On Thursday 4th March, five pupils from Year 5 were granted the wonderful opportunity to spend a day designing, filming and editing their very own stop-motion animation film.
Much in the same way that films like "Wallace and Gromit" and "Chicken Run" are created, stop-motion animation films are produced by taking a series of still photos containing tiny movements, which when put together, produce a moving image.
The pupils were working alongside the experienced animator Oscar Stringer, whose wealth of knowledge was invaluable to both pupils and teachers alike. He told us that the job of the animator was to 'bring life' to the characters they create.
Despite Mr.Wheatley's best efforts to persuade the Year 5 pupils to create an animation about "Ma Routine Quotidienne" (my daily routine) in French, Peter and Sergio had already concocted a plan to bring to life a ghastly, extra-terrestrial creature we later named "Greedy Gary"!
During the day we had to work as a team to ensure that we were all on the same page when it came to animating our story. We had to model our characters and props from lumps of plasticine, remembering that BIG FEATURES such as big eyes, or a big mouth are easier to animate. Once we had created our characters, we had to then bring them to life. We took it turns to work as the Cameraman and the Animator. The film shows 12 frames (still photos) per second, so for a film of one minute, there would be 720 still photos to take! After we had animated the creatures, we could then add titles, credits and voiceovers (which caused much hilarity in the group!).
All in all we had an utterly fantastic day and all departed feeling thoroughly shattered (Mrs Beard and Mr Wheatley especially)! We hope you enjoy the fruits of our labour.
So without further ado, we bring you the healthy eating tale of "Greedy Gary and the Fruitbowl of Truth"...
Here are a few photos of us hard at work
and here are some pictures of us viewing our masterpiece at the Odeon Cinema, Metrocentre.....with free popcorn!
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