childrens film g321
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CHILDRENS FILM G321
Unit outline and film conventions
UNIT CONTENT
Preliminary exercise: Continuity task
Main task: the titles and opening of a new fiction film:
CHILDRENS FILM OPENING SEQUENCE.
The unit is marked out of a total of 100 marks:
20 marks for the presentation of the planning and research;
60 marks for the construction;
20 marks for the evaluation.
BLOG PRELIMINARY TASK
Upload preliminary to the blog
Go onto blogger.com
Username: longroadchildrensfilm10
Pass: childrens film
Evaluate your work: what did you learn? How has
this practice helped you prepare for the real thing?
EVALUATION QUESTIONS
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular
social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your
media product and why?
EVALUATION QUESTIONS
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/ address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the
process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you
feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the
full product?
(20 marks)
GENERAL OPENING SEQUENCE CONVENTIONS
Title sequence
Credits/media company
Introduction of main characters
Establishment of location
Theme tune/sound track
Introduction of film narrative
Introduction of film genre
PAIRED ACTIVITY
Choose one of the following films and watch its opening
sequence (first three minutes). With your partner
brainstorm the various conventions. So what do you see
within the opening sequence.
Toy Story 3
A Christmas Carol
Harry Potter
Night at the museum
CHILDRENS FILM GENRES
Animation
Crime
Thriller
Sci-fi
Fantasy
Adventure
Action
musical
WHAT IS A FANTASY
Fantasies can be stories that involve
beings and events that could not exist
in real life. These works may begin
realistically but soon turn into stories
that could never really happen.
FANTASY GENRE CONVENTIONS
contains elements that are
not realistic talking animals
magical powers
often set in a medieval universe
possibly involving mythical beings
OTHER CHARACTERISTICS
Use of time travel
Imaginary beings from other planets
Animals that talk or act human
Fantastic creatures may be part of a fantasy –
unicorns, trolls, elves, etc.
Sometimes characters speak a fantasy language.
Conflicts involve magic or impossible strategies.
MAGICAL OBJECTS MAY BE USED
Mirrors
Rings
Cloaks
Lamps
Types of Fantasy
High Fantasy – Epic type Hero saves
the world.
Game Related – stories based on
movie or video game
Historical Fantasy – Magic set in past
era or age.
EXAMPLE CLIP
Jumanji
Clip in folder
ACTION GENREAction films usually include high energy, big-budget
physical stunts and chases,
possibly with
rescues,
battles,
fights,
escapes,
destructive crises (floods, explosions, natural
disasters, fires, etc.),
ACTION GENRE
often two-dimensional 'good-guy' heroes (or
recently, heroines) battling 'bad guys'
all designed for pure audience escapism.
EXAMPLE CLIP
Spy Kidshttp://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWpsgXT5_XE
ADVENTURE GENRE
Adventure films are usually exciting stories, with
new experiences or exotic locales.
very similar to or often paired with the action film
genre.
EXAMPLE CLIP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzow5wUp7hY
Baby's day out
ADVENTURE AND FANTASY
CHARLIE AND THE
CHOCOLATE FACTORY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62TEljaPzo0
SCI-FI CONVENTIONS
stories that often tell about science and technology of the
future
involving partially true fictions laws or theories of science
Settings:
in the future
in space
on a different world
in a different universe or dimension
EXAMPLE CLIP
Back to the future Clip in folder
GROUP TASK
Choose two different genres and discuss opening
sequence conventions for two different films.
Describe how it fits the genre of the film.
Once you have completed your research blog your work as
a group.(use images from the opening sequence as
examples)