This film was part of a two film project produced by Antrim Borough Council and First Light Movies that centered on a connecting theme of Lough Neagh and the Myths surrounding it.
Taking place at two Antrim Borough schools over the span of 6 months time, 4 hours at each school per week.
At the start, the children had the experience of listening to storyteller, Stephen Hall relate various legends and myths of Finn McCool and stories of how the Lough was thought to have been created.
Then, the next week, I began to draw a story out of the class through the use of drawing and a storyboard that they created themselves.
As the production progressed the children used plasticine and cut-out versions of their character designs and prepare background art and set material.
This took many weeks to finish as there was a 6 page script we wrote and acted out as well. Auditions for the roles were voted on by the class and recording of the parts commenced.
Soon editing of the sound got underway and we were able to see how long our film was going to be before it began. It was vitally important to know this as the project funding required a minimum of 5 minutes for our each of our films.
The cut-out style animation process took more time than the usual claymation style. It's requires a lot more patience and is a little more fiddly.
We hope you enjoy the results.
