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At BIAFF 2012 Buchlyvie Primary School won a 4 Star Award and the AKM Music prize with Hedgerow Tales.
The film is about a group of friends, a bird, a mouse, holly leaf and a family of hedgehogs, sitting round a campfire telling stories about their lives.
The film was made by forty children aged between 7-11 with the support of an animator, editor and sound-recordist. The role of the film makers was to help the children express and technically achieve their ideas, not to make the film for them! The children worked together for two weeks, in small groups, with everyone contributing ideas, making and animating artwork and creating the sound track.
Young people have great imagination and are willing to have a go and experiment. Everyone gets involved: contributing ideas for the story, drawing up the storyboard, making and animating art work and creating the sound track. The children get a great sense of achievement presenting their film to the school, families and friends. When the film goes off to festivals and wins prizes, that's the icing on the cake! | ||
Hedgerow Tales has been shown at: The Czech International Animation Festival, Trebon: Special prize for Creativity: Rozifest Children's Film Festival, Albania. Co-operative Young people's Film Festival in Bradford First Prize for Animation: Kids For Kids Film Festival, Durham. Discovery Festival, Dundee Runner Up First Prize. Bradford Animation Festival. Nov. 2011 Selected by BBC, The Big Screen, 2012, Edinburgh Festival Square. Animated Exeter February 2012. First Prize Under 12's. British International Amateur Film Competition 2012. Awarded 4 stars and the AKM music prize. |
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Jessica Langford