After the success of our Adventures of the Little People summer school (a project for 8-12 year olds) we decided to run a second project of its kind during the October Holidays and this time the theme was moving images. There were 13 little people involved and we divided them into 3 groups each with a different art form to explore the theme. The art group used words, art and photography to tell an imaginary story of their journey to the workshop, their final performance even included singing and dancing.
The drama group worked with a writer and an actor to produce a piece of the theatre that resembled old black and white, silent films. The participants worked together to write the play which was about the Queens crown being stolen and even composed a soundtrack to accompany the performance.
The film group worked together to make a film called Cartoon World in which a group of friends would draw things and they would come to life. The group wrote, created the set and characters, starred in and even partly edited the film.
This project concluded with a showing of all the Little Peoples work, friends and family who came to show their support were very impressed with the work that they had produced.