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A video compilation and guide to teaching animation by Louise Spraggon

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A unique and versatile resource for teaching animation to 11- to 18-year-olds.

Young people are fascinated by animation and animated stories, and they enjoy the opportunity to create their own. The creative potential of animation is enormous, and integrating animation activities into the school curriculum offers the possibility of tapping this potential to meet a range of educational objectives.

This pack provides a clear introduction for teachers who would like to teach animation or include animation activities as part of their class work. It explains how to produce animated work in the classroom and how animation can be integrated into the curriculum. It can also be used by anyone working with young people in after-school and weekend clubs, or to develop a programme on animation for a school cross-curricular activity week.

Contents

A VHS video compilation

Featuring eleven animated short films and two film extracts, representing wide a range of animation techniques, including:

Drawn
  • No Arks (Abu Abraham, 8 minutes)
  • Father and Daughter (Micheal Dudok de Wit, 8 minutes)
Cel
  • The Broken Jaw (Chris Shepherd, 7 minutes)
Cut out
  • The Adventures of Prince Achmed (Lotte Reiniger, clip: 4 minutes)
3D
  • Street of Crocodiles (Quay brothers, clip: 4 minutes)
  • Lucky Dip (Emily Skinner, 3 minutes)
Oil and sand
  • The Mill (Petra Freeman, 9 minutes)
Pixilated
  • Neighbours (Norman McLaren, 8 minutes)
Iconographic
  • The Axe and the Lamp (Halas and Batchelor, 7 minutes)
Rotoscoping
  • Feeling My Way (Jonathan Hodgson, 5.5 minutes)
Camera-less
  • Two Sisters (Caroline Leaf, 10.5 minutes)
  • Sunset Strip (Kalya Parker, 3 minutes)
CGI
  • Death and the Mother (Ruth Lingford, 10.5 minutes)

The Teaching guide includes

  • Descriptions of the films;
  • Notes on the Persistence of Vision and how to make optical toys;
  • A timeline outlining the history of animation;
  • Illustrated guidelines to the elements of animation;
  • Illustrated guidelines for doing four different types of animation – drawn, 3D model, cut-out and camera-less.
  • Photocopiable student notes and activity sheets.

The Teaching guide is provided on an easy-to-use CD-Rom. The pupil sheets are provided in PDF format and are easy to print.

Technical specifications: suitable for use on a PC or Macintosh with CD-Rom drive.

Ordering information

  • Catalogue no: BR060
  • Price: £49.99

Buy online from the BFI Filmstore or phone Palgrave Macmillan Orders on 01256 302866.

Animation on screenonline

Find out more about animated films in the bfi's definitive guide to Britain's Film and TV history, screenonline. UK schools can register for free to view moving image material.