Slowmation course kicks off on Monday 19th

Paul Romani

Pear Tree’s Slowmation: Claymation Animation and Movie Making course starts this Monday 19th

Led by teachers Kyle and Helen, Pear Tree’s students will explore the world of Wallace & Gromit and Pingu.

The course for 6-9 year olds with commence with learning the basic principles of photography and animation by animating their own name, like the sample below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEjLansFZno

The course then moves on to more complicated scenes created using clay and other materials.

http://youtu.be/ivxJ-le8l3k

By the end of the course, these young students will be creating short animated movies, all to be posted on YouTube!

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