Tuesday 8 November 2011
Compare/ Contrasting your lead character with that from a similar themed/ rated film
We decided to compare our main character 'Elly' the elephant with 'Shrek', the main character of 'Shrek Forever After', also rated PG. The similarities between these characters is that they both feel rejected at one point. For example, in 'Shrek' he feels like an outsider as he is an ogre in a judgemental environment. Elly also gets rejected in our film as 'the little man' kicks her which breaks her in half. However, both find help in a friend as in Shrek he finds help from Donkey and Fiona and in our film Elly is rescued by Barbie (who puts her back together). They are also both loveable characters, as Elly looks happy and playful and Shrek is a softie at heart.
What our target age group could learn and enjoy about our film
Our main target age group was children, however as our moral was 'you're never to old to have fun' we also wanted other ages to enjoy our film as well. We think that children will appreciate the humour in our film as the toys come to life, and they may also like the use of toys they are familiar with (such as Barbie and Ken). Looking back at our film we do not think there is much children can learn from it as it is mostly just playful, however hopefully they will take something away from our moral. However, as there is an aspect of romance in our film (Barbie and Ken kissing) we think this will appeal more to older children. As a whole, we think that children will enjoy that our film was playful and included elements of humour, however there is limitations on what they can learn from it.
What we are happy with/ Not happy with
With our children's film, things we were happy with included the iStop motion, length of our film and the moral of our story. We thought that our iStop motion worked well as all the toys were involved and what they were doing was fun and playful, which would appeal to children (our main target audience). However, we wanted to duplicate some of our slides as to make it longer but we did not have time to do so. Also, one of our concerns when filming was that our film would not be long enough however we managed to make it just over two minutes which we were happy with. We also liked the moral of our story and thought that our film expressed it well- 'you're never too old to have fun'. However, the storyline was a bit confusing and unclear which we wanted to improve.
Aspects of our children's film that we were not as happy with included the fact we felt we did not plan our piece of work and therefore it made it hard to focus on our storyline, which left the audience confused. Also, we ran out of time to complete our music as we wanted it to be, which meant that the sound effects were sometimes out of sync with the film.
Aspects of our children's film that we were not as happy with included the fact we felt we did not plan our piece of work and therefore it made it hard to focus on our storyline, which left the audience confused. Also, we ran out of time to complete our music as we wanted it to be, which meant that the sound effects were sometimes out of sync with the film.
Friday 4 November 2011
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