Childrens Film

Setting and filming schedule

Because we have chosen lego people as our stop frame animation characters, we shall also create the set out of Lego pieces. The film is set in a playground of a school, as the location relates to the theme of bullying.

Day 1 - First half of filming complete (Hopefully)
Day 2 - Second half of filming complete (Hopefully)
Day 3 - Any last minute filming if behind schedule, and then final editing.

Inspector Gadget opening credits

The opening credits introduce the themes in the movie by using images of gadgets with credits around them. The credits are not standard, they fly around the screen, spin around, zoom in and out. This attracts a children's audience as it is more interesting than standardized credits. The opening sequence is also very colorful, which also attracts a younger audience. The music that goes with the credits is catchy, it also has a lot of technical sounds and mechanical noises which relates to the theme of gadgets. The music is non diegetic, but the sounds are diegetic. Eg. when the screws fly into place in the credit sequence, you can hear the sound. However the music source is unknown. The credits have no set location, just a black background with an animated gadget hand creating everything that is seen.

Research video 1

This video is very like what we want to achieve in our children's film opening, conveying a positive anti bullying message, whilst also at the same time making it relevant to children's film, attractive to children and easy to relate to by children. We will use camera techniques very similar to in this movie and we will also have a narrator to make it easier to understand whats going on.

Ideas for story.

We are going to make a an opening sequence for a children. We will be conveying a message against bullying and will be for educational purposes and also be a PG rating. We chose the subject bullying as we feel it is a very real issue for children of today and chose the PG obviously so children can see it We will be playing all of the parts in the sequence and filming and editing. We are going to use stop motion with Lego characters because it's easier for a young audience to relate to and makes it more attractive to children.

Charlie & Adam - Actors
Ruby - Camera work

Practise Story Boards

Charlie - Camera movements, Ruby - Sounds, Adam - Mise-en-scene

The opening sequence of A Bugs Life starts by setting the scene with a reflection of the sun glimmering in the water, then rises up into a establishing shot giving us a full colorful view of the surroundings. This gives us an idea that it is going to appeal to a younger audience. As the soundtrack plays it is an upbeat tune and seems cheerful, this reinforces that it is aimed at children. As the credits appear, followed by the title in which the text 'A Bugs Life' is in A BUGGY TEXT