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As part of the `Bringing Clay to Life` project,
Lyn Gallagher and Lisa Calder put on
claymation workshops at Manor Farm Country Park.
Here are the Christmas claymation films made by the (very) young people.
We hope you enjoy them and have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Music Jingle Bells and Up On a House Top
by Kevin McLeod Incompetech Creative Commons Licence
The ‘Bringing Clay to Life’ project is developing a new creative
activity for the Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum,
fusing the traditional medium of clay with digital filmmaking.
On the project, students from Totton College worked with
clay artist Lyn Gallagher and filmmaker Lisa Calder.
The young people devised the story ideas for the films,
‘Roman Rising’ and ‘The Night Watchman’, based on the collection at the museum.
The project took place over four sessions which included investigating the museum,
making the figures and scenery, creating the films and sound effects.
The figures were made using Plasticene on a wire framed body called an armature.
The characters were moved incrementally and photographed using a technique called
stop motion and effects were applied by compositing in Adobe After effects.
The Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum and The Butterfly Fx
are planning more Claymation projects next year.
Please contact info@thebutterflyfx.net if you are interested in taking part or for more information.
The ‘Bringing Clay to Life’ project is developing a new creative
activity for the Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum,
fusing the traditional medium of clay with digital filmmaking.
On the project, students from Totton College worked with
clay artist Lyn Gallagher and filmmaker Lisa Calder.
They made two claymation films based on the collection at the
Museum and gained an Explorer Arts Award.
The figures and the films are on show from
the 9th to the 21st December
at the Westbury Manor Museum,
84 West Street, Fareham PO16 0JJ
Please visit and feedback your thoughts!
Arts Award in Heritage Organisations 2014
Artswork SE Bridge & South East Museum Development Programme
Be transported into the LEGO Models with The Butterfly Fx!
at the Willis Museum
Market Pl, Basingstoke RG21 7QD
from 10.30am til 3.30pm on the 21st December 2013
Family fun for the young and young at heart! Dress up and be photographed to appear in one of the Lego models. You can be transported to a Roman banquet, the Danebury Iron age fort or Porchester Castle using special effects and green screen technology.
£7 for a group photo includes a memento keyring, fridge magnet or photo for you to remember your experience.
The LEGO model of the Floating Bridge, River Itchen Southampton made from over 30,000 LEGO bricks and is built to scale to depict the bridge in its heyday.
Fine dining the Roman way. The LEGO model depicts a Roman Banquet with meat, olives, wine, bread and mice! The table and and its coverings are made from over 75,000 LEGO elements and is life-sized measuring 1.8 long.
A LEGO recreation of Portchester Castle, a fort in Portsmouth Harbour, using over 50,000 LEGO bricks. It’s 2m long and 1.2m wide. Portchester was first established by the Romans and around the 11th Century a Norman Castle was built on the site.
Be photographed to appear in the tower, at the church or exiting the gate.
Meeting Thursday 14th November 11am at The Bursledon Brickworks Museum,
148 Swanwick Ln Fareham, Hampshire SO31 7HB
Please come along if you are interested in a project learning about World War 1 and its impact on the community in the Bursledon, Swanwick, Sarisbury and Titchfield areas. You can discover local connections and share personal family stories, get involved in drama performances, making a film and be part of events to commemorate World War 1.
It will be a joint project with the Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum, local theatre groups and The Butterfly FX.
For more information contact:
The Bursledon Brickworks Industrial Museum
01489 576248
The Butterfly Fx
Tel: 02380651120
info@thebutterflyfx.net
Dress up and be photographed as a First Class passenger aboard the famous ship the Titanic
or be a Cut-throat Pirate sailing the Seven seas
£3.50 per person
The Sea City Museum had its first birthday on the 10th April 2013. We would like to thank them for inviting The Butterfly Fx to provide the Titanic Photo booth. Families and friends had a fun time dressing up and being photographed. Amazing authentic looking costumes from captain and crew to first class passengers.
The Ward family photographed to appear on the deck. Their Great-Grandfather was a Fireman on the Titanic.
Travel to the past and dress up as an Edwardian first class passenger or a member of the crew aboard the Titanic. Take home a photographic memento of your trip. The Butterfly Fx will providing a photo booth all day at Seacity Museum on the 10th April 2013
The Seacity Museum will be is celebrating its first birthday and entrance to the museum will be free for children aged 0 – 16 years. For more information visit Seacity Museum Celebrating First Birthday
Seacity Museum, Civic Centre Rd, Southampton SO14 7SJ
‘Adventures in Victorian Gardens and Glasshouses’ is a Young Roots project on which young people investigated the heritage of Staunton Country Park. The young participants on the project are unemployed and have mental health issues or learning difficulties.
Staunton Country Park is a significant heritage site because it is the former Leigh Park estate of Sir George Staunton. He worked in Britain’s first Embassy mission in China and later was a botanist who collected plants, which were grown from seed in his glasshouses on the on his estate. Today Staunton Country Park stands as an example of Victorian fascination for pleasure grounds and nature. 
Staunton Country Park is located in Leigh Park near Havant. Leigh Park is mostly a 1960’s redevelopment overspill suburb for Portsmouth and comprises of council estates. It was formed on the actual land of Staunton’s estate and is one of the most deprived areas in Hampshire with high unemployment and social problems.
The young people created an animation film that portrays the history of Staunton Country Park. The story is told by the young people and Staunton Country Park staff. It explains who Sir George Staunton was, what plants were named after him, how he was a botanist who grew exotic plants at Staunton and about how he created the pleasure gardens.
The concept for the film’s story through which the heritage is told is based on Alice in Wonderland and came from a meeting with the young people on the 8th December 2011. Alice in Wonderland is a Victorian novel which depicts a young person having a fantasy adventure in a strange world with talking animals. The Victorians were fascinated by nature, generated by the discoveries by explorers of exotic animals from around the world and this inspired their literature. In the film the young people will had their own personal ‘adventure’ at Staunton Country Park encountering a magic fish, pirates, ghosts and talking animals.
The film was produced as a DVD that was distributed to all the participants, volunteers and the partners. The film was screened at a premiere event at Highbury College and at Staunton Country Park for schools and the local people to see with an exhibition displaying all the work done by the young people on the project.
An education pack was produced is based on the project activities. The purpose of the education pack is to provide a tool kit of how filmmaking can be a useful learning tool for investigating and disseminating heritage topics. The pack includes how to make two animations; tracing the journey to collect seeds from around the world and plants named after George Staunton. The partners Solent Youth Action and Staunton Country Park have copies of the packs to use with young people for future projects. On the Open Day at Staunton Country Park the film workshop activities were provided based on the education pack. The Open day was attended by the local Prospect School (a specialist school for young people with special needs) , Front Lawn Primary school, Park volunteers and other local people .
Quotes about the project from the Open Day event
James (participant)
I had a great time making the film. I came up with the idea for talking fish based on Narnia and Alice in Wonderland
Lee (participant)
The project was magical.
There used to be a house overlooking the lake, in the film we made the house come back as if by magic!
Ian (participant)
That was so cool. I enjoyed seeing myself as a pirate .
I learnt loads about Staunton and how George Staunton worked in China and collected plants
All the children were engaged and enjoyed the activities.
B Batey Front lawn junior school
Really liked the animation it was very imaginative.
G Butt Prospect School
The volunteers had a great time, worked really hard and learnt about the ornamental farm.
Debbie Beacon Project and Head of Highbury Team volunteers
The film is fantastic it really explains everything about Staunton Country Park that we want to say to the visitors. We plan to install the film permanently at Staunton for people to see.
Kerry Bailey Head of Education Team
The Butterfly Fx worked on this project with Solent Youth Action and the Education Team at Staunton Country Park. This project was supported by Young Roots Heritage Lottery Fund, Hampshire Young Creatives and Solent Radio Community Chest.
The project is featured on the Heritage Lottery Fund website http://www.hlf.org.uk/ourproject/Pages/AdventuresinVictorianGlasshousesandGardens.aspx#.UVLpeFc32qg
The Butterfly Fx provided Titanic Experience workshops at the Art Gallery and the new SeaCity Museum in Southampton to commemorate its maiden voyage 100 years ago. We set up a live chroma key studio in which people could perform and instantly see themselves aboard the ship. Families and over 150 school children took part in dressing up and role playing being passengers and members of the crew. They were assigned the names of real people, told what happened on the fateful night and if they survived.
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