Saturday, 21 September 2013
Friday, 20 September 2013
Workshop with young children
This Wednesday we had to work with children from the kindergarten.
They were around 5 years old.
When they came into he room they were shown a few animation movies we made.
After that they got a short introduction to the steps you have to make during the process of making an animation movie.
After that they were split into groups of five.
The children had to take the puppet they brought and try to put them in a way so they expressed some feelings (happy, sad, …).
Then they also had to do it with their own face.
After that their puppets had to walk and greet each other.
When they got to know their puppet and were a little more comfortable they had to come up with a story with the characters.
They chose two bad guys, a good one, and two Princesses.
When they know the story completely each child had to draw a part of the story for the storyboard. After that they had to place the drawings in the right order.
Then the staging began.
We made a background and placed the camera. And finally we could take pictures.
Each child moved it’s own character.
At last an adult can edit the frames a little bit, if the timing isn’t right.
My thoughts about the day:
It really is difficult to communicate with children if you don’t know their language!
Also, we ourselves didn’t really know what to do, so I think next time would go a lot better.
The creating of the story took us really long.
Also drawing took long, but I don’t mind that.
Because of the drawing they drew themselves they are more connected to the movie and they learn a lot more.
Also because they had to place the drawings in the right order. So they really know what the story is about.
The moving itself was a little bit difficult in the beginning, the children moved their puppets a lot. But still, after a while they got it, I think. I hope the children had something about this morning, although they did not finish their entire movie.
They were around 5 years old.
When they came into he room they were shown a few animation movies we made.
After that they got a short introduction to the steps you have to make during the process of making an animation movie.
1. Idea
2. Synopsis
3. Storyboard
4. Background
5. Characters
6. Animating
7. Sound
After that they were split into groups of five.
The children had to take the puppet they brought and try to put them in a way so they expressed some feelings (happy, sad, …).
Then they also had to do it with their own face.
After that their puppets had to walk and greet each other.
When they got to know their puppet and were a little more comfortable they had to come up with a story with the characters.
They chose two bad guys, a good one, and two Princesses.
When they know the story completely each child had to draw a part of the story for the storyboard. After that they had to place the drawings in the right order.
Then the staging began.
We made a background and placed the camera. And finally we could take pictures.
Each child moved it’s own character.
At last an adult can edit the frames a little bit, if the timing isn’t right.
My thoughts about the day:
It really is difficult to communicate with children if you don’t know their language!
Also, we ourselves didn’t really know what to do, so I think next time would go a lot better.
The creating of the story took us really long.
Also drawing took long, but I don’t mind that.
Because of the drawing they drew themselves they are more connected to the movie and they learn a lot more.
Also because they had to place the drawings in the right order. So they really know what the story is about.
The moving itself was a little bit difficult in the beginning, the children moved their puppets a lot. But still, after a while they got it, I think. I hope the children had something about this morning, although they did not finish their entire movie.
Saturday, 14 September 2013
Movie n° 2: Hopefully Alive
A normal day at the pond
The second movie was made with cut-out animation.
During the making of the film we had some problems with the team, but the result is really good!
I'm proud of my movie! ^^
During the making of the film we had some problems with the team, but the result is really good!
I'm proud of my movie! ^^
Wednesday, 11 September 2013
Ringkøbing
Today we went on a trip to Ringkøbing.
It's a village at the west coast of Denmark.
We went there because we needed to get our residence permit.
When we stay for more then four months in Denmark, we need that.
And since it's quite a long drive, the school made it a trip.
We visited the village, went to the lighthouse a few villages further and walked on the beach.
We went there because we needed to get our residence permit.
When we stay for more then four months in Denmark, we need that.
And since it's quite a long drive, the school made it a trip.
We visited the village, went to the lighthouse a few villages further and walked on the beach.
After that we visited a Folkhøjskole.
It's some kind of an art school where you can follow courses from three to eight months.
The school is very ecological, they produce their own electricity and heath with solar panels, a windmill and geothermal heathing.
They also have a big field with trees, vegetables, herbs, ...
All maintained by volunteers.
It was really nice!
The school is very ecological, they produce their own electricity and heath with solar panels, a windmill and geothermal heathing.
They also have a big field with trees, vegetables, herbs, ...
All maintained by volunteers.
It was really nice!
It was a fun and exhausting day!
I love our group of international students!
Saturday, 7 September 2013
Puppet Camp
Last two days was Puppet Camp!
We went with the bus to Ørre, about 50km from Viborg.
There we stayed in some sort of cabin, an old school.
There we stayed in some sort of cabin, an old school.
'Ørre Naturskole'.
It was located next to a small forest, and there were also some hens, goats en geese.
Thursday we had to come up with a story and make the puppets for the story. The group where I was in based our story on Hansel & Gretel. Only the two main characters became animals.
My puppet was a mouse, the other was a cat. And then there was the witch.
Here some progress of my puppet.
Here some progress of my puppet.
On Thursday evening we had a bonfire. Really nice, although my clothes smell kinda smokey.
The next morning we had to get op really early and start rehearsing our play.
At 10h30 the children arrived.
Nine children all around the age of five.
We all played without words, only with sounds, because they can not understand English and we can not speak Danish.
The food was lovely! Really, the best camp food ever!
Those were two great - but tiring - days!
Sunday, 1 September 2013
Going out
Yesterday was Vibstock, a (small) music festival in Viborg.
We went there with some international students. We left after two hours.
It wasn't what we expected.
Especially because I'm used to the music festivals from Belgium!
This was small and the bands weren't that good...
Here some pictures I took during Vibstock. The others you can see on my Flickr-page (link on the right).
The weather is changing!
Since a couple of days there's a lot more wind and less sun.
It's around 17°C now I think.
Today it has also started raining... Boooh!
We went there with some international students. We left after two hours.
It wasn't what we expected.
Especially because I'm used to the music festivals from Belgium!
This was small and the bands weren't that good...
Here some pictures I took during Vibstock. The others you can see on my Flickr-page (link on the right).
The weather is changing!
Since a couple of days there's a lot more wind and less sun.
It's around 17°C now I think.
Today it has also started raining... Boooh!
Thursday, 29 August 2013
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