BBFC Requirements

Definition: 
No special effort is made to make the film appeal to other audiences.


- Does this happen less nowadays?
            - Yes, because in films like "Shrek" aim some jokes to the parents and adult that may
               be watching with children. 




Children: Under the age of 12
- Teens have different tastes
- The films need a U or PG


U = Universal: 
- Suitable for all over the age of 5
- Positive moral framework
- Offer reassuring counter balances to any threat / horror / violence
- Suitable for children to view above


NO: 
- Bad language or discrimination
- Drugs (unless educational)
- No emphasis on realistic or accessible weapons
- No sexual content - kissing & love


PG = Parental guidance:
- Suitable for 8 or above, parents should consider if it's suitable for younger
- Discrimination only for educational purposes
- Drugs must carry anti drugs message
- Horror - short & not intense


Some mild bad language. More grown up themes
eg. Domestic violence - will be strongly negatively portrayed

Childrens Film - Action Genre

The Incredibles: Action

A typical example of a children's action film is "The Incredibles".

The characters are made up a number of retired superheroes, the main characters are a family of 5 who all have different super powers. This is appealing to the target audience because it's a fantasy action film because all children at some point want to be a superhero. 

The opening scene shows what seems to be the main characters in the past, we can see it's the past due to the old film effect at the beginning. The characters names are displayed to show who they are. In the first two minutes they answer some questions that the audience may be asking in their head. For example "do you have a secret identity?"

The is effective because our main focus is one those three characters introduced.

From the opening scene our main focus is on the colours. Each character has a different suit so we can tell which character is which. 

Animation example

Animation - Rocco

The fact that the setting and props are realistic makes the audience believe that the character is real and lives among us "in an alleyway far, far away". This is effective because when the audience watches the clip they will be able to separate themselves from reality.
The character used is a cute mouse that young audiences can relate to because of his innocent behaviour.


After viewing this clip i believe that our group may choose to do an animation for our coursework because it's easier to make into a children's film rather than using actors. Also we can make the final clip into anything we want and aren't limited on locations. 


If we were to make an animation clip for our final coursework we may encounter some problems including time limitations, the time take to make the "Rocco" clip took approximately 3 weeks to complete. Most of this time was used for filming and the overall clip is only 3:16 minutes long. This could be a big problem because we only have 13:30 hours to complete the whole task which includes planning, filming, editing and evaluating.
Another problem we may have is that we are limited with hardware and software at home so the only time we could film and edit is in lesson. 

Favourite Childrens Film

Whats your favourite children's film?- Lion king

How does it attract the target audience? 

Through the animation of the animals, the happy and fun music used; Hakuna Matata, the use of the lions and other African Animals helps to attract the target audience due to the fact they are exotic and most of the target audience haven't seen or experienced the behaviour of that animal.

Example of music used:


Why is this film so memorable to you?
The music makes this specific film so memorable as its catchy, upbeat and creates a happy atmosphere. Most people can listen to the music in this film such as 'The Circle of Life' and 'Hakuna Matata' and easily identify the fact its from The Lion King. Also the use of the characters help to make this film memorable and interesting as it's the only film based on animated lions.

What is the Moral of the Story?
To work well with everyone around you and that friendships are important. Also not to take things that you love the most for granted. 

Analysis of animated character

Finding Nemo:

'Nemo' is represented as a young fish who lives with his dad in the ocean.

He is shown to have a disability due to the fact he only has one good, working fin. This could relate to children who watch the film who also have a disability. 

Even though 'Nemo' has a disability, he also shows he has big dreams and wants to explore the ocean.

However, in doing this he manages to get captured by divers. This is a message to the target audience (children) that it is unsafe to explore places your parents wouldn't want you to go.

His father's relationship with his son shows he is worried about him and restricts him from doing many things the other young fish do, due to the fact of the consequences.

Preliminary Task Final Film

In this task, the overall strength was filming the footage. Due to there only being 2 of us in the group the day of filming, we coped under the circumstances well. We managed to film all that we had planned using different tactics to shoot both roles. We felt that the editing stage was weak within our group, we struggled to find an appropriate sounds to make our soundtrack. This wasted time and ended up in us having to rush to finish our video clip off.
To improve next time we would allow more time for the editing process and think through carefully about our soundtrack.

Planning and Script for Prelimary Exercise

Sami- is going to direct
Steph- Character 1
Jade- Character 2

Script- rough draft
Character 2: What are you doing here?
Character 1: I thought I should come and apologise
Character 2: I don't want to hear your sob stories
Character 1: I know what I did was wrong..
Character 2: your telling me?!
Character 1: fine then. walks out of the room.

Examples of shots

Establishing shot- this clip helps to set the scene and represent the situation that the characters are in.
Establishing Shot- Saving Private Ryan

Close-up- this clip from the TV Program Sugar Rush at 00.28-00.31 seconds is a close up of Sugar's mouth. This helps to show the audience the temptation Kim has for kissing Sugar.
Close-up- Sugar Rush

180 degree rule- this clip from Training day at 00.23-00.35 is a representation of the 180 degree rule. It enables the viewers to understand who the focus is on at different points of the conversation.
180 degree rule- Training Day

Match-On Action- this clip from Waterloo Road at 00.18-00.23 shows a match on action shot on the girl walking through the field texting on her phone. This shows the audience which direction she is coming from and what is about to happen as they can see she is about to get bashed by the other girl who is walking backwards.
Match-on Action- Waterloo Road

Long-shot- at the beginning of this clip from Misfits, a long shot is used to represent the characters as their personalities are also shown through their costumes and they way they wear it.
Long- Shot-Misfits

Locations we can use for our Prelimary Exercise

Idea's for location;

Media corridor into the media classroom.
Psychology corridor and a spare classroom.
Use a door that leads outside.
Anywhere that has a corridor leading into a spare classroom.

Prelimary Task: Continuity Task

We will take out the camera in our group so we can shoot a selected sequence.