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| Kinder machen Kunst mit Medien |
| Duty Calls | Children Making Animation Films von Sigrid Lemm |
| Another child, had always taken the work that they began very earnestly. She always demonstrated a lot of enjoyment. Her images set the tone for the film. I always told the children, that they could make pauses when sequences were too laborious. They should make sure that, making the animation film remained fun for them. One day M expressed to the accompanying researcher that she no longer enjoyed drawing what she was currently doing. M had never admitted that to me. M had not sought out any other activity, and had not asked me for another task. M had continued to work through clenched teeth. When I learnt of M’s problem (but not through M) I first offered her something else to do. M resolutely declined this. I frequently talked to M about the term duty. I told M that I believe, that one only does well, what they enjoy doing and that in an animation film there are lots of different jobs and that it is best when one makes sure there is change – or helps others now and then. M. is what her drawings are all about, very self-confident. M likes to draw, and invents very extreme and witty characters. M was one of the most important draughtswoman in the film, and I think that the film meant a lot to her. The boredom began to emerge through the arduousness of the animation and her inability, to break up the monotonous work. |
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In our rounds I spoke directly about
this topic and M said it was ok, „I’ll continue on
with what I drew the last time.” (That was exactly what she
supposedly didn’t want to do.) I offered M another task.
M smiled at the idea of being allowed to do exactly this other
task right now. M suppressed her reaction though and said: “No.
I’ll finish-off what’s left from yesterday first.”
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