Opening sequence of Mr Gadget

In the opening sequence of inspector Gadget the credits are made to show the genre of the film, and also appeal to the target audience (children).
The genre is shown by having all the gadgets, nuts and bolts and other random items to create the G for gadget. the credits are then printed onto the items and onto the G standing for gadget. Whilst this is being done there is a theme tune and sound effects to appeal to the target audience. The theme tune is catchy and clear so that it gets stuck in the viewers mind. This theme tune is well known everywhere, and anybody would be able to put the name to the film after hearing the song. The sound effects are noises that you would usually hear from children's toy's and other children's cartoons. There are also bright obvious colours which appeal to children and stand out against the grey background.
  The opening credits give very little away but the noises and build up is very appealing and makes you want to watch more, the G is created by random objects being thrown towards the half made G then magically built together. This of course is appealing to the target audience, as children often have a very broad imagination and they find things very believable.

Movie Ideas

   For our Children's Film, we are going to make a PG classified film because there will be a more grown up theme of cyber bullying and bullying. We have decided that we are going to use animation as we believe that this will appeal more to children as they enjoy animation and also we have the props that we can use to create the film.
   The outline of our story is going to be about a little girl at the age of a round 10 who is getting bullied by other girls that are mean to her and pick on her on a regular basis, eventually the 10 year old tells her mum and everything is sorted and they all live happily ever after. The moral of our story is not to bully, and if you are being bullied to tell someone as you shouldn't suffer by yourself as other people can help.
   All of us are going to share the roles, but we will mainly have a specific role to play when creating our movie. Each of us will help with moving the small characters, and will take it in turns to do the camera work as moving the characters and items will take a lot of time and a lot of people are needed to make the film successful. After filming is done, one of us will focus on editing, one of us will focus on sound and the other will focus on making sure everything pieces together and is linear and flows properly when the film is put together.

Contraversal films.

Films that are given the certificate U (universal) or PG (parental guidance) are made to be suitable and enjoyable for children.
For example Toy story, contains children's favourite toy's and characters. It also plays without their imagination, it has good morals so overall a good film for that age range. even though it contains some minor violence in the form of toys abusing other toys.

Although any film that is rated U or PG is watchable by children and usually containing little violence, offensive language and scenes of a sexual nature, some films are questionably rated in the wrong category.
For example, watership downs has a U certificate but contains gory scenes and lots of violence. Even though this film is animated children could still become upset or disturbed by this as most of the television they watch is animated as it appeals to them and their imaginations more. So any violence they see no matter if its animated or not can and will affect them.
   The film contains bullying, threats, and violence resulting in pain, death and blood. The animated characters are rabbits, well knows for a young child's favourite animal and seeing this film could upset them.

Analysing an Animated Character

For this task we chose to analyse Russell, an 8 year old wilderness explorer in the movie 'UP'. He is very colourful and chirpy, attracting mainly a young audience but also anyone who loves children's films and an animated comedy movie. He is a very plump character, coming across as cute and cuddly, and with his innocence makes the audience sympathize for him and his actions. He has been created to appeal to young people of his age, who can also be just as ditzy and innocent. It could also appeal to older people as there is a range of other characters, such as Carl Fredrickson, who is from the older generation. As Russell is a 'Wilderness Explorer' it may appeal more to boys who can relate to the activities he does of his age, such as Scouts and Beavers, who must earn badges by doing good deeds. For example Russell asked to help Carl cross his street and front yard. Russell has quite a high voice and talks quite slowly and loudly as well as speaking his mind, as he doesn't know how to keep things to himself like any 8 year old would. The sound based on Russell is quite chirpy and happy, as he is an innocent and cute character. The lighting is also rather bright, showing the target audience that he is a cheerful character. His clothes are also bright, which represents his personality as a bubbly character, although his socks are always pulled up above his shoes close to his knees, which is a sterio-typical nerdy and innocent sort of character, not knowing that what and how he wears his clothes could mean he doesn't have a role model to look up to.

Evaluation:

After filming our video we added music, transitions, text and used basic editing. It worked well but we need more practice at garage band and to make sure that the music is in time with the clip and the different edits. In our clip we used slow motion, which we think gave it a more dramatic effect.  The shots we used worked well and were linked together and gave it a professional look. We used close up, establishing shot, long shot, tracking shot, and many more types of cinematography!!!!!

Preliminary Task - Planning

For this task, we must show different camera shots and make a short clip using an Establishing shot, Close Up shot, Match on Action shot and a reaction shot, a Long shot and film a conversation.
The locations we are going to use are places around long road such as outside or corridors for the establishing shot and someone using their phone as a close up. For a match on action shot, we could video a corridor again, but a reaction shot, could be the response from the other person on the other end of the phone. The long shot could be the two people on the phone meeting in a corridor and then filming their conversation as they start talking to each other.

Examples Of The Shots;

an establishing shot

This shot is effective because it gives the viewer an idea of where the characters are and what the place they are going to is going to be like, for example, the shot shown above shows a big grand house, which could tell the viewer/target audience that the people who own it are very rich and posh. without this shot, it can confuse the viewer as to where the characters are situated.

a close up

a close up shot is effective because it gives you a feel of being even closer to the character and standing or sitting right in front or next to them.It draws the viewer in more, and there is more detail on the screen.

a match on action shot

a match on action shot is effective because it gives the viewer a feel of watching the action from two points of view, for example the shot above not only shows the character opening the door, but watching them come through it too.

reaction shot

a reaction shot can be very effective because it can add to the tension of the audience. If the character jumps, it is more likely to make the audience jump too. It also helps the audience to feel how the character is feeling, for example, the shot shown above makes the audience understand the shock portrayed on his face.

long shot

Long shots can be effective because they help the audience to see the location as well as the character in a situation. for example, this shot was taken of a character running away from a situation and so this helps the audience to see not only the character but also where he is.

conversation shot

a conversation shot helps with the continuity editing. it is effective because it helps the viewer to feel as though they are there listening in on the conversation but also helps them to understand what is going on.


Our Preliminary Task Script.
Shot 1 - Establishing shot - Tim walks down a corridor by some lockers
Shot 2 - Close up shot - Tim stops and dials a number into his mobile phone and the camera is close up on him typing in the numbers
Shot 3 - Match On Action Shot - Tim walks through a door whilst on his mobile and is filmed as he walks into it and walks through it from the other side.
Shot 4 - Reaction Shot - Caroline sees Tim and is surprised as she hasn't seen him in a long time
Shot 5 - Long Shot - Tim runs through a door and outside
Shot 6 - Caroline stops Tim and talks to him;
              Caroline: Tim! Where are you going?
              Tim: I've just been told that theres a Football Match and if i don't go now i'll miss it!
              Caroline: Oh.