An animated film made by a team of pupils is to be screened on an anti-bullying website.

The movie, which was written and produced by 12 and 13-year-olds, has been chosen by national charity Bullying Online.

The project started when a group of pupils at Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College, Bradford, were given a challenge to create a short animated film about bullying.

They split into three groups and created separate films using Plasticine models, acetate sheets and cardboard cut-outs.

Staff at the school in Thornbury Road, Laisterdyke, were so impressed by the pupils' work that they rolled out the red carpet for a movie premiere.

Teacher Angie Dunn said: "We were thrilled by the time and effort put into the project by the students. The premiere night gave us a great opportunity to congratulate them, but also to show that other people recognise the value and quality of what they have done.

"We even had a special recorded message from Bullying Online, an organisation which works with pupils and staff nationally to deal with this important issue."

The school also arranged for the pupils to take part in a film workshop with Louise Spraggon, an animation expert from the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television.

She worked with youngsters to produce a new film which is now being launched by Bullying Online.

The new animated film is in two parts and uses all the techniques used by the pupils in their initial project. The first part is called Being Bullied Makes You Feel Cold and Alone and the second is called Fight Back and Stay on Track.

The school's enterprise adviser, Gerard Liston, who helped to co-ordinate the project, said: "We contacted Bullying Online for some information and when they heard about our project they wanted to put it on to their website.

"The first part of the film looks at how bullying makes you feel and does not have much colour and is negative and the second part is more positive and looks at the things young people can do to stop bullying.

"I was impressed with the end product. I think what I like about it is that it has obviously been produced by young people and that is what makes it so powerful."

The film will be screened on the website at www.

bullying.co.uk.

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