this is our soundtrack

Shot list

Storyboard

Shot 1
This shot is a long shot of the window with the characters 'Jess' and 'Tim' sitting down on the sofa watching the television. This shot then slowly zooms in going into the room showing the expressions of the children's faces while watching television.

Shot 2
This shot is a close up of the television showing a new program that the characters have been waiting for. This is where the opening sequence starts to show the storyline on the children's film.

Shot 3
This shot goes into an extreme close up of the television only showing what is on the tele. This is where the viewer sees one of the main characters and the interest's of the child.

Shot 4
This is a reaction shot of the two children while watching the cartoon and gives the viewer an insight to what the children are interested in.

Shot 5
This shot gives the viewer the impression that the story world is related to the program on the tele world keeping the giant font and speech bubbles.

Shot 6
This is where the children's film starts with the title of the film and introduces the names of the characters and the font logo.

Storyboard

Children's opening sequence

This is our storyboard for the opening sequence for are children's film.

Lightning McQueen

Lightning McQueen

The character of Lightning McQueen from the movie Cars is very memorable from a child's perspective. He is introduced by driving out the back of his trailer. During this sequence, close up shots of his wheels, exhaust and number are used to show the character off. The shot of Lightning McQueen moving towards the light and then being photographed gives the impression that he is famous, many children would want to be like this character even though it is an animation.

The location of this scene is at a very large race event in which the main character will take part. The lightning in the scene is made through the use of spotlights and background lighting as it is set at night. The use of colour in the film is significant as it appeals to children of that age because there is use of bright colouring (Lightning McQueen is bright red). These thing make up the Mise en Scene of the clip.

The sound in the introduction is a mixture of a backing track, sound effects and a voiceover. The backing track is used for the most of the opening of the film as it gives a good sense of the type of film and the lyrics relate to driving. Sound Effects are used in the sequence to help show that the movie is about racing by the use of revving engines. The voiceover gives the watcher good understanding of the main character and what he does.   

This sequence of being introduced to the main character uses many opening sequence conventions including:

• Introducing a character(Lightning McQueen)
• Giving an indication of what is to come in the film (a race)
• Establishes location (racetrack)
• Hooks Viewer (through the use of action, the cars racing round the track)

Overall, the introduction of Lightning McQueen will be very memorable to children because of the use of bright colours, good camera shots and sound work.

Home work - Toy Story - Buzz Light year

 Toy Story - Buzz Light year




















Buzz Lightyear is introduced in Toy Story, when Andy get's a surprise birthday present and all the 'toys' wonder what it is. All the toy's get excited when the kids and Andy bring him upstairs and leave him on the bed where the toy's get introduced/startled by buzz lightyear when he thinks he is a real 'space ranger'.
Buzz Lightyear is introduced on Andy's bed in his bedroom, he is surrounded by a bright wall paper and tonnes of toys making Buzz seem important as they do a low angle shot at him when they introduce him to the scene. Buzz  Lightyear's suit is mocked by Woody yet all the other characters praise his suit, as he has more gadgets then the other toy's. When he is first introduced when it does a low angle zoom shot, a dramatic piece of sound is plaid to make Buzz Lightyear seem important, better the the rest, dominant and more powerful, as well to make a entrance for him. The close up of Buzz Lightyear's face when they are all hiding show his smugness thinking how good he is. Also when Buzz Lightyear is shown in a first person view/pan across the scene it shows his personality as Woody startles him and his body language comes across as scared and intimidated.

BBFC film classification requirements

Universal (U)

"It is impossible to predict what might upset any particular child. But a ‘U’ film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over. ‘U’ films should be set within a positive moral framework and should offer reassuring counterbalances to any violence, threat or horror"

Parental Guidence (PG)

"General viewing, but some scenes may be unsuitable for young children. 

Unaccompanied children of any age may watch. A ‘PG’ film should not disturb a child aged around eight or older. However, parents are advised to consider whether the content may upset younger or more sensitive children".

We plan to make sure that our opening sequence fits the BBFC criteria for a childrens film by:

• making our characters bright and fun and not in a negative mood 
• having a fun and friendly atmosphere within our story
• not include any violence.
• include positive morals and a clear message.
• making sure the content would be considered acceptable by parents of young children.

Moodboard

we chose a colourful selection of images that appeal to children as they will be our target audience. Also the fonts we chose were picked because they are colourful and bright to attract attention. The characters are big children's favourites so we chose them because they catch the interest of the children's when they appear. we included a couple of locations in our image to show that the setting will have an importance to the film. we chose mainly animated characters as we aim to use animation in our sequence. The mood of our opening sequence will be simple and happy to suit the people it is intended for, so we selected characters to express the main plot of the film.

Group 17 Evaluation - Children's Opening Sequence

Animation of title's

We thought it was clever the way the title's were introduced/presented and it was a good use of iStop motion. However there was no clear production company name/logo, but the music during the opening titles was quite effective and fitted in with the movement of the animation. the scene was set well by the narrator telling us that it was set in a teachers classroom at Long road sixth form college. we were also presented with a main character in the form of Noah and a piece of the plot was revealed that he was unaware of strange activity in his classroom. after the first character was introduced we see some other characters but are not properly introduced even though they seem to play a big part in the story line.

First view of the characters

skill full use of animation

The animation was good as most of the characters as it seemed they had real movements and not too jumpy, seeming as they were not real life. But the only problem with this is that there was no background music which made it hard to sense the mood of the scene, this wouldn't keep the target audience (children) interested as they would have to work out the film. The actual props are bright colours like the lego bricks, however the rest of the scene colours is dull.

We were really impressed with this bit of animation as it was quick movement and still in flow, as it wasn't stop/starting (jumpy), after this scene the colour turned dull, and sad music came in but we weren't given a clue why.

Monsters Inc opening sequence

the opening sequence begins with an introduction to the companies involved in the film, which are Pixar and Disney. As the film starts these companies are re-introduced within the theme of the film using certain effects and animation. an example of a company involved in the production below.

after the opening titles the film kicks in with the characters and their jobs and roles within the film, and begins to set the scene and relates to the title of the film as a company and main location for the film, this is the scaring factory.

introduction to two main characters of the film

We then are given an insight into the plot of the film, a main crisis is shown as a shortage of energy provided by children's screams, this hooks the viewer as the target audience would be children of a similar age as some shown in the film.

The two main characters are brought in at an every day situation where they are waking up and going to work. They are shown to have a good relationship with each other and other characters of the film, by the way they act we know that they are the 'good guys'. by their appearance i.e big, fluffy and colourful, they are made loveable to the audience.                     

Preliminary task

Classroom discussion.
We added club music to make the film more interesting, and used vibe and a bass guitar to add effect to the atmosphere of the film.

Jake Groves , Ryan Carless , Will Haylack