This is just a review of what I saw at the GMA today. It was a retrospective of Ray Harryhausen’s work, & he really changed the culture of the process of how films are made. It showed a run through of how he actually did his well. For you who don’t know who he was he made the process of start-stop animation (think how Wallis & Gromit are animated). He served in WW2 but then introduced stills of pop, so got teenagers more interest in film. You could try out how they did it, where they had a bunch of layers, a background & camera so the background looked like it had a monster on it, & you were appearing in front of it.
Just for some context his work is probably best portrayed in “jason and the argonauts”
I went with my 2 nieces, & I know that they had a lot of fun, but some activities seemed to be very child friendly. It really did make me more aware of his work & appreciate his work. So, I can’t recommend it more, see it now at Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art (also known as Modern T).