Animated films created by children

With the aim of creating a positive, supportive environment for young people in the Hay Mohammadi neighbourhood, the Initiative Urbaine association launched a Stop Motion activity for some of the association's children a few weeks ago. The principle of Stop Motion involves taking photographs, frame by frame, and putting them together to create a video sequence. During this event, the children from Initiative Urbaine, accompanied by Annick, a volunteer teacher, meet every Wednesday afternoon to imagine and create an animated film frame by frame. The session, which lasts two hours, takes place at the association, with the participation of two groups of children. They start by writing the story, then they make the set and the characters for their tale using paper, paint, and also modelling clay. Once this stage is finished, they can finally take the photos that will serve as the basis for…