Animate it!

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Organisation:

Erling Ericsson

Website:

http://www.erlingericsson.se [2]

Contact E-mail:

Email Contact Form [3]

Country:

Sweden

Member of an Anna Lindh National Network?:

Yes

Brief description of your organisation:

Erling Ericsson is an animator and TV producer. He has been working with children for over twenty years, teching them how to make animated films and developing a pedagogical model for filmmaking, which has spread all over the world.

An animated film can be produced with a filmcamera, videocamera or a computer with animation software.
"The Magic box" (www.erlingericsson.se [4])and the digital camera are an unbeatable combination when you work with animation in schools.
Everything is baically ready to be used with out any time-consuming preparations, and you can make your own box.
An interesting idéa is to unite the Magic boxes in the world
on webb-sites like "1001actions.org"

Field of my Action:

Arts

Field of my Action:

Democracy

Field of my Action:

Human Rights

Field of my Action:

Media

Field of my Action:

Youth

Field of my Action:

Education

Action Location

Country:

Sweden

City:

Stockholm

Venue Name:

Medelhavsmuseet

Venue Address:

Fredsgatan 2 Box 16008, 10321 Stockholm

Action Dates and Duration:

Sat, 01/03/2008 - Thu, 22/05/2008

Objectives (Maximum 50 Words):

Telling stories with words, pictures, movement and sound. "Make your own animated film."

Target Groups (Maximum 50 Words):

Children and young people.

Activities (Maximum 130 Words):

Film is a language spoken all over the world. A unique combination of words, pictures, movement and sound, introducing great possibilities of communication. New techniques have made the language of film available to everyone, offering new tools and expressions, especially for schools. Let students convey there thoughts, ideas, and knowledge trough animated films. Explore film from the first syllable. Seize the thought. Animate it!

Have you identified partners?:

I am ready to associate others if they contact me

Partnership details:

Animate it is a project related to Save the Children,Sweden and there are activities in most of the countries in the MENA region as well as in Europe.