Prop and Location list

Props that will be used in the film:

1. Work books
2. Bag with stuff sprawling out of it
3. Rugby posts
4. 2 mobile phones

Location list:

• Field
• Canteen
• Classroom
• Numerous corridors
• Outside canteen
• Car park

Timeline

This is the timeline for our Children's film, we have divided the 2 minutes up into 20 second bites.

In each interval we will include: dialogue, sound, props and character actions.

Our roles in this epic Children's film will be as follows; Andrew- the friend, Matt- the other friend. The cameraman will be Oli. We will all have say of the details in each shot.

Our Idea

Our film will be about a child who goes missing. Our opening sequence is to make the audience identify with the prospect if loosing a loved one. It will be action packed!!!!!! The film will show the process of our heroes finding the lost orphan.

The shots will vary from inside to out, the missing child will be around 10 but will not be shown fully in the opening sequence, the only visible part will be his feet. The older characters (the friends) shall both be 16.

Practise Storyboard

We had to make a practice storyboard for the opening sequence of Back To The Future, to help us prepare for the planning of our own opening sequence.

Oli worked on the sound, Andrew worked on mise-en-scene and Matthew worked on character positions.

PG Classification and Childrens film choices

For our Children's film project we will be filming for the audience of a PG certificate.
This means that the film will be aimed for children over 8 years old. However if they are younger than 8 then their parents can decide whether it is suitable to watch. We are allowed to include discrimination for educational purposes if we want to. If we decide to include drugs then there must be an anti drug message in the film. Horror must be short and not intense. Mild bad language may be used in the film if we choose. PG means that there could be a more adult storyline used e.g. domestic violence.

Genre: We have chosen to make an adventure Children's film. We will use live action camera shots. the clip will last around two minutes.

We decided to do a fantasy Children's film, a Muppet's Christmas carol.

You can immediately tell that the movie is a seasonal fantasy due to the titles and soundtrack used at the intro. Whilst the titles are showing there is snow in the background and the titles are festive so you can link this with Christmas. The soundtrack reminds the audience of fantasy also linking the film with this genre. The majority of the characters are 'Muppet's', these are famous notorious children's TV characters, they are bright and colourful suggesting them to be good. They are the binary opposites to the evil character Scrooge who is dressed in all black and is in a permanent bad mood. The storyline is already known because of the famous book, this book and the author is highlighted in the opening titles.

The genre, Fantasy, is represented by the characters being puppets. It gives the story a bit of a comical twist. They are treated as if they were humans, which adds to the fantasy element. You can tell it's a fantasy from the titles, because it gives it an unreal feeling as it is snowing at Christmas.

Evaluation

I have learned that to make good video, you must work well as a team, and also use the equipment effectively. Prior to any shooting, you must have sketched out a clear storyboard to know what, and how, you are going to shoot; with the camera angle clearly stated below the frame image.

The 180 degree is a camera technique which allows you to view the dialogue from the perspective of all subjects in the frame, shot from one side of the actors. The 180 degree rule is a very important concept in video and film production. It gives the effect that we are watching them have the conversation in the room with you there watching.

Match on action is where you cut from action on one side of location during the film and picking the sequence up from another point of view during the same scene at the same point in time. this is used to to, not only continue the flow of film, but also to give the audience another side of the action.