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Digital Portraits Workshop
  Monday, April 24, 2006 – Friday, July 21, 2006
  KS2,3, & 4 Art and Design 2hrs Pupils work together to create a digital sketchbook, containing self portraits using Adobe Photoshop. Using Digital cameras, pupils will photograph themselves and produce a series of images, which will explore self-image and portraiture. After evaluating the work they have produced, their work will be available to take back to school. Max: 25 students .Cost £4 per pupil (minimum charge £100)
 
 

Animation Workshop Plus
  Tuesday, April 25, 2006 – Friday, July 21, 2006
  Suitable for KS 2,3,4 & FE Cross curricular 2hrs am/2hrs pm Fridays only In the morning pupils will work in small groups and use animation software to create short stopmotion model animations. The afternoon session will be spent editing the animations created using either Adobe Premiere Pro(KS3 +) or Windows Movie Maker (KS 2)and adding sound effects. Extra footage made available for pupils to practice their editing skills. Participants will be posted a dvd of the work completed. Max: 25 students Cost £200 Please call 0870 70 10 201 to book. *Outreach: this workshop is available in your classroom for £220 for a full day.
 
 

Animation Workshop
  Friday, April 28, 2006 – Friday, July 21, 2006
  Suitable for KS 2,3,4 & FE Cross curricular 2hrs Fridays only Students will work in small groups and use animation software to create short stop-motion model animations. Please ensure you request either model or drawn when booking. Participants will be posted a DVD of the work completed. Max: 25 students Cost £130 *Outreach:This workshop is available in your classroom for £150 for a half day session.
 
 

Fabulous Drawings Workshop
  Friday, May 19, 2006 – Sunday, September 24, 2006
  19 May 2006 – 24 September 2006 Tues – Fri term time Suitable for KS2,3,& 4 Art and Design 1hr 30min In support of Myths and Visions : The Art of Ray Harryhausen, ,join our artist in this gallery-based workshop designed to introduce you to the work on show, and help you produce fantastical and detailed drawings of Harryhausen’s models. Includes an introduction to a range of drawing techniques and materials. Max 30 pupils. Cost : £4.00 per pupil (minimum charge £100)
 
 

Fantastic Writing Workshop
  Friday, May 19, 2006 – Sunday, September 24, 2006
  19 May 2006 – 24 September 2006, Tuesday – Friday term time.Suitable for KS2 &3, English 2hrs Poem and story writing workshop with author Craig Bradley. Craig’s enthusiasm and expertise will make this an experience all pupils will remember. Inspired by the work on show in the exhibition Myths and Visions, pupils will be inspired and facilitated by Craig to write their own short pieces along the theme of the Fantastic Voyage. Max 30 pupils. Cost £150
 
 

Space day
  Saturday, July 15, 2006 – Sunday, July 16, 2006
  K’NEX workshop. Make your own moon buggy, lunar module, space rocket or Mars rover vehicle with K’NEX expert Catherine Wilcock.
Make your very own space themed mobile to take home.
 
 

Kids TV Week
  Saturday, July 22, 2006 – Friday, July 28, 2006
  Packed with activities all about Kids TV, and featuring screenings from the Museum’s archives of children’s television, this week is a must for anyone with an interest in, or a memory of Kids TV.

Classic Kids TV
Drop-in to the Cubby Broccoli/Pictureville Cinema anytime during the week and feast your eyes on childrens classics from the past and present.

Family Workshops
Daily, 12:00 – 4:00pm
Drop-in to the foyer for free TV-Themed arts and crafts workshops.

 
 

Experience TV Day
  Saturday, July 22, 2006 – Saturday, July 22, 2006
 

Meet the CBBC Presenters

To celebrate the launch of Experience TV, CBBC will be broadcasting live from the Museum all day so come along and see the crew in action.

Meet the CBBC Presenters
Pictureville, 4:30pm – 5:15pm

Have you ever fancied yourself as a TV presenter? Find out what life is like as a CBBC Presenter and get tips on how to get started in TV.

World Premiere of Evacuation
Pictureville, 12noon – 1pm

Join us for the first screening of a brand new CBBC sereis that takes twelve city kids back intime to experience life as it was lived in the 1940’s. The screening will be followed by the opportunity to meet the cast and crew and find out what it was like making the series.

Greasepaint and Gore!

Facepaint UK will be in the foyer all day leading hands-on special effects make up workshops.

 
 

Photograph Workshops
  Wednesday, July 26, 2006 – Wednesday, August 23, 2006
  Wednesday 26th July, 9th August & 23rd August
2pm – 4pm
The White Room and Kraszna-Krausz Room, Insight


Make your own sun pictures and cyanotypes to take home, and view some original material from the Museum’s archival collection – some of which date back as far as 1840. Featuring work by WH Fox Talbot and Anna Atkins. With photographer Simon Warner.
 
 

Photography Week
  Saturday, July 29, 2006 – Friday, August 04, 2006
  A week of fun events featuring photography, including:
Drawing photographs in sepia workshop. Daily, 12.00-4.00pm.
Kodak Gallery talk. Meet at the Big Lens in the foyer. Daily 1-4 August, 12 Noon
Photo hunt throughout the week. Collect your trail sheet from the Box Office.
 
 

Meet the Victorian Photographer
  Wednesday, August 02, 2006 – Wednesday, August 30, 2006
  Weednesday 2nd August & 30th August
2pm – 4pm
Krauszna-Krausz Room, Insight

Drama performance and lively debate with actress Julie O’Connell, in character as one of the most important photograhers in the history of the medium, Julia Margaret Cameron.
 
 

Doctor Who Week
  Saturday, August 05, 2006 – Friday, August 11, 2006
  Calling all Doctor Who fans!

Back to back Doctor Who screenings in Cubby Broccoli/Pictureville Cinema. Come and view a selection of episodes featuring all the Doctors up to Christopher Eccleston.
Daily from 11am

T.A.R.D.I.S workshop, make your very own T.A.R.D.I.S to take home.
Daily, 12-4pm, Museum Foyer
 
 

Cottingley Fairies Week
  Saturday, August 12, 2006 – Friday, August 18, 2006
  Do you believe in fairies? Does the camera ever lie?

Discover the story of two young girls who baffled the world with their photographs of fairies, taken at the bottom of their garden.

Make your very own fairy model to take home.
Daily, 12-4pm, Museum Foyer

Fairy hunt, available throughout the week, collect your trail sheet from the Box Office.

Original Cottingley Fairies photographs and camera on display in the Kodak Gallery.

Cottingley Fairies talk.
Daily, meet at 12:00 in the Victorian Drawing Room in the Kodak Gallery
 
 

News in Wartime
  Wednesday, August 16, 2006 – Thursday, August 17, 2006
  2pm-4pm
Krauszna-Krausz Room, Insight

Travel back in time with actress Julie O’Connell and find out what it was like being a Picture Editor on a busy newspaper desk during wartime Britain. Will include a lively debate to get your kids thinking!
 
 

Animation Week
  Saturday, August 19, 2006 – Friday, August 25, 2006
  A week long celebration of animation featuring free screenings and drop-in workshops.

Fantastic animation. Free animation screenings in Cubby Broccoli/Pictureville Cinema.
Drop-in daily from 11am

Thaumatrope workshop. Find out all about early animation, and make your very own Thaumatrope to take home.
Daily, 12.00-4pm, Museum Foyer
 
 

A Tale of Two Cities Week
  Saturday, August 26, 2006 – Sunday, September 03, 2006
  Activities organised in support of A Tale of Two Cities, on display in Gallery Two.

K’NEX workshop. Make your own skyscraper, tower, bridge or house with K’NEX expert Catherine Wilcock.
Saturday 26th August 12-3pm, The White Room

Model building workshop, come and make a variety of buildings using cardboard and templates.
12-4pm, Museum Foyer
 
 

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION 2 DAY BEGINNERS COURSE
  Saturday, September 09, 2006 – Sunday, September 10, 2006
  Saturday 9 September & Sunday 10 September 2006 Adults (suitable for 15yrs and above) This two day course runs 10am – 4pm each day. Led by Louise Spraggon, Producer of Channel 4’s Animator in Residence scheme, teacher and stop-motion animator, this two-day course offers participants the opportunity to make clay models, animate, create storyboards and scripts, sound record and edit. A DVD of your film will be mailed after the course. Max 15 places so please be sure to book early! Cost: £70 / £60 concessions
 
 

STOP-MOTION ANIMATION 2 DAY ADVANCED COURSE
  Saturday, October 21, 2006 – Sunday, October 22, 2006
  Saturday 21 October & Sunday 22 October 2006 Adults (suitable for 15yrs and above) This advanced two day course runs 10am – 4pm each day. Led by Louise Spraggon, Producer of Channel 4’s Animator in Residence scheme, teacher and stop-motion animator, this course offers you the opportunity to make clay models, animate and learn how to lipsync your characters to an original sound track. There will be time to edit your film on the final day. A DVD of your film will be mailed to you after the course. Max. 10 places so please be sure to book early! Cost: £70 / £60 concessions
 
 

An Eye on the World – English and Media – the global dimension
  Saturday, November 04, 2006 – Saturday, November 04, 2006
  Saturday 4 November 2006 10.30am – 4pm Day conference for KS3 & 4 teachers of English and Media Studies. This day conference will explore the global issues of representation, identity, power, ownership and audience and how these might be taught within the context of the moving image element of English and within the concept of representation in GCSE Media Studies. The workshops, led by English and Media specialists, will offer practical ways of addressing these issues in the classroom and will cover television news, print media and film representations of global issues. Cost: £50 inc. refreshments, lunch and conference papers. Please call 0870 70 10 201 to book
 
 
 
     
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