D1 Departure from your school. Lunch at the centre. Discover the main principles of animation through the making and handling of optical toys. Demonstration of direct animation techniques using a camera with cut papers: shooting, “image by image” with a computer. Explanation of a story board, and what a shot refers to. Dinner and night at the centre.

D2 The pupils try to animate objects with the camera: shooting, animation, picture monitoring, timing, making of elements for the film using the torn up paper principle. Work on the story board. Dinner and night at the centre.

D3 Shooting of the film with cut-up papers. Cartoon preparation: individual production of a part of the animation “chaining”. Dinner and night at the centre.

D4 Continuation of the shooting with the cut-up papers and of the cartoon (shooting of each drawing by each « producer »). Addition of sound to the pictures. Pre-cutting of the film, finding a title and preparing the credit titles. Dinner and night at the centre.

D5 Watching and reviiewing of the film. Making of the copies. Lunch at the centre and departure at the end of the day.

Important: this stay can be organised with no accommodation, and daily transfers from your school.