Animation and childhood: participation of children in the creation of narratives for animation

Abstract

The contributions of child and pre-teen audiences for the creation of their own contents allows their voice to be heard and their opinions to be considered. In view of understanding the younger generations participatory methods and the making of narrative, it is necessary to consider the nature of their creative processes as it englobes different fields and strategies, such as drawing and music. Gosma! is a project focused in the production of an animated short film by a group of master students at Instituto Politécnico do Cávado e do Ave, whose narrative creation involved children’s participation through interactive strategies. This article will reflect upon the participatory and ludic methods focused on the narrative construction for animation, observing their impact on the script construction for the animation short film Gosma!.