Special Events

Sci-fi flick is KAFI adult attraction. Heralded applications of the art of animation to adult entertainment were featured at KAFI’s “Midnight at the Movies” series at the Kalamazoo Valley Museum Mary Jane Stryker Theater on March 25, 2006. The opening attraction was “Heavy Metal” the science-fiction adventure of good against evil, by Gerald Potterton and Jimmy T. Murakami. Attendees both young and old enjoyed the 1981 award winning film for Best Sci-fi Animation at two showings, 10:30pm and again at midnight.

KAFI Academy- KAFI has done it again! A unique series of summer hands-on workshops for budding animation, gaming and design students kicked off on June 13th, 2006. Middle and high school students were provided with first hand experience and knowledge to create and develop animation projects in stop-motion and gaming concepts.

In Animation-I workshop, middle school students were introduced to story boarding, making a cartoon with a paper puppet and bringing it to life using iStopmotion.

Animation-II workshop for middle and high school students, provided the basic concepts of animation but this time using Adobe Photoshop and Macromedia Flash. Students brought their story ideas, eagerness to learn and their quest to concur their animation fix, then transformed all of it into an animated film.

Video Game Design workshop was at the high school level. This class gave budding video game designers a real look at what it takes to put together a game. From an original idea, to animating, to preparing a marketing plan, all aspects were covered. Students were also introduced to various software programs and techniques to help develop and process their game ideas.

KAFI Academy will return in the Summer of 2007 with even more workshops and classes. Check out our NEWS link for updates.