UCLA
Animation

Tuition includes room and meals
Grade entering in Fall 2010

Camp/Workshop Details

Our Animation Camp takes place at UCLA's world famous Animation workshop. Taught by adjunct faculty member Dug Ward the animation camp offers the camper the opportunity of doing several short animated projects that focus on story telling.

Animation is becoming more and more a part of the mainstream of our daily life. The UCLA Arts Camp in Animation offers the camper an intensive introduction into the story telling, creation and production of the traditional animation process. Taught by UCLA Faculty from the internationally acclaimed UCLA Animation Workshop, campers will learn principles and techniques of animation. The very first day of camp every camper will complete 3 animation exercises as a prelude to the learning experience of pre-production, production and completion of a short animated film of their own design. Projects will screen on Friday during the work in progress certificate ceremony. The first of its kind at any major University, campers will be immersed in animation and creative fun from morning till night and leave the camp with a greater appreciation of animation while feeling like a professional animator. And the best thing about it is that you don't have to be an artist to be a UCLA Arts Camp animator. The only thing necessary is a willingness to have creative fun!

The final screening of the projects to the audience last year was an amazing screening as family and friends went away amazed at how much was accomplished in terms of animated characters and stories within the animation week. The best thing about this camp is that you don't have to know how to draw to succeed in the animation process. One of the most creative experiences that the UCLA Arts Camp offers, the Animation Camp for 2009 will fill up quickly with its limited enrollment so register early.

Earn College Credit this summer!

Directors and Faculty

Doug Ward

Adjunct Assistant Professor
Workshop Head

Location Information

The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) is the only university in the country where the study of theater, film, television and digital media is integrated within a single professional school.

The Department of Film, Television and Digital Media offers a wide range of courses for undergraduates in the study of three areas of moving images: Critical Studies, including the history, theory and aesthetics of both film and television; Production/Directing, including film, television (studio and field), digital, experimental and animation; and the film and television disciplines, including writing, producing, cinematography, sound recording and editing.

At the graduate level, there are five areas of concentration: Critical Studies, which offers film and television history and theory; aesthetics and popular culture, films from diverse genres and extensive national cinemas; Production/Directing, which trains students in all aspects of directing narrative fiction, documentaries and/or experimental film, emphasizing the aesthetic components; Screenwriting, in which the elements of character, dialogue, story and tone are explored; Animation, in which students are trained to create an individual style and voice; and the Producers Program, in which students learn the business and art of making films and television programs.

At UCLA's Department of Theater, we believe that great theater programs must prepare and train students for careers in all contemporary and emerging entertainment forms -- including live theater, film, television, video, themed entertainment, interactive gaming, and more. Our students live in a world that is interactive, collaborative, and fueled by their passion for our art form -- one that encompasses the many forms of professional practice as well as the theoretical exploration of current and emerging entertainment forms.

Igniting our students' talent and passion to achieve success is our goal. That is why students work with a distinguished faculty composed of professional and creative artists who have excelled in their fields. UCLA Theater has some of the most distinguished faculty and visiting artists in the world, among them Mel Shapiro, Annette Bening, Anthony Hopkins, Larry Moss, Neil Jampolis, Deborah Scott and Jerry Katzman. With this professional training, students are following in the footsteps of such illustrious alumni as Francis Ford Coppola, Tim Robbins, James Dean, Carol Burnett, Susan Egan, Jack Black, Ben Stiller and many others.

TFT's extraordinary undergraduate and graduate students are drawn from an admissions pool of the finest students from around the world, and enjoy participation in small classes with faculty members who themselves are accomplished artists and industry leaders.

We invite you to explore our US Performing Arts Camps web site further where you can register online for any of the ucla summer programs offered to high school students.

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If you have questions or need help registering, please call 888-497-3553

Dates, Directors, and Faculty subject to change without notice. The faculty is comprised of college professors representing their schools and professional industry artists. Images are of USPA programs, but may not represent actual program or location. Photos by Tito Deverya (UCLA TFT), and Lauren di Matteo.

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