Stop-Frame Animation skillz!

We had a brilliant session today!
The aim was to learn a few basic stop-frame animation techniques and make some little films.
The first task was to come up with a simple scene to animate so the whole group got stuck in and started drawing and cutting out sketches for their ideas.
Karina was first up and made a lovely little film depicting a Dandelion clock being blown away.
Kirsty made a roller-coaster complete with a jolly alien whizzing down the tracks. Amy drew a fab volcano erupting with lava, smoke and a tomato fire-ball! Stephen made a brilliant sea-scape with a sailboat, sunrise and fish-stealing seagulls, and finally Brandon animated a drum kit which coloured itself in as it played. Steph and Liam started on a gorgeous jungle background too but we ran out of time before they had chance to animate it.

It was great to be focussed and working on things but to also have a really relaxed and fun time hanging out and chatting together. Claire provided a fantastic array of snacks and it was nice to hear Kirsty say "Space 2 always look after us, we love being here"

By the time we reached the end of the session there was a great vibe and hilarious chat as always. We started talking a little bit about relationships and perception in regards to gender which was really interesting. We also spoke about how we change as we get older and some people had childhood pictures of themselves on their phones which we passed around...including Edgar who will now be known at 'the little cookie stealer' due to his baby photo where he looks impossibly cute but slightly mischievous.

Edgar, Claire and I were thinking that it'd be good to build a session around bringing in some old photos and talking about how we've changed. It needs more thought but the young people did seem really keen to share stories about the past and also had a lot to say about body image etc. Definitely something to come back to...

Here's a little film from Edgar that captures a snippet of today's activities: