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I’ve just come across this competition held by Film Street and Kudlian. Children under 12, primary schools and after school groups are invited to enter animations they have made which are film trailers for a book they have enjoyed.

Supported by the National Year of Reading, there are two age groups for judging; 4-7 years and 8 -12 years. Entries can be submitted in any format on CD or DVD by email or post.

A school or after school group will win:

1 x 5 user license ‘I Can Animate’
5 x webcams
5 x table top tripods
5 x Stikfas movable figures
5 x chroma key screens

The winning school will also be able to enjoy a tour around the PPC office (numbers tbc).

The winning trailers will be shown in Film Street’s Cinema and Kudlian’s website; they will also be catalogued and preserved in the Media Archive for Central England for future generations to enjoy and study.

Closing date for the competition is Friday 3rd April 2009.

If you fancy entering and want to learn more about animation and film making prior to the competition, then why not attend one of our training sessions here at the CLC in January and February?

The Steel City Globe film awards are the premier showcase for Sheffield schools to demonstrate their creative use of digital media to support teaching and learning. In the last three years, 250 short films have been submitted and students have celebrated their work at the glittering wards’ ceremonies attended by stars of showbusiness and film.
We are offering staff development training in January and February to help your school enter films for the 2009 Steel City Globe Awards. April 24th 2009 is the closing date for submitting films for the competition. Primary Schools can enter films of up to two minutes in length and Secondary Schools can enter films of up to three minutes.

How to produce an animation
Monday 26th January 2009 4pm-6pm
Introduction to creating animations with students using Digital
Blue cameras and software.
Suitable for beginners with no or little experience.

Developing Media Literacy
through Animation
Monday 2nd February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to create better animations and films through media literacy
activities and better storyboarding techniques
Suitable for those with some experience of animation or film
making, however little!

Digital Storytelling
Tuesday 10th February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to use free tools such as Microsoft Photostory 3 and
Voicethread to create digital stories combining photos and sound.
Suitable for beginners or those with some experience of
animation or film making.

Training sessions are free for all teaching staff in the Sheffield West partnership of schools.

We had really good fun today making animations. Mums, Dads and Kids turned out to work together, learn together and have fun! Here are some of the animations that they created.

These films are in flash format (flv) and should be viewable in most brosers.

Small Family

Steve and Bob

Mad Scientist

The Skater and the Seal

Tiger Buys a Pink Hat

The Twitches

Under The Sea

Where Did The Cat Go?