Beginning Stop Motion

Cost
$425 members | $500 non-members
Date
Every Sun, Mar 17–May 5 | 1:30–4pm
Exception: No class on Apr 21.
Year
2019
Location
Learning Center
Ages
Grades 3–5

Walt’s journey into the field of animation began with the stop motion method. Before he started producing his own Laugh-O-gram shorts, he worked for the Kansas City Film Ad Company, where he produced stop motion commercials using a cutouts (featured in gallery 1).  Join us for this eight-week course and learn to make your own stop motion animation using jointed puppets. Explore the stop motion process from puppet-building to filming your own animated short.

All materials will be provided for students by the instructor. 

Scholarship Opportunities

To ensure that all students have the opportunity to take advantage of classes at The Walt Disney Family Museum, we are pleased to offer scholarships for qualified families. Here’s how to apply:

• Send an email to studio@wdfmuseum.org with the subject line “Scholarship Information.”

• Please include your name, the student’s name and age, the class you are interested in. 

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