Computer Animation 1 students will use tools such as LEGO stop motion animation to build their skills.This camp is designed to provide students aged 9 to 12 with the expertise required to enter into the ever expanding computer animation industry. As students advance through a sound progression of relevant 3D production training, they will gain the fundamental skills and knowledge to produce a portfolio and demo reel to showcase their talents to potential employers. Ever wanted to create stunning environments and characters for video games, or produce breathtaking visual effects?  

July 23rd to 27th, 2012 9:00am – 12 noon

Video Game Design I

In this Week-long day camp, students ages 9 to 13 will learn how video games work from the inside out. Within a few hours, they will have completed their first game. Students dive into a world of storyboarding, role playing, and complex game development.

Students will have the chance to create games from a variety of genres – including action, adventure, platform, side-scrollers, pinball, strategy, and racing – or to invent new ones. Students can design their own characters, backgrounds, and sounds, or use content from existing libraries. We’ll cover concepts like game planning, path-based movement, collision detection, level design, dialogue, inventory, and playability. Students will help each other test their games and may choose to collaborate on some projects. At the end of the program they’ll be able to show off their games to friends, family, and classmates.

July 23-27, 2012 or Aug 13-17 1pm to 4 pm

Digital Arts Class

In this one week camp, students aged 9 to 12 will learn the preliminary elements of the Adobe Photoshop program including working with layers, transparency, numerous filters and tools such as cloning, painting, and various artistic effects. Students will also learn how to import, manipulate, edit and print images using Photoshop. To create digital artwork pieces, students will use both their digital cameras (if they have them) and a scanner to import photos, drawings and other material such as magazine pictures. Students will also learn how to prepare images for both the internet and printing, including cropping, pixel and dpi dimensions and sizing.