Course: Filmmaking and Animation Online and in the Classroom

So you’ve created your characters, now it’s time to give them a home. Using recycled packaging is an inexpensive way to build a set. Repurposing materials encourages debate, conversation and …

Before we begin to create our animations, there is something that it is important for us to understand. One of the fundamental components of animation is the ‘frame’. All animations …

Hidden Heroes tells the epic story of how messages travelled from families in India to their loved ones far away, fighting in the trenches of France before the days of …

To create your animation, you will need to develop one or more characters and create their ‘world’ in the form of a set. Watch the interview above with Shaun the …

Over the next five steps, we will be looking at a range of pupil-made stop motion animation examples. Each one has been used in a different lesson and for a …

So you’ve thought very carefully about a film you’d like to create and now you’ll begin planning your film through the development of a storyboard. A storyboard is a visual …

In this video, we hear from Jean Edwards and Helen Caldwell, Senior Lecturers in Education at Northampton University, on how they use stop motion animation with their student teachers, and …

Before we start creating our five-shot films, and now that we understand a little more about camera shots, it’s a good time to consider how we can use them for …

Just as important as the shot you choose, and whether your camera is static or moving, is the position of the camera when the shot is taken. The camera position …

We have looked extensively at one-shot and five-shot films during Weeks 1 and 2 of this course but when you’ve mastered the creation of five-shot films you may wish to …

When working with your students to create a multi-shot film, they will begin to use different shot types, camera angles and movements. You learned all about camera shots in Step …

This week we’ll be developing our skills further in the creation of multi-shot films. We’re going to focus on the five-shot film, including a filmmaking tool called 5,4,3,2,1, for use …

In the video above, a teacher has used a range of shots to explore phonics through the letter ’S’. When making a film for use in the classroom or online …

The video above was created for moving image arts, a filmmaking GCSE and A Level taught in Northern Ireland. In it, we see the teacher demonstrating the practical activity of …

In the video above, Stacey suggests that filmmaking creates ‘investment’ in curricular projects and John speaks about the significance of a real world audience causing students to ‘up their game’. …