Youth Filmmaking Resources
Find tips, recommendations, inspiration and more - aimed at young people who want to make films, and the adults who are helping them.
New online safety policy for children’s videos and photos
AI is being used to twist ordinary photos of children into something harmful, and the Internet Watch Foundation and National Crime Agency have both issued guidance on it. Here's why we're moving our public website and social media over to illustration and animation, and why you'll still get every photo and film from your child's workshop, just privately rather than online.
Five great movies about kids who love making films
Here are five great films, made by fantastic filmmakers, about young people who make movies.
Cut-out animation tips from legend, Terry Gilliam
Oscar-winning director Terry Gilliam started out as a stop motion animator using cut-outs. We found this great film where he shares his tips.
What are the different kinds of animation?
Animation can be produced on computers, using cut-outs, plasticine models or drawing sequences. Find out about the different kinds of animation here.
What are the 12 principles of animation? Animation for young people.
Disney’s animators came up with the idea of the 12 principles of animation in the 1930s, and they’re just as valid today - check them out here.