ANIMATE IT!

Film is a language spoken all over the world. A unique combination of

words , pictures, movement and sound, introducing great possibilities of

communication.

New techniques have made the language of film available to everyone,

offering new tools and expressions, espessialy for schools. Let students

convey their thoughts, ideas and knowledge through animated films.

Explore film from the first syllable. Seize the thought. Animate it!

 

Erling Ericsson is an animator and TV producer. He has been working with

children and young people for over twenty years, teaching them to make

animated film, and developing a pedagogical model for filmmaking, wich

has spread all over the world.

 

 

The workshop.

In order to introduce animation i education in Albania, I propose a

three days workshop with training of trainers, trainers working with

children and the third day, an open workshop where trainers and children

present there work for invited people like teachers, educators and

anyone interested in animation in education.

Day 1.

A group of people interested in animation. Old inoff to be trainers in

workshops with children. Not more than 5-8 people.

During this one day workshop the trainers will follow the same method as

they will be using next day in a workshop with children.

The method contains 4 steps. 1. The storybord. 2. Artwork (picture

materials to your story) 3. Animation. 4. Soundmaking to your film.

Day 2.

With equippment (animationboxes brought by Erling) the trainers will do

a workshop with a group of children ( not more than 20 at the age of

9-14 years of age.) based on the method step 1 to 4.

Day 3.

We will introduce the idéa of connecting animation to education by

having visitors. Teachers, educators, parents, journalists, anyone

interested in animation in education to take  part and see what the

trainers and the children have achieved

All the workshops will be held from 10 to 4 every day.

 

I propose that we bring children from lokal schools and places, as well

as the trainers.

 

Next step is to introduce Animators Clubs in Albania, where young people

can try animation. Become trainers if they like, and do workshops for

organizations like Save the Children, SOS Childrens Villages, Unicef and

others.

 

The project "Animate it on Western Balkans" is based on support from the

Swedish Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.