Greenwich
Summer 2026
Special FX Filmmaking
Learn filmmaking by doing. For the up-and-coming filmmaker in the family. Learn key tools to tell your stories, along with awesome in-camera special effects! We cover cutting on action, teleportation, levitation, walking through walls, and more! Learn the art of shot choice, camera angles, believable dialogue, brisk plotting, and set design. Tell your story, one frame at a time. Filmmakers Ink instructors will help you collaborate with your filmmaking tribe to develop an idea for a film, then, write, produce, shoot, act, and direct a 5-7 minute movie using Special FX!
Note: Download link for Camp Films delivered at the end of summer
“I learned how not to over-act or be obvious. Now I know how to focus the camera. I never knew that before. Before we only made silly goofy movies. Now I know how to tell a story in a movie. I like it a lot better.”-Mason
“We loved loved loved the movies!! Thanks for an awesome experience!!”- Megan, parent
- For students ages 8-10 years old in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
- Dates: MON 06/22/2026 to FRI 06/26/2026, 9AM-12PM Fee: $395
Filmmaking/Acting Workshop
Learn the process of making good films, fast. Build the filmmaking instincts needed to write, direct, and capture your story. • Develop a screenplay • Storyboarding • Cinematography • Directing and Acting; Learn how to effectively tell visual stories on the page and screen. Learn professional Acting exercises from an Actor Coach for Hollywood movies. Experience the moviemaking process. All students will develop scripts and make a short film together.
Note: Download link for camp films sent out at the end of summer
‘Last year I did an iMovie class at a different camp. They broke us into groups of four but we didn’t learn anything new, they just answered questions when we were editing.
At Filmmakers Ink, I learned how to use the camera. Different shots, camera movement, planning. How to focus. How to come up with and develop ideas, and figure out what wasn’t working and how to fix it.” – Nick
- For students ages 11 – 14 years old
- Dates: MON 06/22/2026 to FRI 06/26/2026, 9AM-3:00PM Fee: $750
Acting Workshop
Step on the film set and get professional on-the-job acting coaching from Patrick McCullough, coach on Atomic Blonde, and with Adrien Brody on the Houdini series. Early in the week you’ll perform professional acting exercises based on the Meisner Technique, designed to sharpen listening skills and help you learn to live truthfully within your scenes. Later in the week you’ll get plenty of on-camera experience as you work with a crew of movie-makers from our full day workshop.
- For students ages 11 – 14 years old
- Dates: MON 06/22/2026 to FRI 06/26/2026, 12:30PM-3:00PM Fee: $495 (Feel free to drop off your child at 12 noon to have lunch with the other movie makers, and potentially start filming earlier as the week progresses)