UCLA - Computer Animation

Week 1:	July 12 - July 24, 2009
Grades:	9 - 12 (Entering in Fall 2009)
Tuition:	$2500 (Includes room and meals)

Details

At the heart of any great animated movie is a story. The great storytellers of animation, beginning with Disney, used simple pen and paper. With the advent of the computer, the animator now has another tool to use in telling a story. Based upon the precepts of traditional animation, the 2009 UCLA Arts Camp Computer Animation Workshop will allow the animator artist to reach and explore constantly growing heights in animated creative expression. Using 2D animation the workshop will also introduce the artist to 3D animation in storytelling. It will show the participant through development of short narratives how this animation moves from hand drawn, stop motion, pixilation, and other techniques of creating special effects under the camera to achieve their imaginative story. The enrollment in this workshop is limited so early enrollment is required. Preference is given to those participants who have taken the UCLA Arts Camp Animation Workshop.

Prerequisite: UCLA Arts Camp Animation or equivalent knowledge of cell animation.

* Additional Information

Students check-in between 1pm and 2:30pm on the first day of camp.
Flights should arrive into Los Angeles International (LAX) on the first day of camp between 10am and 12pm.
Flights should depart from Los Angeles International (LAX) on the day after camp ends (Saturday) between 9am and 12pm. There will be an additional $100 fee for the overnight stay.
Airport transportation is available to and from Los Angeles International (LAX) for $30 each way.

College Credit Information

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Program Directors

Lynn Okimura, Program Director
The Animation Department of UCLA's School of Theater, Film, and Television is world renowned. The UCLA Arts camp is excited to add to its roster faculty member, Assistant Professor of Interactive Animation, Lynn Okimura. As are many members of the professional community she is an alumnus of TFT where she garnered multiple awards including the industry selected Spotlight Award in Animation. Before returning to UCLA to teach, Lynn's creative work was in flash and 2D animation for mobile content and music videos, as well as other mediums, including Disney TV Animation, and Interactive and software companies. Her passion for young people is very strong as she created and instructed an animation course and curriculum for youth through the nationally recognized STAR INC., nonprofit organization. That curriculum has burgeoned into the staple of their after school enrichment program reaching students of all economic backgrounds. She is always working on something and her independent projects have garnered awards and have shown at film festivals throughout the world including The Hawaii International Film Festival, The San Diego Asian American Film Festival, The Los Angeles Visual Communication Film Festival, Seattle's Bumbershoot Arts Festival, and New York's Animation Block Party. We are excited to have Lynn Okimura carry on the excellence of our summer animation program established by Dug Ward of our Animation Workshop.

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Location Information

UCLA is one of America's most prestigious universities, and their theater department is rated number one in North America. Bordered on the north by protected wilderness and on the south by Westwood Village, UCLA has long been known as an entertainment magnet for the entire Los Angeles area. Selected for their artistic and professional achievements, UCLA 's exceptional faculty from the School of Theater, Film and Television lead these inspiring workshops.

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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