What you will be able to do
- Create digital drawings, logos and posters
- make a stop-motion and a short animation
- record and edit a sound track
Syllabus
- Drawing on screen
- Colours and shapes
- Poster and logo
- Stop-motion with clay or paper
- Sound and voice
- Animation in Scratch or a free animation tool
- Storyboard to short film
- Film festival
Hands-on practical activities
- School poster for a real event
- stop-motion film
- sound effects with household objects
- animated message for a local clinic or school
Resources and equipment
Tablets or laptops, free open-source drawing and animation software, phone or tablet camera and tripod, clay, paper, headphones
🔋 No power? Off-grid option
Stop-motion with a charged tablet; paper-based storyboards and drawing when power is low
Career direction
Graphic designer, animator, video editor, content creator, art director
Why it matters in the market
Short-form video, social media and e-learning content create steady demand for local creators
Assessment
Portfolio of three finished items and a film festival presentation
Age and learner-group versions
The same core course is also offered in these adapted versions.
Little Storytellers TT3
Outcomes. Tell a story with pictures, voice and sound; practise listening, speaking and vocabulary in English and a home language; share work safely
Practicals. Draw and photograph characters; record a one-minute voice story; make a puppet show; film a story with a tablet; bilingual story card
Progression
From TT3; leads to EX3 Design, Video and Content