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We did things a little differently this time around and had some Lego figures for people to animate with should they wish. Not everyone is a confidant model maker so we animated using figurines was a great way for everyone to join in. One of the participants is a competent illustrator with a taste for the anime style […]

We also had some paper cut out animation under a camera. While the cutting out was a hit the group were not too keen to animate with it so Dom, the workshop leader, stepped in and animated all the shapes they had been cutting out during the session.

We used a green-screen again but this time around we were able to use videos as a backdrop which resulted in a close encounter with a steam train barrelling down the tracks for one of the participants who had a keen interest in trains.

Working with plasticine is extremely comforting. Warming it up and rolling around in your fingers is probably something I could do for a good few hours. Slowly something emerges from the blob…is that? yes I think it is! It’s a horse/badger/dog! Here, we all sit around a big table, Sophie, Lizzie and me, and some […]

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