School Participation?
Since the backgrounds rely on the participation and contribution of the public, we decided that as soon as the website is up and running we will approach local primary school teachers, asking them to spread the word among their students and get them to contribute artwork. This could take the form of a contest, a winner being given a copy of the animation on DVD once it is completed. We may even convince teachers to make an in-class activity out of it. This would be a great way of collecting a lot of backgrounds to use and to generate public interest in the project.
This task will need to be approached with the utmost professionalism. We will need to create posters to distribute to the teachers, as well as contacting them beforehand to organise meeting.
Interfacing with teachers will mean being able to get participation from children without having to deal with all of the red tape and difficulty with interacting with them directly.
