Two films from Northamptonshire Study Centres were entered into the 2010 Film Northants competition. The judges of the competition viewed all of the entries and drew up a shortlist of eight films.

The film ‘Kiwi, its a different type of animal’ made by Josh and Dale from our Saturday animation club has been shortlisted and their film will be screened at Cineworld in Sixfields, Northampton on September 20th at 7.30pm. The first prize winner of the public vote will receive a £500 Jessops giftcard. Prizes for the two runners up and Judges’ Choice winner include cinema passes, gift vouchers and exclusive film merchandise!

To view all the films please visit the Film Northants website. Please don’t forget to vote for our film whilst you are there!

Week 2 of our Olympic Summer Challenge kicked off with a new group of young learners who will be starting at Danetre School in Daventry in September.  Click on their photo to find out more about the Olympic Summer Challenge!

Today we have an artist helping our summer school challenge group design and make their Olympic banners!

Check our Olympic website for pictures of the finished products!

Yesterday we joined forces with the Steelbacks Study Centre to hold a Multisports Day at the Sixfields Stadium. Click the photo below to read more about it!

Working as a team in planning, shooting, acting, directing and editing their films the students at the Cobblers Study Centre Summer School made two short films following the passing of the Olympic Torch around the Cobblers ground.

 Today is Day One of the first Olympic Summer Challenge at the Cobblers.  Click the link below to see what we have been up to!

The Animation summer school drew to an end today with a small certificate ceremony and viewings of all the films. The first of Larry Awards where also presented to students who break the record for the most Frames shot on I Can Animate in a single sitting.

The Award today went to Graham and Andrew for beating Dales record of 800 Frames with a whopping 960! The lads received their trophies and Post Honouree Trophies will be posted to Dale and Alex for their equally amazing past records.

Hope everyone enjoyed their time at the Cobblers and we hope to see you again. Stay tuned to youtube to see your films uploaded in the coming days!

The animation production continues in Film, Flash and Stop-Motion. The long standing Stop-Motion record of 760 Frames shot in one sitting was smashed today by Dale with a whopping 800! For his Mcdonalds inspired monster movie.

While in the backroom Der Reise Continued….

Today the lads have been taking part in a storyboard masterclass by Rachel Arnold. Starting off the day practicing drawing techniques, they quickly moved to storyboarding their own films