RTF Camps

the university of texas at austin
RTFMEDIACAMPS
in FILM and VISUAL EFFECTS

The Department of Radio-Television-Film offers summer media camps in filmmaking and post-production special effects for 7th through 12th graders. Camps take place in Austin, Texas on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, in the same building where the "Austin City Limits" television special is filmed. Campers work with RTF faculty and RTF equipment to produce a short film project.

DO WE PROVIDE LODGING?
No. This camp is run as a commuter camp. Lodging is not provided in the RTF Media Camps. While some participants do come from out of town, most are from the Central Texas/Austin area. In the past, high school-aged campers have stayed at local hotels, but always at the discression of their parents. In other cases, out of town campers stay with local family or with family members who have traveled to Austin for the week of the camp session.

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FILM CAMP: FILMMAKER FACE OFF
This filmmaking camps offer sessions for 7th-9th graders and 10th-12th graders. Each camp is designed to challenge beginning filmmakers and prepare students who are serious about filmmaking for college-level film production work. The one-week long, all-day intensive workshop-structure gives students the opportunity to focus on various aspects of the filmmaking process. In this camp students will:

* work in a groups of up to 5 students
* as part of your group, create a film project from scratch
* contribute as director, cinematographer, sound operator, writer, or actor
* receive a copy of each group's finished product

NOTE: THE DIFFERENT CAMP SESSIONS DO NOT BUILD OFF ONE ANOTHER BUT RATHER ARE OFFERED AT MULTIPLE TIMES TO ASSURE A LOW CAMPER-TO-INSTRUCTOR RATIO (15:1).

Digital post production skills are used in film, video, online and games. This hands on camp session for 7th-12th graders covers rotoscoping, green screen, 3D, particle explosions, time warps, animated typography, and many more techniques. Photoshop image manipulation basic and advanced. Flash animation, onion skinning, tweening. Adobe After Effects compositing software. You do not need to be good at drawing to make amazing special effects! This camp's only session meets Monday-Thursday, July 20-30, 9am-1pm.

Regardless of skill level, all students who participate should be able to work well in groups and accept feedback from both their peers and the camp instructor. Film camp participants are responsible for bringing their own lunch or money to purchase lunch on campus. All lunches unless otheriwse arranged will be supervised by camp staff. No scholarships are available at this time. LODGING: The RTF Media Camps DO NOT provide lodging. Camp dates are subject to change as the number of registrations vary. Campers will be notified in the event of any scheduling changes.