Claymation Camp
- Recommended Grades: 4-8
- Number of Students: Up to 30
- Contact Hours: 12+
- Lesson Plan Sample PDF
What do Wallace and Gromit, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and James and the Giant Peach all have in common? They're claymation characters who have captivated the world with the magical realities they bring to life! Tap into the incredible practice of stop-motion film production and learn the technique from the ground up. Claymation Camp contains everything students need to create their own, individual movies, including top-quality clay, fun-to-use software, adorable cameras and amazing curriculum that turns anyone into a filmmaker.
Through cumulative daily projects, teamwork, technological literacy and a little bit of movie-making magic, you're sure to win awards at the film festival held the last day of camp!
The Claymation Camp includes all of the curriculum and materials needed for summer camps, after-school environments, and classroom enrichment time.
Recommended Settings:
- Summer camps
- Elementary classrooms
- After-school programs
- Homeschool environments
Materials Included:
The camp comes with an Instructor Guide, 30 printed sets of student pages and all the supplies needed for 12 lessons:
- 4-oz bars of assorted color Claytoon clay (24)
- Bendy bones (96)
- Modeling tools (5)
- Clay knife
- Wiggly eyes (500)
- Sculpture wire (32 ft)
- Wire cutter (1)
- #2 pencils (12)
- HUE HD cameras with mics (5)
- HUE Animation Studio software licenses (5)
- The HUE Book of Animation (5)
Curriculum Topics:
- DAY 1 - Introduction to Stop-Motion Animation
- DAY 2 - Interact with Clay
- DAY 3 - Cartoon Physics
- DAY 4 - Audio Effects‚
- DAY 5 - Clay Characters
- DAY 6 - Storyboard
- DAY 7 - Film
- DAY 8 - Review and Edit
- DAY 9 - Smooth Motion
- DAY 10 - Lighting and Camera Angle
- DAY 11 - Post-Production
- DAY 12 - Film Viewing Party
Tech requirements:
HUE Animation Studio software is available for desktops or laptops running Windows 7, XP or later or macOS 10.5/Leopard through 10.14/Mojave
IMPORTANT: HUE Animation Studio is not compatible with Chromebooks, or with macOS 10.15/Catalina or later.
To run HUE Animation Studio, you will need:
- 512GB+ RAM, 1 GB recommended
- 350MB hard disk space
- Compatible processor: 1.4GHz+ for PCs or an Intel processor for Macs
Note: Due to production time, this item typically ships 2-3 weeks after receipt of the order. During peak season, April-June, lead time is around 6 weeks. Please plan and order accordingly.
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