Animation Camp (Summer)

Registration for summer 2026 is open.

Animation Summer Camp 2026

Time: 9:00 AM–3:00 PM
Session Length: Two weeks
Classes Offered: 3
Size: 9 Students Max
*Camp will be closed August 3–7, 2026

$2000
*Register by February 15 to lock in last year’s rate. Price after February 15, $2100.

Scholarships are available for participants with financial need. Scholarships are limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here to apply now.

Camp and Course Policies at the Lab

JULY 6—JULY 17

ENTERING GRADES 4–6 IN FALL 2026

JULY 20—JULY 31

ENTERING GRADES 10–12 IN FALL 2026

AUGUST 10—AUGUST 21

ENTERING GRADES 7–9 IN FALL 2026

IF YOU CAN DREAM IT, YOU CAN DO IT. Campers will use state-of-the-art stop-motion software Dragonframe and Canon DSLR cameras to bring their wildest ideas to life, practice essential techniques, watch and dissect amazing shorts from groundbreaking artists, and channel their creativity through animation.

By engaging in short skill-building challenges, campers will bolster their animating abilities as they experiment with various materials like clay, cut paper, found objects, and even themselves! By the end, campers will apply their new knowledge to craft their own stories and create an animated scene as their capstone project.

Filmmaking and animating skills emphasized in this course include:

• composition, framing, and shot types
• storyboarding
• achieving basic camera movements in animation
• timing actions: frames per second, slow-in, slow-out, exaggeration, secondary action
• use of sound effects/scoring
• screen work at the JBFC Theater

Technology Utilized:

• Dragonframe Animation Software
• Canon DSLR Cameras
• Various Portable Lighting Set-ups
• Stop Motion Studio Pro Animation Software
• iPads
• Tripods
• Mac Computers

CampDoc

We are excited to partner with CampDoc, a third party program we use to collect and consolidate student registration information in order to streamline the registration process, and enhance the parent and guardian experience while your child is participating in our program(s). CampDoc gives parents and guardians full access to their own participant portal which they can log into at any time to view course details and information, and previously submitted documents.

Once a course has been purchased on the JBFC website, an email from CampDoc will follow within a few days with instructions on how to create a CampDoc account (if you do not have one already) and submit additional required registration information, such as an updated immunization record, a list of allergies, names of individuals who are authorized to pick your child up, doctor and insurance information, etc., and the deadlines by which this information must be received. We look forward to seeing your child this year.