Tuesday, 18 October 2011

Homework

Back To The Future
storyboard notes
- Back to the future title moves from the right to the middle of the shot
- Tracking shot of clocks, tracking right (ticking sounds)
- Continuous tracking shot of framed news paper article - camera zooms out
- Tracking shot (right) of Radio and TV - camera zooms in on the news reader
- Tracks left to toaster (sound of toast popping up)
- Camera moves left slowly while the dog food falls in bowl, camera follows the food falling downwards
- 1st cut of tracking shots, Low long shot of dog bowl
- Camera moves upwards
- Shot of feet walking through the door ''hey doc''
- Camera follows boy walking
- Close up of Boy turning on machinery, close up of dial being turned up (machinery sounds)
- Close up of plug ins
- Close up of guitar
- Long shot, High angle of the boy standing in the room

We watched the first few minutes of Back To The Future and took notes about the shot types that were used. This task helped me notice how a variety of shots can be used in such a short space of time in a sequence opening. Furthermore it helped me to understand the types of information that need to be included while creating a storyboard.

BBFC
In one media lesson we learnt about the BBFC. We watched several film clips and used the guidelines to estimate if we thought the film classification was U or PG.
Harry Potter - PG
Up - U
Home Alone - PG
Water ship Down - U
In our group we guessed all of the film clips with the right classification apart from Water-Ship Down, we thought this film was very violent and child unfriendly in parts - however this film is older than the others, so it shows how classifications have changed over time.

Link for classification U http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/u/
Link for classification PG http://www.bbfc.co.uk/classification/guidelines/pg/

Inspiration


I liked the opening of the children's TV show Arthur as it is a very good example of stop motion. The shots are not jolted and the sequence runs very smoothly. I find this example is extremely child friendly and engaging to younger viewers:
- Bright and colourful - gives off a happy vibe and atmosphere
- Shows the main characters family
- Involoves animals e.g. Arthurs dog - This can teach children and help them understand animals
- Happy and catchy theme tune
- Settings are modern and set a good example - e.g. clean streets, pretty houses, friendly people






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