Teaching Special Effects Class

I was right.  What was supposed to be a short show run at Bankstreet School for Children has turned into a long show run, and then getting into all of the other shows that were happening at the end of the school year. After the Wizard of Oz, there was A Midsummer Night's Dream (with 5th graders!) and a series of student-written history plays, and a slew of concerts.  Lots of design time spent on the train, delivering them much more intricate work than they would normally have received.

On one of the last days of the semester, someone came up to me an said "You have worked in film, right?  You did really well with the kids here...want to teach a class in film special effects to our summer camp?  It starts next week."

This has been an exhausting but rewarding school semester, and looks like it will continue on just a little longer. Two hour commute into NYC is getting to me and I need a break, but we're leaving for vacation soon, so here we go! Speaking of breaks, this is how I spend my lunch - doing demos for class...

-brian