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As the day winds to a close we had outside with Jess, to experiment popping a water balloon in slow motion like the Slo-Mo Guys while filming with a high speed camera. Jess is much more verbal and independent than some of the other guys visiting the centre and is, in fact doing a media […]

We all sit around the table and roll the plasticine around and start to shape and squeeze. There is some shouting, some disconcerting cries of “Cat-Bear!”, there’s laughter but mostly there’s silence, a good silence. We are, after all, creating stuff, slowly, words aren’t necessary in such a process – Jeremy Routledge, CTS Project Leader

During our last workshop at Stalkcombe we set up a live green-screen set which allowed the residents to film themselves in front of an image of their choosing here are the results! (No sound this time)

To get warmed up we would get the participants to pick their favourite colour that they would like to use and then their favourite animal or character that they would like to make. This generally worked quite well as it was not overloading information or giving too much pressure on what to make. We would […]

Danni’s finished animation featuring horses

Two elephants, William and George, having a bath. A finished animation from the first workshop at Stalcombe House

A finished animation from the first Stallcombe House animation workshop featuring a James Bond styled scene

We set up a live green screen in the hall so that the residents could see themselves on a big tv projected against a background of their choice using green screen software. Lots of fun ensued! We currently compositing all the captured footage together  

Our first interactive workshop happened on the 24th of March at Stallcombe House, and it was a fantastic success. The team from Calling The Shots brought two ‘workstations’ for the residents to use – a stop-motion clay animation table and an interactive green-screen. Residents really enjoyed making models from clay, developing a theme for their […]

By the end of our first workshop the participants had created their own short films using stop-motion with the help of the teachers. They created their own characters, stories and had used the stop-motion software to create their work.