Gaspard's Foxtrot - in partnership with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Visible Fictions have adapted and produced a
dynamic, family friendly film of 'Gaspard's Foxtrot'. Adapted from Zeb Soanes' children's book of the same title, Dougie
Irvine adapted a script from the source material, which involved mixing a played live concert, direct address storytelling and
2.5D animation. The company closely collaborated with animator Richard Poet and illustrator of the book James Mayhew to
create drawings to bring the story alive on screen. Zeb Soanes is the narrator and the musicians of the RSNO, conducted by
Alice Farnham spent two days recording all the digital footage (under socially-distanced guidelines). The recording has
been completed, the animation has been made and now the final piece is being edited. Gaspard's Foxtrot will be released in
the coming financial year, being made available to all of Scotland's primary schools free of charge. The latest update was
that 973 classes, from 330 schools, including 972 children with SEND (4%) had signed up - that's approx. 33,655 children.
It will be seen in every local authority area of Scotland with at the last update, with 31 schools in Quintile 1 of the SIMD.
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