Young Creatives
u10 Honorary Mention
The students filmed the story In einer weißen Winternacht (Once upon a northern night) by Jean E. Pendziwol and Isabelle Arsenault (published in 2017 by Verlag Freies Geistesleben) as a stop-motion film in their graphic arts class. As part of the story is set in the woods, they began by gathering branches, pine cones, leaves, etc. from outside in nature. Then the children crafted the various props, the main figures, and the animals, and finally drew the backdrops. Working in groups, the students produced a storyboard and subsequently filmed the individual sequences using the Stop Motion Studio app and the school’s iPads. The teacher then did the editing and designed the texts.
The story line of the film: In a white winter night, parents tell their child a bedtime story. Thanks to the vivid description by the parents, the child experiences the tale in colorful images, and we see the pictures that unfold in the child’s mind. We can see, for example, how the snow in the winter night gradually transforms the landscape into a magical environment, wrapping everything in a soft, white blanket, as cozy as the child’s bed.
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Project Credits / Acknowledgements
School: BrgOrg15, Henriettenplatz 6, 1150 Vienna
Teacher: Silvia Khan-Bolin
Tabarek Oday Adnan, Ali Almarey, Nedim Avdic, Darius-Ricardo Curcan, Jasmin El Degwy, Art Elshani, Andraj Ghuman, Jasnoor Guron, Mohamad Haji, Madina Kadyhadzijew, Ishak Kalapon / Kacapor, Ali Kalecik, Raman Khalaf, Behar Krasniqi, Maryam Langic, Hamza Masoud, Mihailo Milic, Ilona Molnar, Duru Öner, Omer Osmani, Mohamed Salama, Ilayda Sezgin, Mohamad Shakra, Lazar Simic, Mohamed Skheita, Mihaejlo Stojadninovic, Marko Stojkovic / Students at BrgOrg15 (AT)
Biographies
The students are all in the fifth grade at Brg0rg15 in Vienna’s 15th district and have known each other since fall 2019. They have worked together in their arts class to produce various creative projects, such as the film In einer weißen Winternacht. They undertake their group projects with enthusiasm, a great deal of creativity, mutual support, and team spirit.
Credit: Schulhomepage intern BrgOrg15
Jurystatement
The young artists use the technical means at their disposal to tackle a stop-motion film project. The text of the story they have filmed is extremely poetic, and the students illustrate and interpret the work in their own very personal manner. The play with the recurring musical piece has an almost hypnotic effect on the viewer, and if one allows oneself to be taken in by this device, one can actually immerse oneself in the images and in the world created here. One sometimes feels one has been taken back in time to a fairytale world, and in this world, one is transported to a place where anything can happen.
