Pupils from an Arbroath primary school are over the moon after their alien film won a national award.
The short film about two pupils meeting an alien on another planet came out on top following judging by a panel of industry leaders including Oscar-winning visual effects supervisor Sara Bennett and Episodes actor Stephen Mangan.
The Timmergreens Primary pupils joined the likes of James Bond star Daniel Craig on the red carpet at the famous Odeon Leicester Square for the Into Film Awards on Tuesday which were hosted by Fife DJ Edith Bowman.
Tim and Sky’s Adventure was made by the primary seven pupils under the guidance of professional animator Andrew Low as part of a British Film Institute funded initiative.
In the two-minute stop motion film two pupils accidentally launch their school’s experimental space rocket and find themselves on a mysterious planet.
Depute head Jill Cassidy said the school was overwhelmed to have won and described it as “such an amazing experience”.
Judge Lisa Prime said the narrative was extremely strong and the film was “technically brilliant”.
She said there was a good mix of claymation, animation and stopframe while she gave particular praise to the production design.
She said the film injected humour and felt very professional while still retaining the authenticity of being made by primary six pupils.
Walking down the red carpet!??⭐️ #IntoFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/HCaF5ZeDYf
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
All seated and anxiously waiting for the results…! ?⭐️ #IntoFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/fyJgZMSQqK
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
P7 pupils in Arbroath watching the Twitter feed in school ? fingers crossed pic.twitter.com/jZvAn6zSEO
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
P7 in Arbroath have their fingers crossed… and the winner is…. #IntoFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/aBbkPkdKjC
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
Currently being interviewed by the press! So overwhelmed! Proud teacher?⭐️? #IntoFilmAwards pic.twitter.com/00vL9Orvcd
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
We won!! pic.twitter.com/EGUub0qOLO
— Timmergreens Primary (@Timmersschool) March 14, 2017
The second winner of the day, Timmergreens primary school. @getintofilm @intofilm_edu pic.twitter.com/QS8Cs3v0HW
— MakoEducation (@MakoEducationUK) March 14, 2017
In the colourful film the school’s spaceship is able to launch by mixing sweets and cola.
It accidentally blasts off after a misplaced kick of a football activates the lever which releases the cola into the engine.
It crashes on a distant planet, damaging the hold which contains the sweets.
A scary looking alien appears, but all he is interested in is eating the sweets.
The film’s message was you can’t judge people by their looks.
The children worked in teams to plan and create the plot, setting, characters, scenery and the script.
They used a range of technology to create their animation and were inspired by Tim Peake who watched last year’s entries while on board the International Space Station.
Unfortunately not all of the children were able to go to the awards in London so representatives were chosen by a lottery.
