Aspiring animators and media arts enthusiasts as young as 5 years of age journeyed
through the fascinating world of stop motion animation at a kids’ workshop hosted by
the on-going Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival (SCRF 2023) on the weekend.
The workshop unleashed children’s imaginations with a brief outline of stop motion
animation followed by a demonstration of the techniques and equipment used in the
creation process.
“Stop motion animation is like an advanced flipbook-style form of animation”, explained
Subhana Mansoor, the session demonstrator, adding “it involves physically
manipulating objects within a frame, photographing, and playing them in a sequence so
as to create the effect of an object moving itself”.
“Though effortlessly simple in its final form, the flow and flourish of stop motion
animation is a direct result of the attention to detail between each snap of the set-up”,
she noted.
The workshop’s young attendees dabbled with the latest technologies used in stop
motion animation and the props provided to them to demonstrate their unique
storytelling abilities. They further learned how to create a storyline, pick angles when
arranging objects within frames to add depth to their animations, and use the mobile
studio.
The workshop concluded with the children playing their final animations to each other.
The Kids Workshop corner is one of the numerous creative hubs children visiting SCRF
2023 can access until May 14 in Expo Centre Sharjah.