Its called 'BEARNAPPED!'
Enjoy!
Thursday 16 December 2010
FINAL CHILDREN'S FILM
Its called 'BEARNAPPED!'
Enjoy!
Friday 10 December 2010
FILMING OF CHILDRENS FILM DAY 1 - FRIDAY 3rd DECEMBER
Today in our first filming day we recorded the classroom scene. This scene had The main character Poppy and the teacher Miss Darch. In this scene we see Poppy packing her things away after her lesson, being the last student left in the room, and Miss Darch wiping the board from the last lesson. Poppy then starts to pack away and discovers a mysterious letter on the top of her bag, which she opens and examines. Poppy is worried and anxious and Miss Darch senses Poppy's mood and wonders what is wrong and why she is still in the class room. Miss Darch confronts Poppy, and poppy says that nothing is wrong, and hurridly starts to leave the room.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
Throughout our filming we had to consider possible problems that may occur.
The general health and safety routines we made sure we took to account were:
. That we didn't create excessive noise which would distract classes or anyone around us who didn't want to be disturbed.
.We had to make sure when filming our product, that the area was clear and that no one who was not involved in the scene being filmed was in the way or was accidently captured in the scene and not wanting to be in the scene.
.We had to make sure the location that we want to film around was safe for us to film, this meant the area had to be secure with no possible traffic being created by us or to be around us in general. If parked cars were around us, we made sure they weren't harmed whilst passing through. When filming in the woods we checked there were no sticks or rubbish which could of caused injury whilst filming, especially the elf running across the screen.
We had to take into consideration the safety of using the camera itself. We had to make sure we:
.Made sure the camera is securely in the bag whilst travelling to different locations to film.
.We made sure we kept all the equipent together and carried and set up the equipment correctly as demonstrated by the teacher when we first began the task.
.When filming different shots on different days, to make sure the tape is rewound so that you don't tape over your previous work.
.It is advised to shoot more then one shot within a scene, this is so there are no possibilities of unwanted people within the scene and no mistakes.
.Lastly we had to make sure we didn't leave the camera on or carried on filming unwanted scenes by accident when clearing the equipment.
Review
Our first filming day went well, we had some difficulties getting used to the camera, we experimented different camera angles and practised zooming in and out on the camera to create a close-up or a long shot. Once we had got the hang of using the camera the filming went smoothly.
HEALTH AND SAFETY:
Throughout our filming we had to consider possible problems that may occur.
The general health and safety routines we made sure we took to account were:
. That we didn't create excessive noise which would distract classes or anyone around us who didn't want to be disturbed.
.We had to make sure when filming our product, that the area was clear and that no one who was not involved in the scene being filmed was in the way or was accidently captured in the scene and not wanting to be in the scene.
.We had to make sure the location that we want to film around was safe for us to film, this meant the area had to be secure with no possible traffic being created by us or to be around us in general. If parked cars were around us, we made sure they weren't harmed whilst passing through. When filming in the woods we checked there were no sticks or rubbish which could of caused injury whilst filming, especially the elf running across the screen.
We had to take into consideration the safety of using the camera itself. We had to make sure we:
.Made sure the camera is securely in the bag whilst travelling to different locations to film.
.We made sure we kept all the equipent together and carried and set up the equipment correctly as demonstrated by the teacher when we first began the task.
.When filming different shots on different days, to make sure the tape is rewound so that you don't tape over your previous work.
.It is advised to shoot more then one shot within a scene, this is so there are no possibilities of unwanted people within the scene and no mistakes.
.Lastly we had to make sure we didn't leave the camera on or carried on filming unwanted scenes by accident when clearing the equipment.
Review
Our first filming day went well, we had some difficulties getting used to the camera, we experimented different camera angles and practised zooming in and out on the camera to create a close-up or a long shot. Once we had got the hang of using the camera the filming went smoothly.
FILMING OF CHILDRENS FILM DAY 2 - Friday 10th December
Today we finished filming our childrens film. We filmed the mysterious Elf scene in which the elf runs through the forest, and by using a mid/long shot it makes the Elf character appear unidentifiable, as a mysterious character in the clip.
Today we also filmed Poppy walking to into school which is to be used at the start of the film showing her entering the school. We also filmed Poppy looking at the mysterious letter and photograph she found in her bag. An over the shoulder shot was used to film this.
Review
Over all the filming went well, we were able to film the scenes we needed to complete our media product. It helped having all of us there to help get all the scenes done as we played the characters in our film, so having everyone there made it easier to get scenes finished more efficiently.
Today we also filmed Poppy walking to into school which is to be used at the start of the film showing her entering the school. We also filmed Poppy looking at the mysterious letter and photograph she found in her bag. An over the shoulder shot was used to film this.
Review
Over all the filming went well, we were able to film the scenes we needed to complete our media product. It helped having all of us there to help get all the scenes done as we played the characters in our film, so having everyone there made it easier to get scenes finished more efficiently.
Thursday 2 December 2010
FINAL CHILDREN'S FILM PLAN - costume, props and location research.
COSTUME
The two main characters identifiable in the scene will be the main character Poppy, aged 10, and the teacher Miss Darch.
Poppy will be wearing an everyday normal outfit for somebody of her age.
Miss Darch will be wearing a fairly smart outfit presenting her as a well presented teacher, with a tidy appearance.
The other character in the sequence is an elf, who will only be seen for a short amount of time. The elf will however be wearing a green outfit, with a pointy hat.
PROPS
The props which will be used in the children's sequence will be:
.School bag for the girl
.Letter
.Picture of a teddy bear for the letter
.Books and pens for the class to make it realistic in the scene in the class
LOCATION:
The main location settings in the children's sequence will be the school and the woods as they're the main locations where the story will be taking place, for our opening sequence of the story the main location shown will be the school, however there is a short scene which shows the woods and introduces one of the characters with in the sequence.
A woods location in many children's films such as The spiderwick chronicles often give a mystical theme to the story which blends in with fantasy. In our opening sequence we have included a woods which has myterious characters wondering between the trees, this creates excitement.
The school location emphasises the fact it's a children's film as the main character being the little girl makes the story appeal to a child as the behaviour and language used will be of a young child's level.
Children can relate to this film as the location of the school is an environment many children are familiar with themselves which helps them create their own imagination towards the film.
The two main characters identifiable in the scene will be the main character Poppy, aged 10, and the teacher Miss Darch.
Poppy will be wearing an everyday normal outfit for somebody of her age.
Miss Darch will be wearing a fairly smart outfit presenting her as a well presented teacher, with a tidy appearance.
The other character in the sequence is an elf, who will only be seen for a short amount of time. The elf will however be wearing a green outfit, with a pointy hat.
PROPS
The props which will be used in the children's sequence will be:
.School bag for the girl
.Letter
.Picture of a teddy bear for the letter
.Books and pens for the class to make it realistic in the scene in the class
LOCATION:
The main location settings in the children's sequence will be the school and the woods as they're the main locations where the story will be taking place, for our opening sequence of the story the main location shown will be the school, however there is a short scene which shows the woods and introduces one of the characters with in the sequence.
A woods location in many children's films such as The spiderwick chronicles often give a mystical theme to the story which blends in with fantasy. In our opening sequence we have included a woods which has myterious characters wondering between the trees, this creates excitement.
The school location emphasises the fact it's a children's film as the main character being the little girl makes the story appeal to a child as the behaviour and language used will be of a young child's level.
Children can relate to this film as the location of the school is an environment many children are familiar with themselves which helps them create their own imagination towards the film.
FINAL CHILDREN'S FILM PLAN - STORYBOARD AND SHOT LIST
STORYBOARD
Here are our two storyboards, showing all of the shots we were originally going to use. We now however have decided to shorten this to use up to shot 8 in order to keep it an opening sequence rather then including too much of the story and to keep the limit of two minutes for the sequence.
GROUP CONCERNS
As a group we had concerns about the length of our planned children's film, as we thought that the story that we had planned and created a storyboard about was too long to use for an opening sequence. We then discussed, and decided that we would shorten our children's film and storyboard in order for it to fit the time limit, and also the elements of an opening sequence. We therefore decided to shorten our storyboard to stop at shot 8, instead of the previous 15, and also shortened the length of our children's film plan. The shorter edited version is listed below.
Here are our two storyboards, showing all of the shots we were originally going to use. We now however have decided to shorten this to use up to shot 8 in order to keep it an opening sequence rather then including too much of the story and to keep the limit of two minutes for the sequence.
GROUP CONCERNS
As a group we had concerns about the length of our planned children's film, as we thought that the story that we had planned and created a storyboard about was too long to use for an opening sequence. We then discussed, and decided that we would shorten our children's film and storyboard in order for it to fit the time limit, and also the elements of an opening sequence. We therefore decided to shorten our storyboard to stop at shot 8, instead of the previous 15, and also shortened the length of our children's film plan. The shorter edited version is listed below.
Panning of the first character running down the road, writting of the name of the film and the director, producer and first character's name are shown over the top of the scene as the tracking of the girl continues. Her movement towards the school zooms out to get a long shot of the school which outlines one key location. The non diegetic music is fast to flow with the movement of the girl rushing to school. The scene fades into a shot of the woods, the non diegetic changes to a mystical tone as you see a fast shot of a green image of the second character swipe across the screen, this builds tension yet is not continuous so is appropriate for a PG. The following scene is a cut of the girl sitting in the class room doodling in her book. The third character is then introduced as the teacher with her name in the corner of the screen. As the teacher continues to talk to the class, her voice the diegetic background sound as you get a mid shot of the girl writting in her book. A close up zooms into her bag where she finds an old letter mysteriously there. It reads a riddle which leads her to the woods after class, showing a picture of her beloved teddy which she had previously misplaced. The close up of her face shows her curious and anxious.
Tuesday 30 November 2010
Opening sequence to 101 dalmatians
The Walt Disney film 101 dalmatians is an adventure/fantasy film appropriate for young children as it includes a young person's humour.
At the beginning of the sequence the name of the film along with the producer's, director's and character's names are titled over the establishing shot of the location, this introduces the destination of where the story is set.
The first character introduction within the opening sequence is the dog Pongo, his name is introduced as he clicks on his owner's computer. The second character to be introduced is the owner of Pongo, he is first shown laying in bed and we are shown Pongo waking him up. This immediately makes us aware that Pongo is trained to wake him up each morning. We also gain an insight of both characters personality as we can tell straight away that the owner is lazy and is also child-like as he cannot wake himself up. We can also tell that Pongo is very intellectual for a pet dog.
We are introduced to the location straight away by different ways as Pongo, the dog enters many rooms of the house to do different things. This gives us an idea of the rooms in the house and what they have in them. We can tell that the main location is their home town as we are shown a zoom in of the town and then their street. Later on we are shown Pongo and his owner sitting in their local park, there is shown different camera angles on the different people walking around the park.
We are also shown an insight to the story from the opening sequence as the dog is represented as the dominating character in the story, he is shown as very independent (more than his owner) as the clip clearly shows his role around the house; doing the housework and helping his owner. We are shown that Pongo loves his owner, this makes us feel that Pongo is equal to his owner. We can see a clear loving relationship between the owner and pongo.
Monday 29 November 2010
children's film, final idea
Main story: Panning of the first character running down the road, writting of the name of the film and the director, producer and first character's name are shown over the top of the scene as the tracking of the girl continues. Her movement towards the school zooms out to get a long shot of the school which outlines one key location. The non diegetic music is fast to flow with the movement of the girl rushing to school. The scene fades into a shot of the woods, the non diegetic changes to a mystical tone as you see a fast shot of a green image of the second character swipe across the screen, this builds tension yet is not continuous so is appropriate for a PG. The following scene is a cut of the girl sitting in the class room doodling in her book. The third character is then introduced as the teacher with her name in the corner of the screen. As the teacher continues to talk to the class, her voice the diegetic background sound as you get a mid shot of the girl writting in her book. A close up zooms into her bag where she finds an old letter mysteriously there. It reads a riddle which leads her to the woods after class, showing a picture of her beloved teddy which she had previously misplaced. The close up of her face shows her curious and anxious.
After lesson the teacher stops to ask if she's alright, once convinced the girl is fine she lets her go. The girl runs to the woods. The tracking behind her shows her looking back to make sure no one follows. She discovers another letter. The non diegetic music turns mystical with a deeper tone. You then hear twigs snap and running which makes the girl jump. The over the shoulder shots and panning creates the tention. The green figure is emurged as it runs and hides from one side to the other. As it hides behind the tree, the girl calls out to the person to come out. The non diegetic music turns happy and mystical as the figure slowly reveals itself, it's an elf, he says 'the letter, read it, it will guide you to your next journey'.
CONVENTIONS OF AN OPENING SEQUENCE:
.Morals to the storyline.
.Mood/Atmosphere the opening sequence brings to the storyline.
.Engage audience, keep them interested by having something happen to create an effect.
.Introduction of plot, get a grasp of the stroy.
.Equilibrium- everything's ok at the beginning of the sequence.
.Action, this helps make the story interesting for the target audience and draws their attention to the scene.
.Soundtrack is very important as it can help set the mood and atmosphere towards a particular scene. It can also help with the genre of the film you have chosen for example, mystical tunes show fantasy and mystery like an adventure.
.Credits are important to include at the beginning of the film.
.Outline the character personality, this is so the audience get to know a rough idea of what the character's personality is like in order to fit the storyline together.
.Not always human, fantasy creatures always give more of an interesting vibe to a film especailly children's films as young children often enjoy fantacies and adventures.
.Builds tension, the build up of tention creates an effect for the audience and draws their attention.
.Easy to follow, the storyline needs to run smoothly so the audience can understand the story easily.
.Sets scene/location, this is important so that the main location is introduced in the opening sequence.
.Humour can help bring a happy atmosphere to a scene. Humour is altered in films depending on the film classification, for example a children's film is going to include a child's humour in order to fit their level of maturity.
.Shows genre, it is important to show the genre of the film so the audience can pick up whether the film is an adventure, fantasy or maybe a sci-fi film.
.Colourful/ colour presentation, colours create a good effect for the appearance of the scene. Bright colours are especially important in children's films as they are younger and attracted to bright colours.
After lesson the teacher stops to ask if she's alright, once convinced the girl is fine she lets her go. The girl runs to the woods. The tracking behind her shows her looking back to make sure no one follows. She discovers another letter. The non diegetic music turns mystical with a deeper tone. You then hear twigs snap and running which makes the girl jump. The over the shoulder shots and panning creates the tention. The green figure is emurged as it runs and hides from one side to the other. As it hides behind the tree, the girl calls out to the person to come out. The non diegetic music turns happy and mystical as the figure slowly reveals itself, it's an elf, he says 'the letter, read it, it will guide you to your next journey'.
CONVENTIONS OF AN OPENING SEQUENCE:
.Morals to the storyline.
.Mood/Atmosphere the opening sequence brings to the storyline.
.Engage audience, keep them interested by having something happen to create an effect.
.Introduction of plot, get a grasp of the stroy.
.Equilibrium- everything's ok at the beginning of the sequence.
.Action, this helps make the story interesting for the target audience and draws their attention to the scene.
.Soundtrack is very important as it can help set the mood and atmosphere towards a particular scene. It can also help with the genre of the film you have chosen for example, mystical tunes show fantasy and mystery like an adventure.
.Credits are important to include at the beginning of the film.
.Outline the character personality, this is so the audience get to know a rough idea of what the character's personality is like in order to fit the storyline together.
.Not always human, fantasy creatures always give more of an interesting vibe to a film especailly children's films as young children often enjoy fantacies and adventures.
.Builds tension, the build up of tention creates an effect for the audience and draws their attention.
.Easy to follow, the storyline needs to run smoothly so the audience can understand the story easily.
.Sets scene/location, this is important so that the main location is introduced in the opening sequence.
.Humour can help bring a happy atmosphere to a scene. Humour is altered in films depending on the film classification, for example a children's film is going to include a child's humour in order to fit their level of maturity.
.Shows genre, it is important to show the genre of the film so the audience can pick up whether the film is an adventure, fantasy or maybe a sci-fi film.
.Colourful/ colour presentation, colours create a good effect for the appearance of the scene. Bright colours are especially important in children's films as they are younger and attracted to bright colours.
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