided through the entire creative process, from sculpting your own pop-culture characters, animals, vehicles, objects out of clay, creating a wondrous animated short film. It's a perfect blend of artistic creation, storytelling, and pure, expression.

What You'll Discover

The Art of Creation: You'll sculpt your own unique characters out of clay, giving life to your creative ideas.
The Animator's Spell: We'll teach you the fundamentals of stop-motion, from subtle movements to high-energy action sequences. You'll also learn the secret of visual storytelling, including storyboarding, dynamic camera angles, and dramatic lighting to create the perfect mood.
The Spirit of Collaboration: You'll work with other young animators to bring your epic story to life as a team. We'll show you how to use software to add credits, sound effects and music, to complete your animated masterpiece.

Schedule

9:00 am: Intro, storyboarding, character building
11:00 am: Break
11:15 am: Software and animate
12:30 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 pm: Video editing, soundtracks, sound effects, and credits
2:15 pm: Break
2:30 pm: Export movies and prepare for screening
3:00 pm: The Grand Premiere: Parents are invited to a screening of the final films

What to Bring

Snacks, a nut-free lunch and water bottle to keep your energy up.
Tablet: An iPad running iPadOS 14.0 or later, or tablet
Software:
- For the best experience, we recommend downloading the Stop Motion Studio Pro App ($10). It offers all the advanced features—like editing and sound effects to bring your imagination to life. A free version is also an option, but some features we demonstrate may not be available.
iMovie or Capcut video editing software.

Note: if you are attending as a group of friends, each group will be using one tablet (purchasing software for each device is not required).

Groups

We structure the animation teams to maximise every participant's hands-on experience and involvement.

For the best engagement and to ensure every child has ample opportunity to direct, sculpt, and animate, we recommend teams of two. A group of three is the absolute maximum permitted. If you come with a larger group of four or more, you will be split into smaller teams to allow each student full participation in creating their own short film.

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STEAM Stop-Motion Studio: Pop Culture Edition