Animation / Film Club

Our Animation and Film After-School Club is the perfect place for you to unleash your creativity and have a blast with your friends!

In this club, you’ll get to:

Create Your Own Cartoons: Learn how to bring your drawings to life with fun animation techniques.
Make Mini Movies: Be the writer, director and star of your very own short films.
Explore Special Effects: Discover the secrets behind the coolest movie magic and try them out yourself!
Watch and Learn: Enjoy screenings of each other’s creations and get inspired.

Animation is not the art of drawings that move but the art of movements that are drawn - Norman McLaren (Scottish Canadian Animator - Pioneer and an innovator)

What does the Club Offer?

We use stop motion apps, flip paper animation, character animation as well as other objects within the school enviornment to create the short pieces of animation.

Children use their time to explore and investigate the apps found on the iPad, the manipulatives and the resources before planning and creating ideas.

We film short trailers and videos linked to children’s topic, hobbies and interestes to develop their creative skills and confidence.

Children are advised to seek permission from their parents before downloading any free animation/video editing apps on to their personal devices. This is to ensure the apps are safe to use and to promote e-safety.

Apps we use in school are: IcanAnimate, Flipaclip, Stop Motion Studio, Stick Nodes, iMovie, Capcut, Green Screen

Benefits of Stop Motion Animation & Filming

Teaches children the process of stop motion animation and how it works

Offers children ownership and autonomy in the film making process

Shows the mechanics of creating movie scenes

Encourages problem solving through creativity
Further develops children’s technology skills
Supports and develops motor skills with hands on objects and technology
Encourages children to prepare, plan and execute a project through story telling
Compliments experimentation through trying and re visiting
Supports team working and friendship

Examples of Work

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out - Martin Scorsese