Initial Ideas

What classification will you use and why?
The classification in which we are thinking about using is to make our film a 'U' classified film. We have chose this because a wider audience can watch the film without having to get there parents consent so therefore potenially it would be more popular and get more views. Also children relate more to animated characters as they can use their imaginations more.

Will you use live action or animation + why?
We have decided to do animation throughout our film. As it's easier to make a 'U' film within animation and make it stick to the frame work. Also by creating the characters it means that we can be more imaginative and creative with the characters and make them more exciting and also it means that we can have a better range of settings as they don't have to be real-life based so it means we can have broader story lines.

What is the outline of your story? (what is the moral)
Set on a tree mainly. There is a male caterpillar called Charlie who is really weak and has no friends and gets bullied a lot. There is a female caterpillar in which charlie falls in love with called Chloe however she can't announce her feelings as she is the leader of the caterpillars. However the ladybirds try to invade their tree. So Charlie the caterpilar changes into a butterfly and saves the day so everyone adores him and charlie and chloe fly away together. So the moral of the story is to never judge someone and to have faith in yourself.

What role will each group member have?
We are all going to make the characters together, we will also take turns to create the sets and do the filming. We will decide nearer the time who's going to mainly edit and then who is going to make the soundtrack whilst the other edits.

A film in which contradicts the BBFC Statement

Even though there are films in which agree and fit with the British Board of film classifcations statements. There are also many films in which contradict this statement.

For example Toy Story 3. This contradicts their statement because teenagers and adults are also strong fans/viewers of this film despite the fact its classified as a U film. There is also a lot adult humour within the film so therefore this contradicts the statement as they have included a special effort to make the film appeal to adults too.

Also the showing times contradict the statement as if it was only aimed at children and there were no special efforts to appeal to a different audience then they wouldn't have later viewings in which children would be asleep at home in. So therefore they must have wanted to have later viewings too in order appeal to adults/teenagers and make it possible for the film to fit into their lifestyles and work.

Filming Process

The filming process went extremely well and all went to plan. The only part which took some extra work and thoughts was when we were trying to get the camera angles right and to make it look professional and fit in. Also the sound was a small issue as we couldn't hear it on the actual camera we had to wait to hear it on the apple mac. Also it picked up every single sound so therefore was quite a lot of background noise within each clip.

Preliminary Task - Continuity Task

The task is to take out the camera in a small group college and shoot a sequence.

Establishing shot = C block corridor
Close-up shot = Close-up of the C block toilet door
Match on action shot = Inside the C block toilets
Reaction shot =Inside the C block toilets
Long shot = In the C block toilets

Filming a conversation = Inside the C block


Establishing shot(image on the right)- This is effective because it allows the audience to see the setting.

Close up- This allows the audience to see the characters facial expressions so that they can relate to the character.





Match on action- This allows the audience to see the action from a different perspective. This helps the audience to fully understand what is happening.

Reaction shot- This shows the audience what the character is feeling. This is effective becuase it reflects the charcters mood.