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Space Animations
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Learn to combine stop-motion and liv action for an out of this world project!
Join CinemaKidz this week as we plan, build, and film space inspired stop motion animations! With space as our theme, campers will invent their very own aliens and characters that will star in the animated projects, and build them using a variety of materials led by a professional artist. Kids will learn how the pros rig up their sets, as they use a combination of built backgrounds and green screens to create the feel of outer space. Sets and characters will be built out of wood, wire, paper mâché, clay, and a variety of other materials to look like real Hollywood productions! Campers will utilize professional software, to film and edit their animated tales. Kids will learn how to combine live action video they film, as they build costumes and act in their own projects, then put it all together for one long featured space project!
Ages: 8 – 13 (broken up by age)
Weeks Offered: Click below to see weeks offered
Rube Goldberg Films
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Become an engineer, problem solver, and filmmaking this week!
In this very special workshop at CinemaKidz, children will invent, plan, build, and document their very own Rube Goldberg Machine! Your child’s invention will leap off the page and become a real-life working machine, built purely for the joy of engineering and watching science in action! Kids will work in small groups to make a series of mechanical events that lead to a simple outcome, using a variety or materials including dominoes, wood, plastic tubes, wires, string, cups and more. Campers will have the opportunity to even use real tools including drill guns, hammers and more to build up their apparatus! But what’s the fun if no-one can see it happen? Kids will set up a live action camera rigs to record and document the machine in action! Over the course of the camp, campers will document their hard work, and tell their story using video, and create a short documentary about their cool project. Kids can even submit this video to the National Rube Goldberg Competition!
Ages: 7 – 13 (broken up by age)
Weeks Offered: Click below to see weeks offered
Costumes, Props Art Direction, & SFX Make-up
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Create Costumes, props, and Set Design!
If there’s a budding Artist and creator in you, filled with ideas, and searching for the right tools and techniques to create real cinematic looks and effects, then you’ve come to the right place! The CK Team will show you the ropes of what it means to create a cinematic world, from the make up and effects, to set dressing, prop-making, and costume design. Learn how to make something new look 1000 years old, create fantastical costumes for goblins and Star Wars characters, build props and create effects for a real film set, and try your hand at special effects make-up looks. This camp is for the artist and creative kid, and is completely hands on and project driven. Kids will also build their very own 3D sets, and learn how to “set dress” like the pros.
Each day students will focus on a different hands-on prop making and costume design technique, and finish the week off with a showcase disaplying all the projects, props, and costumes created. Participants will also work as the Art Department for other projects going on at camp for the week.
Ages: 7 – 14 (grouped by age)
Weeks Offered: Click below to see weeks offered
Storyboarding, Comics & Digital Animation
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Learn to illustrate and animate!
Learn all about film shot composition, storyboarding, and visual storytelling by designing a superhero character, and making your own comic book and digital animation! Participants will improve their drawing skills through the staging and drafting of an original visual story concept they create on paper. Participants will dive into drawing techniques and create original characters, personalities. Next, the comic will be translated into a digital drawing, as kids learn to bring their comic to life using Procreate! Kids will learn frame-by-frame animation and bring their animation to life with digital animation! Finally, children will have the opportunity to design and build their very own character costume, and film a short component of their story.
Ages: 7 – 13 (broken up by age)
Weeks Offered: Please click below to see offerings
3D Moviemaking
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Learn to film, block, and edit an original 3D Movie!
This camp combines the technical skill of speciality editing, with acting and blocking techniques specific to action and adventure films! Kids will learn how 3D movies are made, then build a special rig which they will use to film their very own adventure movie! Kids will learn techniques of the trade for making 3D movies, including: blocking and body movement, creating special stories perfect for this technology and more! After planning an original story, kids will film their own production using the special DIY camera rig. From action-adventures to sci-fi alien movies, the sky is the limit. Kids will create fun costumes, act, direct, and produce a video project, then head to the editing bay to edit their 3D project! Kids will used advanced editing techniques and professional software to complete their film, utilized Adobe Suite to add motion graphics, special effects, and 3D elements.
Ages: 9 – 15 (broken up by age)
Nature Documentaries & Photography
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Immerse yourself in the great outdoors!
Recharge and enjoy the outdoors! Experience the great outdoors from a different viewpoint as we explore nature using both a still and video camera at camp. Participants will learn all about lighting, composition, and capturing the perfect moment in a photograph, while also learning about the natural flora and fauna around them. Kids will then try out their acting and directing skills as they make a short documentary about an element of the park, from the creepy crawlies, or the hidden plants, to the birds in the air! With David Attenborough as our inspiration, we will get a bit closer to the nature within our own city. Movie projects can be documentary style or even more spoof-like, think Best in Show! Your child is sure to have an amazing time being creative in the wild.
Ages: 8 – 14 (grouped by age)
Survivor Kids
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Create your own Survivor Kids show!
Immerse yourself in the natural world and test your survival, acting, and team skills at CinemaKidz! Campers start the week learning all about making shelters, building fires, and how to live in the wilderness as they work side by side with an Outdoor Professional and Survivalist. Next, kids will spend each day acting in, filming, and creating their very own Survivor Show. Children test their wilderness skills, dream up fun personalities and personas for the show, and participate in awesome team building outdoor games. We then spend time learning to technology as we edit our show together using professional equipment and software! Campers will learn all about making short video projects from start to finish while having fun in the great outdoors!
Ages: 6 – 13 (grouped by age)
Youtube Production
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Learn to create professional level content!
Always wanted to be a YouTuber and have 10,000+ followers? Want to take your videos to the next level by learning from professional filmmakers? This camp steps away from narrative filmmaking, and focuses on content and techniques that your kid is passionate about. From how-to videos, product reviews, and cooking shows, to tv series, news broadcasts, and gamer videos, the CK team will teach your child the tools necessary to create content for their favorite social platforms. Professional teaching artists work closely with your child, building skills to create videos that they care about. We will answer your child’s technical questions one-on-one, and set them up for success on their channel! For those interested, we will cover branding, making your videos searchable, and the steps to gaining thousands of followers. CinemaKidz will also spend a good deal of time discussing online presence, responsibility, privacy concerns, and general safety. A great camp for beginners as well as the more advanced influencer.
Ages: 7 – 14 (grouped by age)
Video Game Design: Coding+Development
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Learn to build your own video games!
Explore the art of game design, as you plan, code, build, and create your very own video games in Roblox and Scratch! Starting with coding our own game from “Scratch,” kids will design the look and feel of a platform game. Think Mario Brothers, Sonic, and Kirby games. Campers use scratch to create their own sprites, platform levels, and backgrounds. They will use scratch’s node based programming interface as an introduction to coding to bring their game to life. Next participants will dive into more complex coding and 3D game design as we learn to develop our own games in Roblox. Make an adventure obstacle course with traps and power-ups; create your very own spaceship and race it on an alien planet; practice skills like 3D modeling and coding as you publish games on your own server for friends and family to play. Teachers will also go over how to monetize your games, clothing, and other VR built elements to gain Robux. Kids will finish the week with several games to share with friends as a new understanding of coding. A Roblox account is necessary to participate, we ask that you set this up in advance and we will request the login information before the start of camp.
Ages: 7 – 13 (grouped by age)
Video Editing + Cinematography
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Dive into video editing and Adobe Premiere!
This theme takes a deeper dive into the world of post-production and video editing. In this week long camp, Campers learn why the editing process is such an integral part of the way a film feels and a message is portrayed. Choosing your camera shots, timing, music, cinematography, it all comes together in the editing room and can drastically change the look and feel of a project. Campers will film a video short, but focus mostly on the post-production side of the process, gaining a deeper comprehension of Adobe Premiere pro and adobe after effects. This camp is sure to bring your child’s film projects to the next level, as they deepen their understanding of editing, and learn a proffesional tool to use in future creative projects.
Ages: 10 – 15 (grouped by age)
Special Effects
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Learn Special Effects and moviemaking!
Zombies, Unicorns, and teleportation? It’s all made possible with special effects and bit of movie magic. In this CK favorite, Campers learn how to create and incoporate visual effects into their very own original film. Let your imaginations run wild. and harness various special effects techniques used by the pros. Build propss and make-up, combine claymation with live action. Experiment with green screens and make the impossible, part of your next summertime block buster. Learn to find and utilize stock videos and transport your film to the edges of the universe and beyond. Campers will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, and edit one original film, utilizing professional software. Students will also travel throughout NYC, and locally to film in various locations to make their project truly unique. Movie themes may include: sci-fi fantasy stories, action adventure tales, Star Wars inspired flicks, and so much more.
Ages: 8 – 15 (grouped by age)
Skateboard Films
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Build your board and film!
Get ready to shred like the pros, bringing adventure, fun, and the outdoors together for this uniqe CK favorite, Skateboard Films! Campers start the week off designing their very own skateboard decks: learning design concepts, and painting techniques for this fun and unique medium. Working with real tools, they’ll add trucks, wheels and custom griptape. They’ll learn the basics on safety and keeping their boards tuned in tip-top shape! Next, our resident Ck professional skater shows campers how to ride safely, as well as a few tricks. We welcome both beginners as well more advanced skaters, During filiming, we utilize dolly’s, shoulder mounts, GoPros, and 4k cameras, to capture the action. Campers will get to visit and skate at various NYC skateparks, then head back to CK Headquarters to add music and edit their footage. By the end of this week-long camp, Skaters will walk away with their very own custom built skateboard that they get to keep, and an action packed skate video to share with friends.
Ages: 7 – 13 (grouped by age)
NYC Movie Adventurers
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Create your own movie adventure!
Join Camp CinemaKidz’ most popular outdoor adventure theme, and incorporate the greatest city in the world as the backdrop of your next big picture! Our young moviemakers head into the field and shoot their projects on set at secret hidden landmarks throughout New York City. The week begins with a pre-production meeting, where kids brainstorm and present movie ideas to their small group, in a positive and supportive environment. After planning a thrilling project, campers select outdoor locations from our CK approved list of sites, and scout the perfect backdrop for their film. Past locations include: Govornors Island, Fort Tilden Beach, the Roosevelt Island Abandoned Castle, the Staten Island Boardwalk, Greenwood cemetery, Little Island Park, The Cloisters, and so much more. Participants travel to different locations each day, equpped with our CK mobile gear kit, acting and directing their new york city original masterpiece! From spooky adventures, and sci-fi films, to comedies and dramas. Movies are original and different each week. Back at camp, kids edit the footage using professional software, adding sound and special effects, and finish a week-long feature film.
Ages: 8 – 15 (grouped by age)
Virtual & Augmented Reality
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Explore and create new worlds and games in VR & AR!
Use the power of your imagination with CinemaKidz as we explore Virtual and Augmented Reality using CoSpaces! First, kids explore creativity, storytelling, and design using pen and paper: designing various projects by hand including a pin ball obstacle course game, a 3D world based on their favorite book, or a funny creature to interact with in a short film! Kids will then learn basic coding and 3D design elements as they turn their ideas into an interactive virtual reality world using both originally coded and pre-built characters. Over the camp, participants will finish several awesome projects. The class will finish with a culminating showcase for the various stories, and each student will take home a pair of VR glasses to continue to explore their world at home with friends and family!
Ages: 8 – 13 (grouped by age)
GameShow
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Create a gameshow!
Come-on dowwwwn, you are the next contestant on CinemaKidz Game Show – an exciting, interactive week, where kids learn to produce and star in their very own game show. This class is inspired by some of TV’s most iconic game-shows, from trivia like “who wants to be a millionair” to physical challenges and obstacle courses, like “double dare”. Participants will plan their show, build various obstacles and puzzles, make team shirts, and compete in different challenges each day. We will head outside for a full day of field games utilizing tight ropes, blow up suits, DIY dunk tanks, super soakers, and so much more! Each camper will have the opportunity to plan and host their very own challenge for the group, as they dream up a persona for the big stage. Campers will learn first hand all about producing a live, action-packed show, then work using iMovie and Adobe Premier to edit and complete several action packed episodes!
Ages: 6 – 11 (broken up by age)
Creative Filmmaking
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Bring your imagination to the big screen!
Become a Director, Actor, Cinematographer, and Editor at Camp CinemaKidz and learn to create movies from start to finish. Stretch your imagination and experiment with the basic techniques of filmmaking in a team-oriented and collaborative environment. Utilizing professional equipment and technology, kids work together and learn how to use cameras, audio equipment, and editing software, while creating unique and original video projects. Get creative and expereiment with various special effects, create costumes, claymation, live action, use green screens, learn various camera tricks. Learn to find and utilize stock videos, video filters and so much more! Participants will plan, write, film, act, and edit a variety of projects. We encourage children to think out of the box, experiment, and play with the creative medium. This is the camp where children find their passions and fall in love with film.
Ages: 5 – 15 (broken up by age)
Computer Animation
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Learn Professional Animation Software!
Bring your ideas and imagination to life at the CK computer animation camp! This week-long camp taught by industry professionals, utilizes the latest tools of the trade in digital animation. Sketch, design and conceptualize your original characters and sets. Learn the fundamentals visual storytelling. Campers then bring their idea to life using digital techniques such as live-motion capture, puppetry, tweening, frame-by-frame, and vector animation. Kids will use Professional Adobe Software, including: Adobe Animate, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Character! Campers will love watching their characters mimic their own live motions in real-time, openening their eyes to another level of storytelling. Kids bring their characters to life and create several animated shorts, using professional equipment to add voice-overs and sound effects. This is a technical course that puts professional software and skills into the hands of young minds.
Ages: 9 – 15 (broken up by age)
CinemaKitchen
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Create your own cooking show!
Finally a place where it’s ok to play with your food. In this week-long camp, campers throw on their very own custom-designed aprons, and head to the kitchen to produce and star in their own Cooking Show! Kids will brand the look and feel of their show, and experiment with various recipes and techniques. Create a spin-off of Iron Chef, Nailed it, or the Great British Bake-off, or something totaly uniique. Recipes range from yummy favorites like vegetarian sushi and pizza, to cakes and desserts that resemble works of art. Recipes are fun and kid-friendly. Participants will cook, act, direct, film, and edit in this hands-on engaging camp.
Ages: 6 – 14 (broken up by age)
Adventures in Animation
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Build, Create, and Animate!
Come explore various techniques of stop-motion animation in our week long animation-workshop! Campers create abstract and narrative tales with a wide range of materials including: legos, clay, architectural modeling materials, wire, foam, and so much more! Campers build mini-movie sets and learn how to light them, build camera rigs, use gels and create various on-set effects. We encourage children to experiment with different camera angles, add special effects, sounds and music. Children build their own props and use green screens to bring their ideas to life. Combine live action with stop-motion animation to makes something truly unique and special. Kids will complete several projects over the course of the week. This is fantastic class for kids with big imaginations!
Ages: 5 – 15 (broken up by age)
