A BALTIMORE TOY STORY: STOP MOTION ANIMATION
Ages 16-29
Summer 2020, Online
What if the objects in your home came to life? How would they move? How would they sound? What stories might they tell? In this distance learning animation workshop, student fellows will bring their most imaginative childhood (and adulthood!) dreams to life. Working with anything from toys to kitchen utensils to a desk lamp, and creating figures with pipe cleaners, clay, yarn, or paper, fellows will animate the inanimate and discover the secret lives of “toys” all around them. They’ll learn to create smooth stop motion animation, and add music, voice over, or both. Their animations might be the next Kubo or Toy Story in the making. Working from home gives fellows the opportunity to develop their projects every day, not just on instruction days. To participate, fellows must have a passion for the process of animation. They should expect to spend at least four hours per week on the workshop, often working independently. They’ll meet weekly with the group via Zoom, and upload material at regular intervals to an online platform. Their animations will be shared at a virtual exhibition and on the program website. Limited to 8 student fellows.
Alfonzer Harvin is a graduate of the Screenwriting and Animation program (SWAN) at Morgan State University. He is Media Specialist and Web Designer at NorthBay Education Inc., and has created animations for Comcast and the Baltimore Parking Authority. He is skilled in all phases of production, and believes that knowledge is all we need to change the world.
William Wagner is a Johns Hopkins University undergraduate studying applied mathematics, environmental studies, and visual art. They are a program assistant for Baltimore Youth Film Arts.
