Last year Film Street, in partnership with Kudlian Software, the National Year of Reading in England, the Picture Production Company and the Media Archive for Central England, launched Animate IT ’09: To cut a long story short competition. We got CBBC’s Ed Petrie on board as a patron and then put the call out to under 12s, primary schools and after school groups to invite them to make a trailer for their favourite book.
The competition closed at the beginning of April and I was thrilled by the response it got. We received a scrapbook and DVD from one school documenting the ‘making of’ their trailer and some schools, libraries and even groups of parents set up animation workshops / clubs for the sole purpose of entering the competition!
We chose 2 winners and 3 runners up who won animation equipment and software from Kudlian Software, the chance to visit the facilities of top trailer makers the Picture Production Company and to submit their trailers to the Media Archive for Central England for future generations to enjoy.
All of the selected trailers can be viewed on First Light Movies’ Vimeo channel see the links below. I have also embedded the two winning trailers into this post. Enjoy!
4-7 age category:
Winner – ‘The Magic Finger’ by Roald Dahl by Year 2 pupils from Mosborough Primary School in Sheffield.
Runner up – ‘Hooray for Fish’ by Lucy Cousins by Year 1 pupils from St Nicholas’ Primary School in Oxfordshire
8-12 age categoryWinner – ‘The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips’ by Michael Morpurgo by P7 pupils from Maisondieu Primary School in Angus
Runner up – ‘Little Mouse’s Big Book of Fears’ by Emily Gravett by Year 6 pupils from Chilton School in Oxfordshire
Runner up – ‘Lost in the Storm’ by Holly Webb by P5 pupils from Edzell Primary School in Angus
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