Stamford

Summer 2026

Special FX Film Lab

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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 sent out 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

  • For students ages 8-10 years old in 3rd, 4th, and 5th grades.
  • Dates: MON 7/27/2026 to FRI 7/31/2026, 9AM-12PM     Fee: 295

Filmmaking/Acting Workshop

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Learn the process of making good films, fast. Work with professional filmmakers and build the filmmaking instincts needed to direct, capture the right footage, act truthfully in scenes, and run a set. Professional filmmakers will help you experience the moviemaking process from script writing through pre-production and filming. Everyone will develop scripts, use professional filmmaking equipment, learn Acting and Directing techniques and work in each of the main crew positions, including Director, 1st AD (Assistant Director), DP (Director of Photography), Gaffer (lighting) and Sound, while making movies 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 7/27/2026 to FRI 7/31/2026, 12:30PM-3:30PM     Fees: $325