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Nelson Shin: "The motion and the music are all superior"

Did you know Ddangbeol animation was recently made popular? Ddangbeol, the popular musical hit was recently transformed into an animated music video that left many at awe, with its witty motions and images, as well as straightforward lyrics.

The most astonishing thing about this masterpiece is that it was created by an elementary school student. It won the gold prize from the Choenan Buseong Elecmentary School's recent 'Children's Animation Director Festival', which was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture & Tourism (Minister: Ki, Myeonggon) and the Korean Animation Artists Association (president: Nelson Shin) and was first introduced through a blog.

The festival gave free animation experience courses to elementary school students nationwide, in an attempt to give children an opportunity to experience animation as it provides an expert look into the animator himself and the resources that are available to promote children's cartoons and encourage a deeper understanding of animation and character. The event was very successful, with over 1000 of participants and a total of 65 works exhibited.

Teams were given a month to create music videos using school songs, such as 'Our School CF' and other children's songs. With the creative fusion of music and motion, the judges all thought that the participants did a great job.

Nelson Shin, the president of the Korean Animation Artists Association said "I was astonished since the use of motion and music in the animation was very superior. I hope that they could be developed well to be the leads of Korean animation".

In the festival, by Jang, Heewon and 38 other students of Incheon Seongdong Elementary School was selected for the Grand Prize. For the Superiority Prize, by Han Chaeyoung and seven other students of Yangpyeong Elementary School and by Yoo Beomseok and 28 other students of Hwado Elementary School were named. 700 other students from 30 schools were also awarded various prizes.

The Source : Koreacontent News Team

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