Spring '10 Course Descriptions: 4-9 Years
Lights, Camera, Action
KidToons
First Take
Seeing Stories
A Taste of Animation
Special Effects and Make Up
Lights, Camera, Action
8–9 years
6 sessions
An all-access pass to the Media Arts Lab. Every week you’ll produce a mini-project in each space of this state-of-the-art facility!
• Create green-screen special effects in the Sound Stage
• Record dialogue in the Recording Studio
• Act in a short film
• Shoot and edit footage
• Animate scenes using stop motion
• Class size: 8
6 Mondays, Feb. 1–March 15 (no class Feb. 15)
4:00–5:30 pm
C20SP10A
$220/$198 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Also offered for older students.
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8
KidToons
8–9 years
12 sessions
If you can imagine it, you can make it happen in the Lab’s Animation Studio!
• Create stop-motion animated films using clay, paper, sand, and other materials
• Invent your own characters and creatures, and bring them to life
• Record voiceovers in the Recording Studio, choose sound effects, and even compose original music using GarageBand
• Star in a live-action stop-motion film
• Class size: 9
12 Wednesdays, Feb. 3–May 5 (no class Feb. 17 & March 31)
4:00–5:30 pm
C21SP10A
$430/$387 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
4 sessions, Feb. 16–19 • 9:00 am–4:00 pm - VACATION CAMP
C21SP10B
$500/$450 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Alos offered for older students.
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8
First Take
8–9 years
12 sessions
The first step in becoming a filmmaker.
• Experience the entire production process from storyboarding and screenwriting to directing, acting, and editing
• The class becomes a collaborative production team, learning and working together
• For anyone who’s ever dreamed of making a movie
• Class size: 8
12 Fridays, Feb. 5–May 7 (no class Feb. 19 & April 2)
4:00–5:30 pm
C03SP10A
$430/$387 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
5 sessions, March 29–April 2 • 9:00 am–4:00 pm - VACATION CAMP
C03SP10B
$600/$540 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Also offered for older students.
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8
Seeing Stories
4–5 years & 6–7 years
1 session
Young children listen to stories from around the world and use their imaginations to create, tell, and act out their own tales.
• Short animated movies and activities both in front of and behind the camera round out the rich experience
• Noted storyteller/author Bill Gordh is the guide on this dynamic, interactive journey
• Class size: 12
4–5 YEARS
Saturday, March 13 • 10:00–11:30 am
C01SP10A
$20/$18 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
6–7 YEARS
Saturday, April 10 • 10 am–noon
C01SP10B
$20/$18 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8
A Taste of Animation
4–5 years, 6–7 years, 8–9 years
1 session
Students bring characters, places, and stories to life through the magic of animation.
• Create stop-motion animated films using clay, paper, sand and other fun materials
• Invent original characters and creatures, and bring them to life
• Class size: 9
4–5 YEARS
Saturday, March 20 • 10:00–11:30 am
C02SP10C
$20/$18 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
6–7 YEARS
Saturday, March 6 • 10:00 am–noon
C02SP10B
$30/$27 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
8–9 YEARS
Saturday, Feb. 27 • 10:00 am–noon
C02SP10A
$30/$27 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Also offered for families.
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8
Special Effects and Make-Up
8–9 years
1 session
Smoke and mirrors, blood and beauty!
• Learn how to create fake wounds
• Invent characters and creatures
• Use the green screen and the Sound Stage to create magical illusions
• Class size: 12
Saturday, April 24 • 9:30 am–12:30 pm
C14SP10A
$40/$36 (JBFC members, Family level and above)
Also offered for older students.
Registration Form (pdf)
More Info: 914.773.7663 ext. 8