Stop Motion - 28th November 2019

EVOLV3 Stop Motion Animation: Unleashing Creativity at Horizon International School

This was our second EVOLV3 event of the year, where students were provided with opportunities to learn from our highly skilled and trained professionals. The session was prepared and delivered by Mrs Shakespeare who is a very talented and experienced media specialist. Mrs Shakespeare had an extensive career working within the media industry for several years before turning her skills to teaching. She began working in television for Sky TV, Channel 4, GMTV Breakfast and was the Picture Editor for National Geographic Channel, working on the Creative Team both in the UK and Washington DC. She also worked in Post Production for companies that make commercials and films, for example Framestore who produced the animation for a number of films such as including Paddington. Mrs Elzouka from the art department also added her creativity and eye for detail, by supporting the staff and students who attended the session.

The students were be challenged, to create a 2-minutestop motion animation video based around the value of Happiness. The session began with the students guided through the origin and history of the artistic genre, while also expanding their knowledge of Stop Motion principles. They were shown how to make simple yet effective reels and practiced in their teams. They were in teams of 3 working collaboratively through each stage of the production while developing a range of transferable skills related to multimedia productions. They gained valuable knowledge and experience in a real-life context, writing the story board, planning and preparing for their use of props, making clay objects and figures, adding sound effects, music and lighting. In addition to these useful skills and techniques they were also shown how to conduct the recording and use of the Stop Motion Pro application.

This important and artistic genre provided a great opportunity for our tech savvy, creative students to bring their great ideas to life. Mr Shakespeare stated, “It was wonderful to see how the students responded to Stop Motion and how they produced their clay puppets stories with real flair and imagination. It was fabulous!”

We look forward to being able to share these with the HIS community over the coming weeks.

Many of these students have now signed up for a 10-week training programme led by the personal trainers from the newly opened Studio Republik. These sessions started on Wednesday 15th January 2020 and will update you on the students’ progress throughout the term.