Film commentary: School of the brooks
Let yourself be lulled by Zsolt Miklya's wonderful poem set to an animation of cut-out fabrics."In the river's current, the brooks' desires pile up in waves."
A musical film full of poetry and tenderness to make children want to tell stories and create imaginary characters. A perfect example of an animated film for very young children in kindergarten.
After watching the film, teachers can invite pupils to create their own character and setting, invent a story and then, why not, stage it using cut-out fabrics.
For the youngest children, the film will serve as a support for creating collages of shapes and colours.
This short film reinforces the idea that films, carefully selected on the internet and classified by theme, can be excellent free educational aids.
Animation techniques
For school teachers who would like to make films with their pupils,here is information on Péter Vácz's working method and the techniques for animating characters and sets in stop motion: Making Of. The image capture software used for the film is DragonFrame.
