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One of the shots from our 'Children's Film'.

We have successfully completed our short childrens film overall we are satisfied with the outcome. First of all our storyline was as clear as we could make it, this is in the hope that the younger viewers will understand what is happening. Along with this the acting was good, as was the camera work. We had all the necessary shots which we needed and over all the filming process was fantastic.

Having said that the film had its drawbacks too, these mainly came during the editing process, I think due to a lack of organisation and time. The editing makes the clip looked rushed and not professional, having said that our music was great and we believe the audience will be able to understand the story line.

All in all our whole film was a success, the younger viewers will be able to take away various moral's and we hope they will find it entertaining and exciting.

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The finished version of our 'Children's Movie' Ending Song.

Comparing and Contrasting our main character with a charater from a similar film.

Our main character in our film is Lauren Harrison. Her character is a very jumpy, shy girl that is easily startled when she hears loud noises. This time it was taken too far and she ran away whilst the children were all playing a game of hide and seek. She heard a scream, got scared, ran off and nobody could find her.
Her character in this film is very much like the little girl in Narnia Lucy Pevensi. The children that were in that film were all playing hide and seek and she hid in the wardrobe, found that it lead to some other world and got lost out there and nobody knew it even existed. this gives off the tense feeling about whether they will ever find the little girlwhich is the feeling we are trying to get across to the people viewing our film.

Target Audience

To begin with our film was aimed at a PG audience, but as the filming and editing progressed it began to look more like a U, the acting was very simple and easy to understand as was the props, the set and the whole story line. I believe that there are a lot of morals that can be taken away from our short film. The main one being friendship, it is a recurring theme throughout, the children pick each other up when they fall over play together, laugh together and of course get worried and go looking for Lauren. We were also hoping to make children want to go and play outside!

lost in the forest

What our target audience can learn from our children's film?

The target audience for our film is the ages of 3+. Our film is about a group of young friends who decide to play a game of hide & seek to keep themselves entertained. But what starts off as a game turns into a mystery, one of the characters (Lauren) goes missing and is no where to be found in the woods. The three remaining friends search the whole woods in hope of finding her, but there is no sign of her anywhere never the less they decide to continue looking for her and that is where the film finishes. One lesson that can be learnt from our film is that you must ensure you always keep your friends near and safe. If they go missing don't give up looking for them and just think they're okay, you must try your hardest to find them as they'd do the same for you. So the morale of the film is to keep your friends close to you and never give up on them.

Credits

We themed the credits to suit our Child's Movie project, hoping that it'd appeal to kids.

Diary Of Editing

Today we are finalizing oue editing process. We've used various soundtracks, transitions and all in all fine
tuned each clip. We have also began making our credits for the film, these are important as we need to
inform the viewers of who was involved in creating, directing, producing and acting.

What Is A Children's Film?

A Children's film is where 'There is no special effort being made to cater for an adult audience.'
There are many limits to age when watching a film U, PG, 12, 15, 18 etc. which restricts younger people from watching older films as certain things are not seen as being suitable for viewers of a younger age.
A children's film is noticed to be for people under the age of 12 as teenagers begin to develop different tastes in films which is when 12a films are introduced by the BBFC- British Board Of Film Classification.

U- Universal...
* Suitable for anyone over the age of five years.
* Suitable for children to view alone.
* Have positive moral frameworks.
* Must offer reassuring counter balancing to any threat or horror.
MUST NOT Include:
* Bad language
* Discrimination
* Drug (s)/ references
* No sex/ Sexual references.
* No weapons.

These types of films (universal) are usually happy and magical films and are easy for a child to follow. The usually consist of Happy music and bright colours- sometimes animated. In most cases, characters are very different from one another which keeps them separated and keeps the audience more attached.


PG- Parental Guidance...
* Suitable for 8 years and over - More grown up themes.
* It is the parents responsibility to decide if their chid is old enough to watch the film.
* Includes some discrimination but only for educational purposes.
* Drugs can be mentioned but NOT seen and then the 'Anti Drugs message must be carried out'.
* May include some horror but short and not intense.

PG films are very different compared to universal films. They are aimed at a much maturer audience, violence will be referenced, not always seen but the consequences will be understandable. There could also be scenes of alcohol or smoking and sometimes swearing, for example; 'Bloody'. The humor in these films may be understood by some, but not others as PG films cover ages 8-12.