Evaluation

Our feedback from childrens film opening.

1Is there a variety of shots?
No

2Has mise-en-scene been considered?
Yes

3Is it edited well? Transitions? continuity editing?
Yes

4Sound-voice over?
Soundrack appropriate to build atmosphere?
yes

5Does it give you an idea about the whole film? Genre? Narrative? Main Characters?
Yes

1No, very similar
2yes, slightly but could of been more. Inconsistant.
3stop motion is slightly slow and untidy, could be made tidy
4soundtrack has no relevance, and no sound effects.
5Story is very unclear?

Does not give any indication to the rest of the film no variety to the angles of shots or type of shots. Mise-en-scene is good, good props, good background.

1yes there is a variety of shots.
2yes it has been considered
3yes it has been edited well could be more continuous
4yes the soundtrack matches the sequence well
5its very childlike therefore suits it and gives a good idea of genre.

1yes very good
2yes variety of colours, characters
3yes, good continuity editing flowed well
4crood, fitting music, suitable
5not really only that it is about doobies! :)





byeee :)

we are not as happy as we could of been with our movie. In our second lesson we lost a lot of our work and we thought Istop motion takes alot of time. If we could change anything we would to be consistent with our filming

last lesson

in the last lesson we were just putting it all together. we made a soundtrack on garage band and created a title sequence. we named the creatures "the doobies" and we were just stringing it all together. even though we know it int long enough, we were happy with what we made due to the circumstances.

second lesson

for the second lesson we made a lot more of the film, however when we came back to it in the next lesson we had lost it all because it hadnt saved. we were back to square one. obviously this caused a lot of panic so the next lesson we were created more.

second lessom

the ideas

to start with we decided we would do istop motion, and we chose to use pompoms for our characters. we got this idea from the trubles from star trek.
so to do this we started with the pompoms and moved them around. we didnt have a name for the creatures but we decided to make this up later. so for the whole lesson we created about 30 seconds of work. we realised that it was going to take a long time to reach the amount needed for the final piece.

childrens film

Our childrens film opening is inspired by the little elf and short films alike.
we have made little pompoms with eyes and we are using i-stop motion.
These creatures move around the screen doing comical things let alone their comical appearance.
We have done 30 seconds of it and began our soundtrack.
These creature are going to be characters in the upcoming film.

Today Lunchtime we are going to progress on our task of finishing the opening.

Story board.

for this task we had to watch the first four minutes of the opening of the film back to the future. we had to split the tasks into three sections so each of s would look at different parts to pick up on. Olivia had to look for the different types of sound in the clip, Charlotte looked for the character movements and Grace looked at camera movements. Also we all looked for significant images to help with the story board. so for this we then had to draw the significant images and label the camera shots. also explain what sound plays and when.

Children's Film 2009

What is a childrens film?

A childrens film is aimed at children, for childrens viewing. This is not to be confused with a family film. The difference betweeen a childrens and a family film are that a family film is aimed for all ages and children is often defined as under 12's.



PG Certificate: PG stands for parental guidance. When making a PG film you have to consider a few factors; Drugs, imitable behaviour, laguage, nudity, horror, sex, theme and violence. This is because young children may see this and copy it. There must be little or no reference to drugs, if there is it shoud be inocuous, or a warning should follow. Behaviour must be suitable as they may imitate bad behaviour. Bad language obviously cannot be used and nudity musnt be shown in a sexual manner. Horror can only be mild because other wise it would scare the chilren and scar them. Sex references can only be used if they are mild and infrequent and they must also be discreet. the violence is a little bit more in depth than the U certificate because they show more violence however they have to make sure that it has a moral to it. Themes are more serious however they have to have areasuring ending, for example a moral.
Parent may decide whether they think the film is suitable for the age of their children. PG films are mainly aimed at aged 8/9 or older, although it depends on how mature they are.








U Certificate:

In our group we have Charlotte Baker, Olivia Nightingale and Grace Mooney. For this topic we are having to make a children's film. this is going to go towards our coursework.
we watched a clip of the Lemony Snicket film and we were picked to look for the theme and to explain it to the rest of the group. we think that the main theme in this film is family love/ relationships. This can make the viewer want to ask questions about the film, eg. what happened to the children's parents? what are the children going to do now and where will they go?

Welcome

in our group we have Charlotte Baker, Olivia Nightingale and Grace Mooney :)