Interview with Dame Jasvinder Sanghera
The project was very happy to welcome Dame Jasvinder Sanghera back to Derby, and a small team including students from the University of Derby interviewed her on her life, her campaigning and her vision for the future.
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June 2024 Darley Park and Derby Our filming schedule took us back to Darley Park twice more and also out and about on the streets of Derby doing live actions and animation. We got some great footage and had a few sessions editing the scenes together and experimenting with things like fast and slow motion, […]
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07.05.2024 Darley Park Toda was filming day one of our epic Æthelflæd’s army and the Battle of Derby film. We did a mixture of live action scenes and also some stop-motion animation ‘out in the wild’.
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30.04.2024 Darley Park With the film written and all of the props made, we went scouting for locations in nearby Darley Park. We looked at a few different spots and discussed their various merits as we went. Near the end of our walk we found two fabulous locations that were ideal for purpose.
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16.04.2024 Derby We are planning a film and, having got an outline for the story, we set about making various props. We even looked into badge creation as these could be a prop in the film too.
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13.02.2024 Derby We shot various pieces of video out and about and then looked at how video editing works, experimenting with the footage and making creative choices to each end up with a different film.
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30.01.2024 Derby We wanted to switch from the 2D world to the 3D world, and so we created dioramas with Marion Adnams as our inspiration. It could be art work inspired by her style or even her creating art in her studio.
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16.01.2024 Derby Inspired by the style of Marion Adnams, we set out to make a stop-motion animation of her. We started with ideas and then built the 2D set with coloured background, images and shapes to represent what we wanted to happen. Then as a team we animated the story.
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16.01.2024 Derby Museum Marion Adnams has her own wall at Derby Museum and our visit helped us get further into her mind and style, picking out our favourite artworks and telling each why on camera.
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