Creative Filmmaking (Grades 2-6) Fridays

  • Film & TV
71 E 94th St, New York, NY 10128, USA
Sep 08 2025
Jan 30 2026
Cost (Single Day Drop-in $45.00)
$700.00
  1. Fri2:30 - 5:30 pm

Description

Creative Filmmaking

Provided by an external vendor, CinemaKidz

 

Course Overview:

Lights, Camera, Action! Become a Director, Actor, Cinematographer, and Editor!

Utilizing professional equipment and technology, kids will work together and learn how to use cameras, audio equipment, and editing software, while creating completely original video projects. Kids will get creative as they try their hand at various special effects techniques: building props, combining claymation and live-action video, experimenting with the potential of green screens, practicing various camera tricks, utilizing stock videos, video filters, and much more! Participants will learn how to make movies from start to finish as they plan, write, film, act in, and edit an original project together. They plan, write, film, act in, and edit an original project together.

Please Note: This course is nonrefundable after 09/19/2025.

Program Schedule:

  • Students have a supervised snack period in the HCCS cafeteria from 2:20pm to 2:45pm.
  • Instructional sessions are scheduled from 2:45pm to 4:00pm, followed by a brief transition period for students from 4:00pm to 4:15pm.
  • After classes and transitioning, students can participate in various engaging after-school activities from 4:15pm to 5:30pm.
  • Options include joining student clubs, studying in the HCES library (for grades 2-6) or attending storytelling sessions (for grades K-1), and having free play in the cafeteria or courtyard. [Details about these activities, including club descriptions, schedules, and sign-up information, will be shared during the first week of school.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class dates

09/12/2025, 09/19/2025, 09/26/2025, 10/10/2025, 10/17/2025, 10/24/2025, 10/31/2025, 11/14/2025, 11/21/2025, 12/05/2025, 12/12/2025, 12/19/2025, 01/09/2026, 01/16/2026, 01/23/2026, 01/30/2026

Restrictions

Participants must be entering grades 2 to 6.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 8

Maximum: 12

Registration period

Registration starts on 06/04/2025 and ends on 01/30/2026.

In-person location

71 E 94th St, New York, NY 10128, USA

Room: 110

Registration