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The Stop Frame Animator competition, which you can access via the fun, free and interactive online Stop Frame Animator activity, is all about getting young people to use real film making techniques to create their own short animation.
The great thing is pupils won't need any expensive equipment with Stop Frame Animator and they can choose from a varied range of sets, characters and props, add sound effects and capture each movement of their animation with a virtual camera.
The aim of the the competition to introduce children to using the Film Street website in a new way in and out of school.
Two lucky competition winners will receive Flip HD digital cameras to help them to continue their filmmaking careers. Please note: the Stop Frame Animation competition closes on May 26, 2011.
We've also featured the competition on our kids' website Show Me, so click on the link for a pupil-friendly version of this story.
And why not take a look at the other new features on the revamped Film Street website? Some of the other exciting new sections to explore include:
Interactive activities, designed to encourage creative activity at home or in the classroom.
Video-based and text-based classroom workshops.
A showcase for young people's work alongside professional films.
The revamped Film Street website, which has been made possible thanks to funding from London Grid for Learning (LGFL) and First Light Movies, combines video, interactive games and workshops to encourage, inform and support teachers and children to create their own films and animations both in and out of school.
The production team behind the redesign created the hugely successful ArtisanCam website, which as well as winning several national awards, is widely recognised as a leading resource for introducing young people to the work of contemporary artists.
Content Director, Keith Alexander hopes that by applying some of the same award-winning techniques to Film Street, it too will become an invaluable free resource for teachers and schoolchildren aged 5-14 in the UK.
Said Keith Alexander, "We have redesigned Film Street in a way which encourages users to have a go at creating film and animation themselves and to submit their work to the site so that other children can be inspired by their creations."
"Our new video and interactive online content will also help teachers to use the website directly in the classroom to teach young people about the creative processes involved in filmmaking and animation. We also hope teachers will use Film Street in a wider cross-curricular way in the classroom."
