The Tazz Factor: Jedward

The Tazz Factor

Jedward & Louis Walsh from the X Factor “TAZZED” by Animatazz in clay-mation at rehearsals for Ghostbusters.

Have you got any cabbage?

Have you got any cabbage?

A rabbit keeps going into a butcher shop and asking the butcher, “Have you got any cabbage?” Why? And where is he going with this? Does the butcher see the humour? This little movie was created at the Light Exchange as part of an Animatazz play date.

from The Animatazz Director’s Manual

Our Director's Manual shows you how to give your tazz characters facial expressions

Animation is all about moving your actors in small steps around your set and taking photographs of them for each movement.

It could be drawings, but using plasticine and our ANIMATAZZ EASY-ACTION figure, you can get animating your own characters in no time at all and you don’t need to be a good drawer.

With your Animatazz plasticine, you can dress them up in clothes and give them personalities of their own. We even give you a backdrop for your movie set, but of course you can make up your own with cereal boxes, or coloured card, or even just use a corner of your own bedroom with a few toys as props.

Zombie Vs Skelly

Katie (aged 12), Conor (aged 7) and Sean (aged 12) created their own Hallowe’en ghouls and pitted them against each other in a freestyle fighting championship. We hope to see more mayhem soon from these ghastly ghouls! Well done, Katie, Conor & Sean.

I’ll Tell me Ma

I’ll Tell me Ma

Children from Belfast turned this traditional Belfast skipping song into a short animated movie. Our story was influenced by “Riverdance” and the dance scene for “I want to be in America” from the movie “West Side Story”. We studied clips from both, as well as making a storyboard to plan the production.

A Strange encounter with pond people

A strange encounter with pond people

A tale of a fisherman being pulled into the world of the Pond People … or is it just a dream? This wonderful story was the creation of Orla and Eva; and the characters and animation were done by a crew of 8 to 13 year olds.