About Create

Create is a media centre where you can make video, film, scripts, 2 & 3D computer animation, sound, photography, web projects and all things digital. You could be eight years old or eighty, learning for fun. You might be an artist looking to develop ideas with like minded people, or desperate to join the ranks of the successful industry professionals spawned by Create.

If you want to find out more about us, attend a course, or need is equipment, visit our website on www.createstudios.org.uk

Create also goes out into the community with initiatives like Mobile Media, where young people have the opportunity to Create professional productions.

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Make a Simpsons-style cartoon!

Media Circus Summer School at Create Studios

Come and make your own “Simpsons Style” cartoon using the latest animation software at Create Studios this Summer!

We are delighted that ToonBoom, whose software made Simpsons The Movie, are giving us access to their latest technology for the Media Circus Summerschool 2008.

Over three days, participants will work as a production team to make their own short cartoon film working with industry professionals – James and Mark Carroll of Evil Twin Artworks, who run the ever popular Media Circus on Saturday mornings during term-times at Create.

The 2008 Summerschool will run on:

29 July

30 July

31 July

from 10am – 4pm each day.

Places are limited, so do book now!

Ages: 8-12 years

No experience necessary – though Media Circus regulars are welcome!

Fee: £60 (Swindon Card £54)

Location: Create Studios, Wyvern Theatre Swindon

Lunch box required.

To book your place on Media Circus Summerschool 2008, call our Box Office on (01793) 614837.

If you want more info on the Summerschool or the term-time Media Circus workshops, call Marilyn Fitzgerald on 01793 465333.

Battle of the Bands

Get involved with the Battle of the Bands this summer. Vote now for who you want to be the Frequency Airborne band of 2008! See here.

Phantasmagoria

Horror / Martial Art and cult film Festival this July - find out more.

Swindon students scoop film award

At a star-studded oscars-style ceremony in Leicester Square on the 4 March, pupils from Isambard Community School were overjoyed to win the First Light film award for Best Documentary.

The film, entitled The Child and Me, was made by children from five Swindon schools with Create Studios’ outreach wing Mobile Media last year. They beat over a hundred other films to clinch the award for Best Documentary at the presitigious national First Light Movie Awards.There was an amazing profile of judges - Orlando Bloom, Kevin Spacey, Nira Park, Stephen Fry and Sam Mendes.

The young filmmakers were joined by the Mobile Media team to meet a range of celebrities and receive their award, and had to address a hall of 200 hopefuls to make their acceptance speech!

For the film, Mobile Media brought together children from primary schools to work with industry professionals, learning: scripting, creative writing, filming and acting skills. They were teamed with local film director Gurchetan Singh and musician and screencomposer Barry Andrews.

The children made a sensitive documentary, following the story of their transition between primary school to the new Isambard Community School they now attend: from girls and boys to young women and men, from different backgrounds and homes, to fellow pupils forging the identity of a new community.

Create Studios’ Mobile Media ran the project with financial support from Artpoint, the Public Art Agency for the South East and funding from First Light Movies, who seek to develop the best British filmmakers of the future.

Thrilled

Shahina Johnson, Director of Mobile Media, says, “We are so thrilled to have received this prestigious award – and it is a real testament to the dedication of our filmmaking team at Create who want young people to produce work that is truly professional and tackles moving and gripping topics”.

Rachael Mattey, Headteacher of Isambard School said, “I am very proud of the children and the film! It has been a wonderful experience for them both making the film and now going to the awards ceremony in London to find that they are winners! We look forward to watching their filmmaking go from strength to strength.”

Incredible

Ryan, from Isambard Community School, who gave the acceptance speech at the ceremony said, “It was incredible to be up there and receive our award. It was great making the film, and I can’t wait to plan our next project now that we have had this incredible award!”

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