(6 weeks) Explore storytelling through Stop-Motion Animation. This program is developed for students with intellectual disabilities that want to learn more about animation, while also developing their story writing skills. The 6-week course is built on a step-by-step structure that supports artists along each step in the production process. With each class, students will learn the next step in production and then use those skills to further develop their stories. From writing, to storyboarding, to drawing and animating, our goal is to provide students with all the tools to continue making animation long after our class is over. As their final project each student will create a short animated video that tells the story they developed in class.

Class 1: Introduction to Animation and Equipment

Class 2: Pre-production: Writing your story and storyboarding

Class 3: Production: Building the visual elements of your story

Class 4: Animating: Motion and bringing your story to life

Class 5: Post-production: Editing and recording audio

Class 6: Final screening