Animate! - Day One - The Magic Box & The Wedding Dance

The Magic Box has developed as a tool to introduce children the principals of stop-motion animation. The NFB's, Norman McClaren, is an influence used here. [click the NFB link to view his films] Day One-Characters are made as we gather ideas for the following day's film, 'The Moon And the Stars'. We then draw the main images that will be used in the story, like the characters and the place where they live. This also helps to visualize the set artwork the children paint.

The Music: That's pupil Ceara Tonna-Barthet on the piano. We used the piano in the room where we were working and added it for the wedding. [Maybe she'd like to leave the name of the piece in a comment when she sees his].