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Tell your own stories in animation and music with these ready-to-use workshop resources.
We made a 10-second short using cut-out character models of Aileen and Watson. It’s called Fetch! – you can watch it here, but more importantly you can make your own film using these resource packs.
The animation workshop is designed for 8 to 13 year-olds (P4 to S1 in Scotland). It takes you through, step by step, the process of making a short animated film using cut-out characters. Illustrations throughout show Binary Fable making Fetch! using the techniques described. No expensive equipment is needed: the workshop can be completed using a mobile phone camera and free software. The focus is on using animation for creative storytelling.
The first half (time needed: about 2.5 hours) takes you through the preparation needed to make an animation. It includes story outlines, storyboards, characters, backgrounds, props, and planning.
The second half (time needed: about 2.5 hours) shows you how to make an animation. It describes helpful animation principles and shows how to set up your camera, how to animate, and how to edit the photos into a completed film.
All the materials needed for the animation workshop can be found in the materials resources pack. Cut-out character models of Aileen and Watson, blank storyboard panels, and blank planning sheets are provided. So, what’s stopping you? Get animating now!
When we showed Fetch! to the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, the first thing they did was add a soundtrack. I think you’ll agree that the film is much better with music added (and the silent-movie music by Kevin MacLeod is a perfect match):
The SCO have produced a fully-resourced soundtrack composition workshop pack. The workshop will take about three hours. It includes hints and tips from composer Alexis Bennett and sound designer Stephen Gilmour. It also has detailed tutorials about recording a soundtrack and adding the soundtrack to your animation.
The resource pack tells you everything you need to know to create an entry for the SCO’s soundtrack competition. So, make music and be creative!
Note to teachers: storytelling using animation and music is cross-curricular. Art, music, english and ICT are all involved, and the workshops support story writing and collaboration. They also involve an appropriate level of challenge and risk for pupils.
The Lost Book is an animated web series where you wrote the plot.
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