â€¢ ANIMATION COMPETITION FOR UNDER 12s

Young filmmakers are being challenged to make an animated trailer to promote their favourite book.

The Film Street website for children is running Animate IT ’09: To Cut a Long Story Short and is calling for children under 12, primary schools and after school groups to make an animated trailer to promote their favourite book.

The site itself gives you some great tips on making the animation – and you can even download free animation software for five days to complete your trailer.

Aspiring young filmmakers can use any type of animation to make their trailers. The winning trailers will be shown in Film Street’s Cinema and the winning animators will win animation equipment and software from Kudlian Software, and a tour around the offices of top trailer makers, the Picture Production Company.

Entries can be submitted by email or post on CD, DVD or video in any format by Friday April 3.

Posted by Cptn