Mutesounds Film Festival

The Mutesounds film festival in The Netherlands has asked to screen our Survival Tips for Deaf Teenagers film. We wish we could head over there to see it, it should be a great festival. http://www.mutesounds.nl/

Post-production begins

We're back from Manchester now and about to start work on the post-production for the latest Biomation film. It was a successful week, with lots of hard work, creativity and great ideas from the young people involved. The film will show what it's like as a Deaf young person living at home - dealing with parents, siblings and the occasional pigeon!! For the time being here are a few photos, and we'll post more once the film has been finished.

Joseph Rowntree Foundation: The Housing Maze

Simon and Dan from Biomation have just finished production on an animated film for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation called The Housing Maze: Young people's stories. It's been a long process to complete, working with around 30 young people across Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland and England to script and record vocals, and then for Simon and Dan to animate it. You can watch the finished film here:

Top 5 tips for communicating with Deaf young people

Top 5 tips for communicating with Deaf young people



This is a short film made with a group of Deaf young people to help teachers and pupils to understand how best to communicate with them. It covers common mistakes which the young people found in school, and which make their lives more difficult and frustrating. Animation is used to get the information across in a fun way, and is intended to be watched and understood by hearing and non-hearing audiences.

The Top Tips are:
1: Avoid visual distractions 2: Position yourself properly 3: Make yourself clear 4: How to get attention 5: What to do in group situations

Here are some pictues from the project as well as a video of some taster animations done during the sessions.