Let’s Make Movies Summer Camp 2008

presented by Tampa Theatre and the USF College of Education's Florida Center for Instructional Technology

ALL SESSIONS ARE SOLD OUT

You might explore these other summer programs:

Florida Museum of Photographic Arts   click here

Tampa Museum of Art  click here

Patel Conservatory   click here

For other summer camps click here

CLASS SCHEDULES

All experience levels welcome at all sessions.  The kids will break down into groups based on their experience levels.  Each group will have its own dedicated camp counselor to guide the project. 

STOP MOTION ANIMATION

Stop motion makes static objects appear to move and it is used in popular shows and films such as Gumby, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Chicken Run, Corpse Bride, and all of the Wallace And Gromit films.  Each filmmaker will participate in the film making process as part of a production team - from creating storyboards and scripts to shooting with the iStop Motion Animation program. We provide clay, paper, toys and all sorts of items to use in the films. In post production, they will learn how to use Apple's iMovie and Garage Band programs to edit and score their animated features.  

DIGITAL FILMMAKING

Each filmmaker will participate in the film making process as part of a production team - from creating storyboards and scripts to shooting with digital still and movie cameras. In post production, they will learn how to use Apple's iMovie and Garage Band programs to edit and score their films. 

WHAT THE EXPECT DURING YOUR WEEK AT FILMMAKING CAMP

Monday and Tuesday:  Hand-on training sessions for various aspects of filmmaking (how to use the digitial camera and programs, lighting, sound, on-camera acting, storytelling, creating storyboards and scripts, editing, etc.)

Tuesday and Wednesday - Break out into production teams, create storyboard and scripts for your group film projects.  Begin filming when ready. 

Wednesday and Thursday- Continue filmming with group.

Friday - Download footage from digitial camera to iMac computer.  Footage will be edited using iMovie.  Compete final project.  Usually the projects are completed early and we invite the parents to see the films on the big screen one hour before the session ends.  Parents will receive information about this on Wednesday. 

The Let's Make Movies Film Festival - Al of the films will be screened for the public at the festival, uaually held on a Saturday morning at the end of summer/early fall.  The date and details will be announed.  On that day, each student will receive a DVD of the films completed during that week.  DVDs will be mailed to those who cannot attend the film festival. 

IN THE NEWS

See for yourself.  Click on these links to see footage of last summer's camp, film clips and interviews with the students. 

Fox 13 News -- What's Right With Tampa Bay by Kelly Ring Click here to view story

Tampa  Bay's 10 -- Cinematic Summer Camp teaches future filmmakers by David Leonard  Click here to view story

The St. Petersburg Times -- Movie Moguls in the Making by Steve Persall, Times Film Critic  Click here to view story

ABOUT THE USF INSTRUCTORS

Educator and film fan James Welsh (back for the 5th summer!) leads a talented  and enthusiastic team of professional eductors from The Florida Center for Instructional Technology (FCIT) located in the College of Education, University of South Florida. FCIT is funded by the Florida Department of Education, Office of Educational Technology, to provide leadership, instructional materials, and support services to educational institutions with regard to the integration of technology into K-12 education. The faculty members and graduate students in the USF Instructional Technology program contribute to many of the products created by FCIT.

SUMMER CAMP INFORMATION

What should your child bring?  Nothing.   We provide the all the cameras, computers and software.  We will also provide bottled water, soda and popcorn.

Drop off / Pick up Location:  Backstage door entrance on Polk Street (between Florida Ave. & Franklin St). Do not drop off your child in front of the theatre, since cars are not allowed to stop on Franklin Street.

• Three parking meters will be reserved with yellow bags and signs on Polk Street near the backstage door for quick drop off and pick up only.  If the meters are taken, please circle the block until a space becomes available.
• For directions to Tampa Theatre, click here www.tampatheatre.org/directions.php or locate on a street map (the front door/box office is at 711 N. Franklin Street, Downtown Tampa between Polk and Zack Street.  The other two major streets parallel to Franklin are Florida Avenue (1 way northbound) and Tampa Street (1 way southbound).

• A Tampa Theatre staff member will greet you with a sign in/out form on a clip board.  The person picking up your child will need to present a photo ID. 

• You may also park at a meter (bring quarters) and walk to the backstage door.   

• In consideration of your child’s safety and our nerves, please do not leave without signing out.

ESPECIALLY FOR THE FILMMAKERS

Jump Start!   To help you dive quicker into film production, lead instructor James Welch has created a fabulous website http://fcit.usf.edu/lmm with filmmaking terms, sample films.  Take note of the of the Extras page where you'll find sample script and storyboard sheets.

Name Badge:  At the beginning of every day, you will be given a name badge which must be worn at all times. We will take back the badge at the end of the session.  You get to keep your badge after the camp ends.

Production Meetings:  There will be a production meeting at the beginning and end of every session.  When you arrive, please sit in one of the first two rows of the theatre.  The meetings which will begin promptly at 9am (morning session) or 1pm (afternoon session).

"As if we needed another reason to love Tampa Theatre, now there’s the historic movie palace’s summer camp, which teaches local kids a little history and a few skills that will serve them better than basket-weaving ever could. From storyboarding to editing, (the camp) teaches budding filmmakers the gist of movie magic, putting them in groups to create roughly five-minute shorts in the space of a week. Family and friends gather at the theater for a (camp) Film Festival, cheering on their favorite budding DeMille or Hitchcock. Thanks, Tampa Theatre, for saving at least a few kids from becoming summertime video-game drones."  --  Creative Loafing

"Programs like this and the special attention which followed via the premiere, family involvement and the staff showing up on a Saturday morning to celebrate are what we need more of. It all instills so much self-esteem in to the kids and, most importantly, a love of the arts. So many kids are missing that at school."   --Patty Lipkin, parent