Our first interactive workshop happened on the 24th of March at Stallcombe House, and it was a fantastic success. The team from Calling The Shots brought two ‘workstations’ for the residents to use – a stop-motion clay animation table and an interactive green-screen. Residents really enjoyed making models from clay, developing a theme for their animations, learning how to use the software and actually animating their short films. Animals seemed to be somewhat of a popular theme during the day, with film clips about elephants and horses being two notable offerings. The green-screen room was also very popular, and for many of the participants something completely new for them to get involved with and have a go at. Residents seemed really happy to see themselves transported to scenes from their favourite television and films, with some people even enacting some of these scenes themselves.
We are in the process of organising our next workshop and we hope that it will be as successful as this one.