Location: Water Street Studio | 121 East Water Street, Charlottesville, VA, 22902

Description:

Please note there is no class on Friday June 19th.

Stop motion is an animation technique where objects like clay models or dolls are brought to life frame by frame, used in movies like Fantastic Mr. Fox and The Nightmare Before Christmas. If your student loves building and sculpting and wants to create their own world, this is the workshop for them!

Students learn how to design miniature sets, create characters, record audio, and use editing to bring their stories to life. Each small group will complete a short animated film over the course of the week, then we'll watch them together on the big screen!

The Light House film Start Your Engines, created in the 2025 MovieMakers: Stop Motion workshop, was a Stop Motion Finalist at the New York Short Animation Festival!

Tuition assistance is available for all Light House workshops. To apply, fill out the Tuition Assistance application and wait for a response from our staff with further instructions.

Price: $391.00 Taxes waived

Required age: 8 - 11 years old on the day of the activity

Notes: This is a four-day workshop; Light House Studio is closed Friday June 19th for Juneteenth. The screening for this workshop will be on Thursday, June 18th.

Tags: Elementary MovieMakers Summer Film Academy

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