Learn to Animate with a veteran Disney Animator!

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We are pleased to inform you about our satellite Animation School in downtown Crown Point, Indiana!   

Disney Veteran Greg Manwaring (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0544337/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ) personally conducts the classes, teaching the same hand-drawn (2D) curriculum that he developed (over  3 years)  for his students at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California.a

Classe size at the Tinseltown Animation School is limited to 10 students per course so that there is in-depth one-on-one training with Mr. Manwaring.  A second group of 10 will be set up as needed. 

The class instructions include:

     -  Beginner level: The Essential Basics of Animation    

                  Learning the 12 core principles of animation, while improving your basic  

                  drawing skills and design sense.  Making things move!

     -  Intermediate level:  Skill Development

                  Learning to Act, design characters, giving weight to characters, defying

                  gravity, understanding physics with character locomotion. Giving life to

                  characters!

     -  Advanced level:  Concepts and Skills

                   Acting exercises with characters (one, two, multiple). Getting real world  

                   skills that can get you hired.

Students are individually mentored and work at their own comfortable pace.  There is no time pressure placed on the student which might hinder their ability to absorb and utilize the skills they are learning.

To be clear, after completing the three areas of study listed above our Tinseltown Animation School students will NOT receive any sort of educational 'Degree', as they would expect after completing 4 years of study at a major university (where they will have spent between $120,000 - $300,000).  

What they WILL get from Mr. Manwaring's instruction are a special set of skills that will allow them to pursue creating their own films/shows, and/or to have a solid chance of getting their 'foot in the door' on a major film or television production.  At the end of the day, NO ONE will get a job in the Animation industry because they possess an 'Animation Degree' - you are either competent or not - and your work will speak for itself!

The Classes will run all year long and mostly be in-person.  Some classes may need to be held via zoom based on illness, business and/or private travel of Mr. Manwaring, and will not affect their learning.

Where and When:

Classes are being held in Crown Point, Indiana at 115 S. Court Street (CP  Coworking offices) on Mondays and Wednesdays from 5:30pm - 8:30pm (central time). 

NEW!!!  ONLINE CLASSES!!  

After many requests I will now be accepting online students!  These classes will be held on Tuesdays at 5 pm - 8 pm (central time).

Note: Students are free to eat and drink during my instruction (for those worried about missing dinner!)

Cost of Tuition: 

$500 per month (8 classes).  This includes personal instruction (Monday and Wednesday) AND occasional extra bonus lessons from other industry leaders (Wednesdays only).

$300 per month (4 classes).  This includes personal instruction (Monday only).

$300 per month (4 classes) for the Online class.

[Cost Comparison: $5,000 per Month is the average cost at big name schools like CalArts, USC, Savannah, and Otis] 

Equipment Rental:

$8 per class (2 wacom enabled 15.6" laptops with pens and animation software)

$6 per class (1 monitor 22" with connectors for your laptop/ipad)

For further information, or to apply, Contact us by clicking the "contact us" button below or write to tinseltownanimationschool@gmail.com or text (323) 456-3924