This final session brought together all the skills the participants had been able to practice in the previous workshops to create a fantastic short film about friendship.
The work that went into this film involved the participants thinking about how they may feel when meeting new people in social situations.
The film allowed the participants to convey their autistic ‘voice’ in the alternative medium of stop animation.
Everyone was able to partake, whether it was making the models or speech bubbles or moving the models or operating the iPad.
Members of the animation group at Lynx seem to have really enjoyed the workshops. They seem enthusiastic about purchasing ‘The Animator’s Survival Kit’ book which outlines in detail the technicalities of walking in animation. They have also been left with access to an iPad with a stop animation app on it such that they can continue to use the skills they have learnt to convey messages about autism to the autistic, and wider, communities.
