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#3 – Get Set, Get Ready, Go!

When you have created your scene and character(s) for your animation you will need to find a table to set up so you can start recording.  Preferably a place where you can leave it set up for as long as it takes you to shoot your animation.  Ideally set up in a room...

#2 – Set Design, Costumes & Cast

Making a film in your house or garden could be exactly the right set for the film, requiring little or no alteration.  But sometimes objects might have to be hidden or disguised because they do not fit the story or the period in time that the film is set in.  The...

#2 Characters, Sets & Storyboards

Another lovely video created by IADT student, Sophie Quin gives us more great ideas about creating characters and sets for animation.  It’s a great source of ideas for the kind of materials around your house or garden that could be used.     Well done...

#1 – What’s The Story?

Film helps us to share stories.  Live-Action films are a moving image recording of what is happening at a particular time.  I love the way that ‘The Story of the Willow Tree Pattern’ made by Irish primary school children captures great acting and also other movement...

#1 – The Illusion of Movement

When it comes to animated films I guess we all have our favourites. Ever wondered how they make them?  Would you like to learn how to make one?  Well, let us help you with that! Quite simply, animation is a form of film-making that uses sequences of images to create...