Workshops
Live 2:45
Cue presenters, cue sound, ON AIR! Your chance to experience the Summerscreen TV studio in Oxford's Westgate Shopping Centre as we go live 2.45 with a daily rap and chat show. Sign up to be a presenter, camera op or floor manager or take to the streets with the BBC crews to find the latest action.
Ages 14 - 18
Mon 20th July - Fri 24th
10.30am - 3.30pm
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Latest News! Latest News!
Be a roving reporter as part of the Summerscreen News Crews. Script, shoot, present, edit and upload news each day from around the festival.
Open to all media students and young people with filming experience!
Ages 16 - 19
Fri 17th July - Fri 24th July
Both activities free but booking essential through the Festival website as places are limited
Download a booking form today
Flash Street Kids
Crash! Bang! Wallop!
Design, draw and bring to life your crazy cartoons using Flash and then take them home to show your friends!
Mon 20th July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Ages 8 – 14
Cost £15
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AniMotion
Create sets, backdrops and characters, using plasticine, paint and paper. Pull it all together with Stop Motion animation to produce your own epic masterpiece. (2 day workshop).
Tues 21st July + Wed 22nd July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Age: 8 – 14
Cost £30 for 2 days
FULLY BOOKED
Studio Special FX
Learn some of the tricks of the trade from programmes like TRAPPED and act in your own special effects fantasy. Bring fancy dress!!
Thurs 23rd July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Age: 8 – 14
Cost: £15
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Start from Scratch
Using mad puzzles and weird sound effects create your own computer adventure game using free downloadable Scratch software.
Information 07827 510509
Fri 24th July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Ages 8 – 14
Cost £15
FULLY BOOKED
All above workshops are at OFVM Film Oxford, 54 Catherine Street, East Oxford OX4 3AH.
Materials provided but please bring a packed lunch. CONCESSIONS AVAILABLE FOR FAMILIES ON LOW INCOME
Information 01865 244274
OFVM film oxford is Oxford’s centre for film and digital media offering a programme of training, support for productions and regular screening and networking events. To find out more about the centre and to join our mailing list go to www.ofvm.org or phone 01865 792731.
Movies, Music, Magic!
Get creative with a weekend of filmmaking, music, animation and fun at Fusion Arts! Design the storyboard, prepare the props, shoot the film and create the soundtrack over an intense 2 days. Then catch the film at the end of the week on the Big Screen!
Fusion Arts Centre, East Oxford
Saturday 18th + Sunday 19th July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Ages 11 – 16
Cost £10
Information and booking telephone 01865 245735 or info@fusion-arts.org
Fusion Arts is Oxford’s community Arts Centre in the heart of
East Oxford providing a safe and relaxed environment for local
people to create and socialize!
For details of all activities www.fusion-arts.org
flawjam - urban dance
Break a sweat and create a fresh set for the cinema showcase at the end of the week. Join top Oxford Crews Flaw R*tists and Messy Jam to develop new routines for the Summerscreen commissioned urban dance ‘docu’ – bringing together the latest in breakdance, freestyle, hip hop and acrobatics!
Mon 20th – Thurs 23rd July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Ages 12 – 18
Cost £10
Download a booking form today
Information 07827 510509
Flaw R*tists specialize in breakdance, locking and popping and acrobatics.
For more information: www.flawrtists.com Messy Jam dance troupe are based in Barton and run classes for all ages throughout the year.
For more information: www.myspace.com/messyjam
Mega Car-Toon
Animation Station, Exeter Hall, Kidlington
Take animation one stage further with these fun and funky workshops. Create your car – themed characters, build the storyboard and then bring it all to life on screen over 2 days.
Thur 23rd July + Fri 24th July
10.00am – 4.00pm
Age: 11 – 16
Cost £20 for two days
Contact Nichola Marsh at Kidlington Parish Council for booking information on 01865 372143
Exeter Hall, Oxford Road, Kidlington Oxon OX5 1AB
Futurama
Map Movie in Oxford
Exploring ideas about life in the future using real time film, green screen and experimental animation techniques.
Mon 20th + Tues 21st July 2009
10.00am – 4.30pm
Ages 17 – 19
Union Street Centre for Young People, Union Street,
Oxford OX4 1JP
Activity only open to current MAP members - for more information contact
Nicola Armitage 01865 246969
MAP is a county wide Multi Arts Programme, providing accredited learning through the arts in an informal environment for young people aged 13 – 25, as part of Oxfordshire County Council Youth Support Services.
Stop Motion Blockbuster
John Mason School, Abingdon
Direct your very own film with a cast of clay miniatures in this 2 day workshop! Design the sets, create the costumes, build the characters, shoot the action and record the audio. Edit it all together to create the summer blockbuster we’ve all been waiting for.
Tues 21st July + Wed 22nd July
10.30am – 3. 30pm
Ages 10 – 14
Cost £20 for 2 days inclusive of all materials and equipment
Game Lab with Scratch
John Mason School, Abingdon
Create your own computer game and share it with your friends. Get to grips with ‘Scratch’ the free programming tool from those ubergeeks at Media Lab M.I.T!
Thur 23rd July 10.30am – 3.30pm
Ages 11 – 15
Cost £10
Information and bookings contact Karen Duval on 01235 466049
email: karenDuval@johnmason.oxon.sch.uk
John Mason School in Abingdon is a Specialist Visual Arts and Music School developing new opportunities for young people in film, animation, and new media.