Posted: Tuesday 1 July 2008
Digital 60 Prizewinner
As part of its 2008 celebrations of the 60th birthday of the world's first stored-program computer designed and built at the University of Manchester in 1948, the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester ran a computer animation competition open to schools across the UK. The competition ran between 1 January and 1 May 2008.
The competition asked entrants to create a short animated Computer Graphics film using Alice, a free computer animation system. There was no minimum length for the animation but the maximum length was one minute. The animation had to be inspired by material from the taught curriculum in school.
Morrison's Academy submitted two entries and Alastair was a prize winner in his age group with his ‘Fun Facts of the Final Frontier'. His animation showed the planets orbiting the sun and gave interesting facts about each of the planets. His entry also won a certificate for Best Educational Film across all the age groups. Alastair was able to travel to Manchester to attend the Digital 60 day on 20 June and received his award from Professor Steve Furber CBE.
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