Taster Session Animations!

Well here they are! The animations created at the 'Taster Sessions' last week. And they look great! And for the first time you can see your animations with the sound you created too. Let us know what you think of them by adding a comment to this Blog...

Park animation: (Patrick, George, Jennifer, Billy)



Flipbook animation: (Everyone)



Edward animation:



Ruth animation:



Sian animation:

Half-term cartoon heaven!

Well it's finally begun! After many months of careful planning, it was great to get going with the BioMation half term workshops. I thoroughly enjoyed working with so many talented children, young people and artists. I had a ball making flipbooks with everybody and I can't wait to see them with the sound tracks everyone was creating with Dan. Watching the filmed flipbooks on the computer was a real buzz. It was cool to see so many familiar faces from Wednesday come back on Friday and do even more amazing animation.

I'm looking forward to seeing lots of you again when we start making animated films about diabetes. Keep posted - the animated flipbooks will appear on the blog in the next few days... can't wait!

Taster sessions going great

We had our second taster session today and the group seemed to really enjoy it again - we certainly did! There were loads of excellent creative writing, sound and animation ideas and after tomorrows session we'll start putting the audio and video together and uploading bits to the blog. Keep watching for lots of new short pieces in the next week. We've been really impressed by everyones enthusiasm and creativity so far - hopefully tomorrow will be just as productive!

cheers, Dan

The latest animation!

Thanks to all of you who took part in the clinic session last wednesday - I've posted the animation you made below and think it looks great. I hope you all like it!

Don't forget - the 'Taster sessions' are this week and you should have had a letter confirming when you are booked in. If you are unsure, please ring Moira Digby to check.

The sessions are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9.30 - 12.30.

There will be some exciting animation, story and sound workshops giving you a chance to discover or develop skills and ideas, and see if you are interested in joining in the longer project.

Look forward to seeing you there,

Simon

Up and Running !

This week we've had a number of planning meetings. It's great to be part of a strong team. It's the first time that I've worked with two animators and a sound specialist ! As a writer, I get used to doing my own thing - Biomation provides a chance to do something very different - a really good thing ! But will my pencils need PAT testing ?

Miles